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  • "The hurricane did pass and we were high and dry until the levy broke, when we proceeded to get 8 feet of water... We realized things were not going to be the way they were before."  Guy Curry's home in Lakewood, LA was complete destroyed by the flood waters after the levy broke following hurricane Katrina two months ago.
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  • "The hurricane did pass and we were high and dry until the levy broke, when we proceeded to get 8 feet of water... We realized things were not going to be the way they were before."  Guy Curry's home in Lakewood, LA was complete destroyed by the flood waters after the levy broke following hurricane Katrina two months ago.
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  • "Oh my God, where do I go from here? My home is destroyed, I'm out of a job...I could just cry...I feel like I need to keep my pride. I got to strive to go on."  New Orleans resident Earline Melton's home was destryoed not by high floodwaters, but damage and leaks from her roof.
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  • "The hurricane did pass and we were high and dry until the levy broke, when we proceeded to get 8 feet of water... We realized things were not going to be the way they were before."  Guy Curry's home in Lakewood, LA was complete destroyed by the flood waters after the levy broke following hurricane Katrina two months ago.
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  • "The hurricane did pass and we were high and dry until the levy broke, when we proceeded to get 8 feet of water... We realized things were not going to be the way they were before."  Guy Curry's home in Lakewood, LA was complete destroyed by the flood waters after the levy broke following hurricane Katrina two months ago.
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  • "This is too much for me. I?m an old man.  I'm 75 years old.  I don't know how long it's gonna take to get it back.  I've lived here for 28 years.  But I decided I"m not gonna run away from it.  Recover, rebuild, whatever it takes. I'm gonna stick it out a little longer, give it a try at least."  Seventy-five-year-old resident of the 9th Ward in New Orleans, Ather Fountin's, home was destroyed by floodwaters following Hurricane Katrina two months prior.
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  • "If it's possible, I'm going to build back. I'm going to be here forever." Resident of the 9th Ward in New Orleans, Ather Fountin's, 75,  home was destroyed by floodwaters following Hurricane Katrina two months prior.
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  • "If it's possible, I'm going to build back. I'm going to be here forever." Resident of the 9th Ward in New Orleans, Ather Fountin's, 75,  home was destroyed by floodwaters following Hurricane Katrina two months prior.
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  • "I live here with me, my wife, my 2 daughters, my 2 sons, and 6 grandchildren. I evacuated from Austin, TX, Dallis, TX, Columbia, Miss, and back to New Orleans where I will rebuild my house and will stay."  .Resident of the lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, Lawrence Hamilton's, home was destroyed by floodwaters following Hurricane Katrina two months prior.
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  • "I live here with me, my wife, my 2 daughters, my 2 sons, and 6 grandchildren. I evacuated from Austin, TX, Dallis, TX, Columbia, Miss, and back to New Orleans where I will rebuild my house and will stay."  .Resident of the lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, Lawrence Hamilton's, home was destroyed by floodwaters following Hurricane Katrina two months prior.
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  • "Katrina Killed every house, you know, killed New Orleans, but the mayor and govoner say we rebuild New Orleans, we come back to New Orleans for good."  Resident of the lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, Manuel Mendoza's, home was destroyed by floodwaters and fallen trees following Hurricane Katrina two months prior.
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  • "Katrina Killed every house, you know, killed New Orleans, but the mayor and govoner say we rebuild New Orleans, we come back to New Orleans for good."  Resident of the lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, Manuel Mendoza's, home was destroyed by floodwaters and fallen trees following Hurricane Katrina two months prior. .
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  • "Katrina Killed every house, you know, killed New Orleans, but the mayor and govoner say we rebuild New Orleans, we come back to New Orleans for good."  Resident of the lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, Manuel Mendoza's, home was destroyed by floodwaters and fallen trees following Hurricane Katrina two months prior.
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  • "We went to Baton Rouge...then to Shelton...I have to go back, because we cant stay here."  New Orleans resident, Theresa Odom's, home was destroyed by floodwaters following Hurricane Katrina two months prior. ...
