THE TENSION: Hurricane Katrina Aftermath News Pictures #41

Friday, February 17, 2006

Hurricane Katrina Aftermath News Pictures #41

Mardi Gras parade participants throw beads from a float during the Excalibur parade opening Mardi Gras celebrations in Metairie, Louisiana February 17, 2006. The 150th Mardi Gras season started in the New Orelans suburb for the first time since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Tracy Thomson, left, and Janine Hayes pose, Friday, Feb. 17, 2006, after appearing in the Blue Tarp Costume Fashion Show at the Lundi Gras Blue Tarp Celebration at Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans. Designers put together fashions using blue tarps to express dismay that so much of New Orleans still covered in tarps after Hurricane Katrina hit last year. The event raised money for the Campaign to Save Costal Louisiana. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A silhouetted man walks past a store window selling Mardi Gras souvenirs along Decatur Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans February 16, 2006. The first official Mardi Gras season since Hurricane Katrina starts in New Orleans February 18. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Despite parts of New Orleans, such as the Lower Ninth Ward area, pictured here 16 February 2006, still in ruins, the city is preparing to officially kick off its 150th Mardi Gras festival in a desperate bid to regain a sense of normalcy six months after it was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.(AFP/Robyn Beck)

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