Friday, December 09, 2005

Ragin' Cajun Relief

When the history of Hurricane Katrina is written, the heroes will be corporations. The big companies that employ folks on the Gulf Coast have done have been firstest with the mostest in getting their people back to work and back in decent housing.

And SWNID is pleased that his favorite national restaurant chain, New Orleans based Popeye's, is among them, per USA Today.

The story makes clear that Popeye's located its scattered New Orleans employees and got them back to work after the hurricane. They also managed to open up quickly in the recovering Big Easy, albeit with improvised menus and few outlets, feeding relief workers who were on the scene.

The story also makes clear what we've all been expecting: like Galveston a century before, New Orleans will be a much smaller city when the rebuilding is over.

But the distinctive, ragin' Cajun flavor of Popeye's chicken and side dishes will live as long as there are hungry, sensate human beings.

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