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hatchesSage

The Anne Rice piece is gorgeous!

The Ursuline news came from the T-P feed this morning, Chi, quoting the Archbishop who is bunkered down in Baton Rouge:

"Ursuline Convent Damaged

The historic Ursuline Convent, built in 1725 and one of the oldest buildings in the French Quarter, sustained "serious damage" from Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Archbishop Alfred Hughes said Saturday.

"Part of the roof was destroyed," he said. "They experienced the full brunt of the storm."

I trust he was not confusing this facility with the Ursuline academy which is somewhere else, I think out near Tulane and therefore closer to Pontchartrain. The bit is located somewhere near the end of this mess:

T-P Breaking News

9/4/054:46 PM

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