Quickly becoming one of the most-visited cities that I have been through, Mardi Gras 2004 marks my third visit to the Big Easy in as many years. This visit, though, marked some exciting weather, including a tornado alert.

The gray clouds were ominous as the radio played the emergency broadcasting alert tones.	The rain poured and poured, as seen rolling off the roofs in the French Quarter...	... and things looked about the same as I drove down St. Claude Avenue.
The rain pouring out the down-spouts gives you an idea of how heavy the rainfall actually was.	Not rain-related, but I thought it was an interesting commentary presented in graffiti form.	One of the houses along the St. Claude are also getting into the Mardi Gras spirit.