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  • "My house is a huge mess because I'm a lover of books. I must have had close to a thousand books in the house and I was able to rescue maybe eight or ten of them.  I'd like to move back to the city, but unless they do something about the canal levys, I'm not willing to risk living with the kind of levees that are on the canal now." Patti Reynold's Lakeview home was destroyed by the floods following the levee break caused by Hurricane Katrina two months prior.  Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005.
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  • "My house is a huge mess because I'm a lover of books and I must have had close to a thousand books in the house and I was able to rescue maybe eight or ten of them. I'd like to move back to the city, but unless they do something about the canal levys, I'm not willing to risk living with the kind of levees that are on the canal now."  Patti Reynold's Lakeview home was destroyed by the floods following the levee break caused by Hurricane Katrina two months prior.  Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005.
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  • "My house is a huge mess because I'm a lover of books and I must have had close to a thousand books in the house and I was able to rescue maybe eight or ten of them.  I'd like to move back to the city, but unless they do something about the canal levys, I'm not willing to risk living with the kind of levees that are on the canal now." Patti Reynold's Lakeview home was destroyed by the floods following the levee break caused by Hurricane Katrina two months prior.  Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005.
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  • "I could just cry."  New Orleans resident Earline Melton's home was destryoed not by high floodwaters, but damage and leaks from her roof.
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  • "When I got to Lakeview, I really cried. I was thinking about other people, when I saw the damage to other people's property, I didn't think about myself anymore.  I personally can't blame anybody...that's why they call [it a] disaster. It is something that if they know they would do something about it, but It has happened. They have tried to fix the problem and if they don't it is going to be again the same thing."  Hadi Amini's home was only 50 yards from the 17th Street Canal in New Orleans when the levee broke following Hurricane Katrina two months ago. A section of his home was completely missing and the rest of his home ruined by the floodwaters. Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005.
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  • "When I got to Lakeview, I really cried. I was thinking about other people, when I saw the damage to other people's property, I didn't think about myself anymore.  I personally can't blame anybody...that's why they call [it a] disaster. It is something that if they know they would do something about it, but It has happened. They have tried to fix the problem and if they don't it is going to be again the same thing."  Hadi Amini's home was only 50 yards from the 17th Street Canal in New Orleans when the levee broke following Hurricane Katrina two months ago. A section of his home was completely missing and the rest of his home ruined by the floodwaters. Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005.
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  • "We evacuated the day of the hurricane and couldn't take all of the pets. We lost the yellow lab, along with one of the cats...Everything's destrroyed and we're just going to have to decide how to put parts of our lives back together.  Eldon Silva and his daughters Mary, left, 13, and Adele, 15 lost a dog, cat, and their entire home in St. Bernard's Parish to the floods following Hurricane Katrina, and now are living in Georgia until they know what's next. Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005.
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  • It was awful, everything was gone. I didn't know where we had to go. When you don't have anything left, you don't know where you're going to go the next day. As soon as I find a home or a place to stay, we'll move back to Louisiana--that's what we plan to do.  St. Bernard Parish resident Earline Roniger, 78, lived at her home on  Alexander Ave. since 1953 and lost everything when the levee broke following Hurricane Katrina two months ago. Her son's family lives just don't the street and they are together living in Atlanta until they find a permanent home. Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005.
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  • "The saddest part...My son had a birthday party two weeks before the storm and took all his money and bought a bike and lost it in this crazy thing." said Christine Richards.  David and Christine Richards with their children, Brandon, 10, Amber, 16, lost their entire home to the floodwaters that followed Hurricane Katrina last month. Nov. 4, 2005.
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  • "When I got to Lakeview, I really cried. I was thinking about other people, when I saw the damage to other people's property, I didn't think about myself anymore.  I personally can't blame anybody...that's why they call [it a] disaster. It is something that if they know they would do something about it, but It has happened. They have tried to fix the problem and if they don't it is going to be again the same thing."  Hadi Amini's home was only 50 yards from the 17th Street Canal in New Orleans when the levee broke following Hurricane Katrina two months ago. A section of his home was completely missing and the rest of his home ruined by the floodwaters. Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005.
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  • "We're not sure if we're coming back. When we're away we want to come back, [but] when we come back and see the devastation we're not sure. We have uncertanties...the levees, security, a place that your kids can call home and know they're going to be safe.  Tammi Beckwith's family lost their entire home in St. Bernard's Parish to the floods following Hurricane Katrina, causing uncertainty about her families future. Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005.
