Yousef's::::::::::
Yousef's::::::::::
Yousefs is a corner store here in "town". It has gasoline, cold drinks and beer, a kind of deli (Boudan HERE!!) and various sundried items. It is aparently also a kind of speak easy, after hours they lock the doors and you can get in the side by knowing a secret knock and you can
get in and drink beer in the cool without the watchful eye of John law and those pesky liquor control agents. People here in the DMORT always thought the name was some kind of horrible misspelling of some kind of "Serve Yo Sef" kind of coloquialism..... I had to laugh.. I have been
in the store several times and I have met Yousef.. he is a black muslim and this is his store. This is one of the more bizarre points of this kind of place ... Yousef is a practicing muslim, in the heart of some bizarre cross between a Catholic state religion here and the prostelitizing evangelical Christians..... in a country that wears American flags on everything that is at war with radical elements of the very religion this store owner in the middle of absolutely no where
makes a living (I have not been too impressed with the "live and let live" attitudes I have found here). Yet Yousef survives and seems to flourish selling pork and alcohol products he neither consumes nor believes in (you can buy Pig Lips out of a one gallon wide mouth jar at the front for $0.75 each.... ok. even I am not that brave but they are a local favorite.. purple, pickled and juicy). Since all of us are foreigners we are not included on the inside of things, but it is clear
to me that Yousef is doing ok for himself and his family. He has a sign on the door "no cell phones inside" which he enforces..... I wonder why but am afraid to ask.
There is another part of NDMS (National DIsaster Medical System) which includes DMORT and DMAT (Disaster Medical Assistance Team.. esentially MASH from volunteers)... one you likely have not heard about is VMAT (Veterinary Medical Assistance Team) which comes in to help with
animals that have been hurt or displaced by the disaster. So from New Orleans dogs and cats and what ever plus cows and other lifestock displaced by the storm here..VMATS had a resence in the old morgue before we moved over here but has since left this disaster as being
complete. They tried to save starving animals in the NO metro area and either find the owners or find new owners for them. They saved thousands of animals from death as far as I know and I ever saw a single thing about them in the news.
Yousefs is a corner store here in "town". It has gasoline, cold drinks and beer, a kind of deli (Boudan HERE!!) and various sundried items. It is aparently also a kind of speak easy, after hours they lock the doors and you can get in the side by knowing a secret knock and you can
get in and drink beer in the cool without the watchful eye of John law and those pesky liquor control agents. People here in the DMORT always thought the name was some kind of horrible misspelling of some kind of "Serve Yo Sef" kind of coloquialism..... I had to laugh.. I have been
in the store several times and I have met Yousef.. he is a black muslim and this is his store. This is one of the more bizarre points of this kind of place ... Yousef is a practicing muslim, in the heart of some bizarre cross between a Catholic state religion here and the prostelitizing evangelical Christians..... in a country that wears American flags on everything that is at war with radical elements of the very religion this store owner in the middle of absolutely no where
makes a living (I have not been too impressed with the "live and let live" attitudes I have found here). Yet Yousef survives and seems to flourish selling pork and alcohol products he neither consumes nor believes in (you can buy Pig Lips out of a one gallon wide mouth jar at the front for $0.75 each.... ok. even I am not that brave but they are a local favorite.. purple, pickled and juicy). Since all of us are foreigners we are not included on the inside of things, but it is clear
to me that Yousef is doing ok for himself and his family. He has a sign on the door "no cell phones inside" which he enforces..... I wonder why but am afraid to ask.
There is another part of NDMS (National DIsaster Medical System) which includes DMORT and DMAT (Disaster Medical Assistance Team.. esentially MASH from volunteers)... one you likely have not heard about is VMAT (Veterinary Medical Assistance Team) which comes in to help with
animals that have been hurt or displaced by the disaster. So from New Orleans dogs and cats and what ever plus cows and other lifestock displaced by the storm here..VMATS had a resence in the old morgue before we moved over here but has since left this disaster as beingcomplete. They tried to save starving animals in the NO metro area and either find the owners or find new owners for them. They saved thousands of animals from death as far as I know and I ever saw a single thing about them in the news.
posted by Steve Morse- Adventures in Disasters at 5:48 PM
2 Comments:
Each posting is so interesting. I especially like the general store description. The VMAT team did a great job!
Steve,
As always, I enjoy your stories of the happenings in your current location. Vmat is wonderful, glad to know the animals are cared for as well.
Hugs & Stuff, JJ
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