St. Bernard is a parish/county located due east of the city of New Orleans.
When looking at a map of extreme southeastern Louisiana, you see two "fingers" of land that are technically peninsulas: one extending southeast, one due east.
The southeast "finger" is Plaquemines parish and is the path currently taken by the Mississippi to the Gulf; the eastern "finger", St. Bernard, is how the river used to run to the Gulf many, many moons ago.
The largest town in St. Bernard is Chalmette, my home town. Areas to the east of it are more sparsely populated, with a good portion of the parish very low-lying and, at the eastermost points, downright marshy.
Hope this helps.
Thank you.
Do you know how your hometown is doing right now?
TWC just reported that there is 8 feet of water there.
And they also reported that a lot of their "reporters" aren't reporting in any more. ;-(