New Orleans Will Survive Hurricane Barry

The phrase I heard the most today?  "Somebody shut that Weather Channel off!"  No one I know in New Orleans is freaking out over the storm predictions.  New Orleans will survive Hurricane Barry.  How do I know?  I live here.

I didn't take any pictures of the flooded streets the other day.  I'm not going to take any tomorrow, either.  Instead, I give you a picture of a squirrel in City Park.  He is as concerned about Hurricane Barry as any other New Orleanian.  Que sera, sera.

Mr. Nutty

When you watch TV, you think the world is ending, especially when a tropical storm is brewing in the Gulf of Mexico.  In New Orleans, we take these things in stride.  I have a prediction:  Hurricane Barry will not be anything like Hurricane Katrina.  Get Katrina out of your mind.

New Orleans will survive Hurricane Barry.  New Orleans, like you, has miles and miles of heart.  New Orleans perseveres.  New Orleans will go on.  NOLA forever.  New Orleans strong.

New Orleans has stick-to-it-iveness and gumption and bravado.  New Orleans is devil-may-care about whatever the weather wants to dish out.  With a cavalier laugh and mischievous wink, New Orleans will live to fight another day.  New Orleans is resilient.  Nothing can keep this good city down.

Two pigeons on a lion in New Orleans City Park.

New Orleans' spirit is as immortal as it is infectious.  New Orleans is about seizing the day.  New Orleans is about making good memories, tonight's better than last night's.  New Orleans will survive Hurricane Barry.  For the people who live here, thinking otherwise is preposterous.

New Orleans streets flood city-wide 2-3 times a year.  It doesn't make the national news but it does happen.  People who live are used to it.  We adapt.  We survive.  

Tropical rains inundate New Orleans every summer, more times than anyone outside the city realizes.  It happens all the time.  We've adapted to it.  We thrive.

NEW ORLEANS' PROTECTION AGAINST HURRICANE DAMAGE

Our lady of Prompt Succor is the patroness who has a special place in her heart for New Orleans.  She is also the patron of all of Louisiana.

Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us.

Every day, New Orleanians ask our Lady of Prompt Succor to pray for us, to intercede for our city to spare the people who live here from loss of life and property due to hurricane damage. 

NEW ORLEANS WILL SURVIVE HURRICANE BARRY

There will be wind and there will be rain.  Then it will all blow over.  It will be a memory.  New Orleans will still be here.

When you are ready to visit New Orleans, La Belle Esplanade will be here, too.  Go go our website to see what we offer as the #1 small hotel in New Orleans and (according to TripAdvisor) the #2 small hotel in the United States AND the #16 in the world. 

Friday, July 12, 2019: Wherever you are today, whatever the weather, we hope you'll have a great New Orleans day today.  Stay dry, friends!

A toast to New Orleans!