Ill wind blows in 'Treme'

'TREME' Rating 2 1/2 out of 4

9 to 10:20 p.m. this Sunday, then 9 to 10 p.m. Sundays, on HBO.

David Simon has been lauded for his brutally real depiction of Baltimore in HBO's "The Wire," and now he turns his attention to our most tragic city: New Orleans. The party ended for the joyous and decadent birthplace of jazz when it was crashed by the ultimate wet blanket, 2005's Hurricane Katrina.

HBO's "Treme" (trih-MAY) is named for the musical New Orleans neighborhood, and Simon re-teamed with "The Wire's" Eric Overmyer and David Mills to mourn the city and document its struggle to survive. It's rough going. And the bad juju hasn't dissipated yet -- Mills died last …