Photo Essay: After Isaac

The Creole Creamery was one business trying to keep New Orleanians cool in soaring temperatures. Many residents were still without power days after Hurricane Isaac passed through the city.

Residents lacking power and air-conditioning after Hurricane Isaac socialize outside their homes in the cooler evening temperatures.

Hurricane Isaac brought down trees and power lines around New Orleans. Cars and a home on Coliseum St. were damaged by a felled tree in the Lower Garden District.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac, downed power lines and trees make for a dangerous clean-up on Euterpe St. in New Orleans' Lower Garden District.

A Mid-City family keeps cool in the wake of Hurricane Isaac, which left much of the region without power.

Many homes and businesses around the region, like this store on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., relied on power from generators after Hurricane Issac put much of South Louisiana in the dark.

Rouses Supermarket became a hub for New Orleanians lacking Internet access and air-conditioning in the wake of Hurricane Isaac.

Hundreds of utility trucks were staged in New Orleans East, two days after Hurricane Isaac passed through the city.

Motorists in New Orleans were faced with myriad broken traffic lights after Hurricane Isaac came though the city. On Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, a sign was placed reminding drivers to stop.