Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Director of Digital Humanities, Michigan State University

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[before](http://www.flickr.com/photos/kqf/42690747/) Originally uploaded by [KF](http://www.flickr.com/people/kqf/).

My stepfather just forwarded me a couple of photos sent to him by his junior partner in his real estate firm. The junior partner received these from a fraternity brother of his, who took the pictures before and after Katrina, from roughly the same spot in his Bay St. Louis yard.

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[after](http://www.flickr.com/photos/kqf/42690748/) Originally uploaded by [KF](http://www.flickr.com/people/kqf/).

That’s before. This is after.

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