Katrina�s Wake: Couple Watches The End of the Home They Built
Joyce and Pat Blaize lived in Plaquemines Parish for 54 years. (By Angelle Bergeron)
Joyce and Pat Blaize have been married for 54 years, and that’s how long they’ve lived in the house Pat’s grandfather built on the west bank of the Mississippi River in lower Plaquemines Parish. For 54 years they have shared their lives–making love, working, fighting, rearing children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and having crayfish boils and barbecues on their beautiful outdoor patio on the foot of the levee.