Official: We're back in the Stone Age

City dwellers become hunters and gatherers

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 Posted: 0918 GMT (1718 HKT)


NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- The 21st century was swept away here. The winds and the floods and the disasters that followed took it.

Some strange, more primitive time took its place, amid the useless computers and cars of the modern world. Those stranded were left behind to forage for food and water, share what little they have with neighbors, and find somewhere safe before night falls.

"Say goodbye to the Jetsons," Aaron Broussard, president of next-door Jefferson Parish, told residents on the all-night radio station and news lifeline. "We're back to the Flintstones."

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