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  • The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • The Breakers Hotel lobby at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . If you prefer upholstered opulence, head for the Tapestry room with its five Flemish tapestries and a grand bar built from a mantel in London's Caxton Hall...Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . If you prefer upholstered opulence, head for the Tapestry room with its five Flemish tapestries and a grand bar built from a mantel in London's Caxton Hall...Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . If you prefer upholstered opulence, head for the Tapestry room with its five Flemish tapestries and a grand bar built from a mantel in London's Caxton Hall...Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . If you prefer upholstered opulence, head for the Tapestry room with its five Flemish tapestries and a grand bar built from a mantel in London's Caxton Hall...Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . If you prefer upholstered opulence, head for the Tapestry room with its five Flemish tapestries and a grand bar built from a mantel in London's Caxton Hall...Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . If you prefer upholstered opulence, head for the Tapestry room with its five Flemish tapestries and a grand bar built from a mantel in London's Caxton Hall...Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Palm Beach has relatively few restaurants on the water, so The Seafood Bar, with its views of the sea, is an ideal place to watch the sunset..Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Palm Beach has relatively few restaurants on the water, so The Seafood Bar, with its views of the sea, is an ideal place to watch the sunset..Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Palm Beach has relatively few restaurants on the water, so The Seafood Bar, with its views of the sea, is an ideal place to watch the sunset..Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Palm Beach has relatively few restaurants on the water, so The Seafood Bar, with its views of the sea, is an ideal place to watch the sunset..Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • "My house is a huge mess because I'm a lover of books and I must have had close to a thousand books in the house and I was able to rescue maybe eight or ten of them." .."I'd like to move back to the city, but unless they do something about the canal levys, I'm not willing to risk living with the kind of levees that are on the canal now." ..Patti Reynold's Lakeview home was destroyed by the floods following the levee break caused by Hurricane Katrina two months prior.  Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005.  (Robert Caplin/The New York Times)..
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  • "My house is a huge mess because I'm a lover of books and I must have had close to a thousand books in the house and I was able to rescue maybe eight or ten of them." .."I'd like to move back to the city, but unless they do something about the canal levys, I'm not willing to risk living with the kind of levees that are on the canal now." ..Patti Reynold's Lakeview home was destroyed by the floods following the levee break caused by Hurricane Katrina two months prior.  Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005.  (Robert Caplin/The New York Times)..
    CaplinNOPortrait18.JPG
  • "Katrina Killed every house, you know, killed New Orleans, but the mayor and govoner say we rebuild New Orleans, we come back to New Orleans for good."  ..Resident of the lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, Manuel Mendoza's, home was destroyed by floodwaters and fallen trees following Hurricane Katrina two months prior. (Robert Caplin/New York Times)...
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  • "I live here with me, my wife, my 2 daughters, my 2 sons, and 6 grandchildren. I evacuated from Austin, TX, Dallis, TX, Columbia, Miss, and back to New Orleans where I will rebuild my house and will stay."  ..Resident of the lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, Lawrence Hamilton's, home was destroyed by floodwaters following Hurricane Katrina two months prior. (Robert Caplin/New York Times)...
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  • "I live here with me, my wife, my 2 daughters, my 2 sons, and 6 grandchildren. I evacuated from Austin, TX, Dallis, TX, Columbia, Miss, and back to New Orleans where I will rebuild my house and will stay."  ..Resident of the lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, Lawrence Hamilton's, home was destroyed by floodwaters following Hurricane Katrina two months prior. (Robert Caplin/New York Times)...
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  • "If it's possible, I'm going to build back. I'm going to be here forever." Resident of the 9th Ward in New Orleans, Ather Fountin's, 75,  home was destroyed by floodwaters following Hurricane Katrina two months prior. (Robert Caplin/New York Times)..
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  • "The hurricane did pass, and we were high and dry until the levy broke, when we proceeded to get 8 feet of water... We realized things were not going to be the way they were before." ..Guy Curry's home in Lakewood, LA was complete destroyed by the flood waters after the levy broke following hurricane Katrina two months ago. (Robert Caplin/New York Times)
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  • "Oh my God, where do I go from here? My home is destroyed, I'm out of a job...I could just cry...I feel like I need to keep my pride. I got to strive to go on." ..New Orleans resident Earline Melton's home was destryoed not by high floodwaters, but damage and leaks from her roof.  (Robert Caplin/New York Times).
