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canetoad

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16. Swamp Rat used to make

Sat Aug 30, 2025, 05:31 PM

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Some really funny political artworks using grotesque photoshop filters for the republicans, so that they ended up with green, lumpy skin and other enhancements. Swamp Rat would have had an absolute ball with trump.

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Who was at DU during Hurricane Katrina? And, where is Swamp Rat? I was here & it was intense... [View all] Hekate Saturday OP

I remember fundraisers. There was a DU artist who made some beautiful masks out of NOLA mythology... Hekate Saturday #1

Me. I was monitoring blog posts from physicians at Memorial Hospital. It was absolutely devastating.. hlthe2b Saturday #2

We were getting real-time posts here that were just horrific. CNN did a good job showing the sports arena... Hekate Saturday #10

It all stays with me. I still remember the absolute devastation of a little boy being made to hlthe2b Saturday #30

Oh God the dogs. Afterward when boats were puttering thru the streets looking for human survivors Hekate Saturday #39

OMG, I remember that about the dog. murielm99 Sunday #61

Blackwater was there to help Clouds Passing Saturday #48

I remember him or her. senseandsensibility Saturday #3

I couldn't figure it out. It said over 50K posts for him. peacebuzzard Saturday #6

I think he was the poster who posted We are Losing New Orleans senseandsensibility Saturday #9

Swamp Rat used to make canetoad Saturday #16

Yes, I remember that senseandsensibility Saturday #21

that is strange. does not coincide with Katrina peacebuzzard Saturday #11

I remember that poster too. Pretty sure he was still posting when I joined in 2012 LeftInTX Saturday #20

I was. My son was living in New Orleans at the time, but had evacuated. likesmountains 52 Saturday #4

bvar, he was a really nice person (pretty sure he was male). MuseRider Saturday #32

Yes, I'm not sure about the gardening, but he was a very nice man. likesmountains 52 Saturday #50

I remember bvar. Beautiful garden. yardwork Saturday #55

I was in a thread with Swamp Rat and he left Norleans sometime around then peacebuzzard Saturday #5

I was here, watching Katrina from Chicago in horror. greatauntoftriplets Saturday #7

I remember residents scavenging for necessary supplies. Oh wait: those were *white* residents. Hekate Saturday #8

I remember that a number of us DUers commented on that. yardwork Saturday #56

I think he posted for a bit afterwards and disappeared. alittlelark Saturday #12

me too. I always think of him when katrina is mentioned. his posts were great. peacebuzzard Saturday #17

Wife and I at a secure location north of Bay St Louis, MS BOSSHOG Saturday #13

I'm so glad you were safe Hekate Sunday #62

I was here malaise Saturday #14

I was. H2O Man Saturday #15

I was here canetoad Saturday #18

Was here dweller Saturday #19

Listened to NPR all things considered. Blue Full Moon Saturday #22

Sorry, that was eleven years before I even started lurking here. Xavier Breath Saturday #23

I was here evolves Saturday #24

I was here back then NoPasaran Saturday #25

There was a small group of us there too. MuseRider Saturday #36

Will Pitt went to Camp Casey at Crawford, too Hekate Saturday #42

I think Ann's username was proud2blib...... hatrack Saturday #53

It was indeed a couple of lifetimes ago Hekate Saturday #37

I was here. I miss Swampy. ms liberty Saturday #26

I was still teaching in Houston then... ananda Saturday #27

We were ther AverageOldGuy Saturday #28

I lived on Dunbar in BSL, but survived H. txwhitedove Saturday #47

I was a long term volunteer and later ran a recovery camp out of Gulfport. intheflow Sunday #68

Exactly. Water came up to bed tops in house, truck flooded, early afternoon i walked back to my txwhitedove Sunday #71

I was here and I have never gotten over the loss of Swampy. MuseRider Saturday #29

I couldn't watch the CNN special, thinking of Swampy. Maru Kitteh Saturday #31

I was here Sequoia Saturday #33

I was in Crawford. carpetbagger Saturday #34

I Was Here Deep State Witch Saturday #35

I know Hekate Saturday #38

ben burch mopinko Saturday #40

Ben was always insightful blm Saturday #45

I was here. Silver Gaia Saturday #41

My profile says I became a member on Sun Mar 2, 2008, 01:30 AM, but I know I was lurking before then. generalbetrayus Saturday #43

I was mcar Saturday #44

I was here then. Dem2theMax Saturday #46

I joined close to when the site went up Quanto Magnus Saturday #49

me Skittles Saturday #51

Me. And was intense. Itchinjim Saturday #52

I was here and remember Swamp Rat. My wife and I just watched the new Netflix doc on Katrina. Devastating. NewHendoLib Saturday #54

I was here and I miss Swamp Rat. yardwork Saturday #57

I was lurking JustAnotherGen Saturday #58

Our family was visiting New Orleans and surrounding area few weeks before. hunter Saturday #59

I was here during all of it xmas74 Sunday #60

My husband and I were in Oklahoma. Eight months later... Behind the Aegis Sunday #63

I was. tavernier Sunday #64

I was heRE under another ID Captain Zero Sunday #65

Bush was such a moron, but Cheney was just cold evil. Finally they were gone, we got Barack Obama &... Hekate Sunday #66

They didn't seem to know what they were doing. LeftInTX Monday #74

I was. It was the 2nd most traumatic event of the BushII residency after the invasion of Iraq. A horror show. Crunchy Frog Sunday #67

You're forgetting 9/11. intheflow Sunday #69

Somehow, for me, the other two felt far more horrifying. Crunchy Frog Sunday #72

I was here - and there. intheflow Sunday #70

I was here reading all about it Tree Lady Monday #73

I was here under a different username róisín_dubh Monday #75

I was here on DU during that time and was in regular contact offline with Swamp Rat Pachamama Monday #76

I was! DenaliDemocrat Monday #77

Swamp Rat last posted here on April 28, 2011, but it was a technical post Rhiannon12866 Monday #78

I wasn't a member, but I was a daily reader. Americanme Monday #79

I was here Prairie Gates Monday #80

I was here RandiFan1290 Monday #81

Yes lark Monday #82

I was here. I made an embarrassingly asinine comment about it at the time, in fact. Orrex Monday #83

SwampRat was TOPS! Kid Berwyn Monday #84

I was not in New Orleans but Houston took in a large number of evacuees LetMyPeopleVote Monday #85

Evacuees... not refugees. B.See Monday #86

That was by far my most active time ever on DU. I definitely remember "Swamp Rat". /nt artemisia1 Monday #87

I was here. herding cats Monday #88

I was here with Swamp Rat, believe it or not... Hellbound Hellhound Monday #89