Funny, some things, even in the wake of utter destruction.
Coming back to base camp after a day spent in Biloxi, we ran across the Old Brick House overlooking Biloxi's Back Bay.
The house, granted to Jean Baptiste Carquote from Spain in 1790, was saved from neglect by the city's garden clubs in the 1950s and turned over to Biloxi to operate as a historic museum, according to an outdated city Web site promoting the house.
Two and a half years after Katrina, the house is largely rubble, its front facade torn open, its windows destroyed. The roof in back has fallen to the ground. A historic marker telling its story either withstood the deluge or has since been replaced.
As Jack was snapping photos, I heard a very familiar beeping sound coming from inside.
Amid the broken bricks and cracked concrete, a smoke detector.
Long live the Energizer Bunny.
Photo by Jack Hanrahan