Sunday, June 18, 2006

What does your yard sign say?

There is no election underway in New Orleans right now, but there are plenty of yard signs: signs declaring a homeowner’s intention to rebuild, signs advertising damaged homes for sale, signs offering construction, demolition and tree removal services.

In the decimated areas left almost uninhabited since Hurricane Katrina, it seems yard signs are an important mode of communication. It is ironic that in this age of mass media, the Internet, cell phones and text messaging, simple placards remain powerful and vital.

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What does your yard sign say?

GCIA Sign in front of my house

Mid City neighborhood sign

WE TEAR DOWN HOUSES

In this home, a Family grew for forty years.

3 comments:

GentillyGirl said...

We have three GCIA signs in our yard. We ARE rebuilding!

Tim said...

The links are fixed! Sorry about that.

Peace,

Tim

TravelingMermaid said...

I agree, the last one breaks my heart too.