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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry has lost her home in New Orleans
she reports that everyone is safe...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/29/1125519/-MSNBC-host-Melissa-Harris-Perry-has-lost-her-home-in-New-Orleans
onehandle
(51,122 posts)FSogol
(45,312 posts)hlthe2b
(101,540 posts)Be safe NOLA and Gulf folks!
redwitch
(14,921 posts)Glad everyone is safe though.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)I don't know how much of that house was salvagable before the rest was taken out. She said in the video it had good bones, but...
Still, good on her for trying to fix up the blights in her neighborhood (and places that attract crime)
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)bunnies
(15,859 posts)progressoid
(49,758 posts)bunnies
(15,859 posts)I met her on her book tour. What a gracious lady. I'm so sorry.
bluedigger
(17,073 posts)The city will demo what's left as a hazard. Eventually. It's a shame they didn't have time to close in the exposed end - it probably would have made it.
Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)She was about to renovate the place. It was missing one entire outside wall, and you could see right through the place.
Here's link with a video of her from this last weekend giving a tour of the place.
http://mhpshow.msnbc.com/_news/2012/08/25/13478814-on-katrinas-anniversary-a-bit-of-homework?lite
The least real winds were gonna take that place down.