Why they bury the bodies aboveground in New Orleans

By adamg on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 6:39pm

Wet cemetery

The Granary Burying Ground on Tremont Street reached flood stage today - there were a couple of mini-waterfalls from the wall at the front to the sidewalk.

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Flooding on Tremont Street

By anon on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 7:31pm.

Hundreds dead!

Oh no

By JohnAKeith on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 8:14pm.

I seen this before in that Poltergeist movie ... expect Mother Goose to be walkin' down Tremont any second now ...

Key West too!

By Sarcastic Sam on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 9:22pm.

and in key west, the deceased never get lonely. They're buried shoulder-to-shoulder.

Have a mug of Sam Adams

By deselby on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 4:14pm.

the real thing . . .