The precedent of Hurricane Katrina is important to keep in mind with regard to Altadena, as this historically Black community struggles to care for each other and looks at its prospects for survival.
I'm reminded of an essay by John Clark, looking at the ten year anniversary of Katrina, the narrative of resilience that has been forced onto New Orleans, the politics of that narrative and what it obscures. Get ready for next year's Rose Parade and especially the 2028 LA Olympics to heavily showcase the 'resilience' narrative, no matter how devastating the losses over next few years—no matter how complicit the politicians and corporate marauders pushing this narrative have been in those losses.
'The ideology of resilience ignores the extraordinary creative achievements and visionary aspirations of New Orleanians in the post-Katrina period, and celebrates survival, bare life. It focuses instead on the community’s continued existence as a site for imposition of corporate-state hierarchically-formulated development plans. All the complements to the people of New Orleans for being resilient are a bit condescending and demeaning. After all, it’s not the greatest tribute to people to complement them on their ability to survive. “Thank you for not just giving up and dying en masse. If you had done that would have been somewhat of an embarrassment to the greatest country in the world.”'
This essay appears in a few places online, but this one seems to be the most accessible (despite getting the title wrong). You can also find it in the Black Seed print anthology.
Against Resilence: The Katrina Disaster & The Politics of Disavowal, by John Clark
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/various-authors-black-seed-issue-5#toc36
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