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  • The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Photo by Robert Caplin
    CaplinPalmBeach076.JPG
  • The Breakers Hotel lobby at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Photo by Robert Caplin
    CaplinPalmBeach026.JPG
  • The Breakers Hotel lobby at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Photo by Robert Caplin
    CaplinPalmBeach025.JPG
  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . If you prefer upholstered opulence, head for the Tapestry room with its five Flemish tapestries and a grand bar built from a mantel in London's Caxton Hall...Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Palm Beach has relatively few restaurants on the water, so The Seafood Bar, with its views of the sea, is an ideal place to watch the sunset..Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Palm Beach has relatively few restaurants on the water, so The Seafood Bar, with its views of the sea, is an ideal place to watch the sunset and have a Cosmopolitian. ..Photo by Robert Caplin
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  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Palm Beach has relatively few restaurants on the water, so The Seafood Bar, with its views of the sea, is an ideal place to watch the sunset..Photo by Robert Caplin
    CaplinPalmBeach011.JPG
  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Palm Beach has relatively few restaurants on the water, so The Seafood Bar, with its views of the sea, is an ideal place to watch the sunset..Photo by Robert Caplin
    CaplinPalmBeach010.JPG
  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Palm Beach has relatively few restaurants on the water, so The Seafood Bar, with its views of the sea, is an ideal place to watch the sunset..Photo by Robert Caplin
    CaplinPalmBeach009.JPG
  • Have a drink at The Breakers Hotel at One South Country Road. The five star hotel was originally constructed in 1896 by the town's founder Henry Clay Flagler. So seductive is the location that it has been rebuilt twice after fires destroyed it. Palm Beach's grand aspirations were already evident in the third 1926 version which was modeled on Florence's Villa Medici. . ..Palm Beach has relatively few restaurants on the water, so The Seafood Bar, with its views of the sea, is an ideal place to watch the sunset..Photo by Robert Caplin
    CaplinPalmBeach008.JPG
  • "The hurricane did pass, and we were high and dry until the levy broke, when we proceeded to get 8 feet of water... We realized things were not going to be the way they were before." ..Guy Curry's home in Lakewood, LA was complete destroyed by the flood waters after the levy broke following hurricane Katrina two months ago. (Robert Caplin/New York Times)
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  • "This is too much for me. Iúm an old man.  I'm 75 years old.  I don't know how long it's gonna take to get it back.  I've lived here for 28 years.  But I decided I"m not gonna run away from it.  Recover, rebuild, whatever it takes. I'm gonna stick it out a little longer, give it a try at least." ..Seventy-five-year-old resident of the 9th Ward in New Orleans, Ather Fountin's, home was destroyed by floodwaters following Hurricane Katrina two months prior. (Robert Caplin/New York Times)..
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  • "My house is a huge mess because I'm a lover of books and I must have had close to a thousand books in the house and I was able to rescue maybe eight or ten of them." .."I'd like to move back to the city, but unless they do something about the canal levys, I'm not willing to risk living with the kind of levees that are on the canal now." ..Patti Reynold's Lakeview home was destroyed by the floods following the levee break caused by Hurricane Katrina two months prior.  Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005.  (Robert Caplin/The New York Times)..
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  • "If it's possible, I'm going to build back. I'm going to be here forever." Resident of the 9th Ward in New Orleans, Ather Fountin's, 75,  home was destroyed by floodwaters following Hurricane Katrina two months prior. (Robert Caplin/New York Times)..
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  • "This is too much for me. Iúm an old man.  I'm 75 years old.  I don't know how long it's gonna take to get it back.  I've lived here for 28 years.  But I decided I"m not gonna run away from it.  Recover, rebuild, whatever it takes. I'm gonna stick it out a little longer, give it a try at least." ..Seventy-five-year-old resident of the 9th Ward in New Orleans, Ather Fountin's, home was destroyed by floodwaters following Hurricane Katrina two months prior. (Robert Caplin/New York Times)..
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