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Katrina

I hadn’t been paying attention to Katrina—the last I’d heard it was a small hurricane and no one seemed too worried about it. All of a sudden it is a monster storm and bearing down on New Orleans. The worst possible city.

There are too many people left in NO. They can’t get out. And with the city below sea level and the levees not designed to take this kind of storm, what’s going to be left tomorrow? The flooding will be extreme with the pumps all under water. Between the wind and the flooding, it’s terrifying to think of the potential loss of life. And it’s horrible to contemplate what will happen to one of the most wonderful cities in the country.

My thoughts, prayers, and every good wish for the people of that beautiful city.

Let a miracle happen. Just one good one.

Posted on 08/28/05 at 03:50 PM
 




N in Seattle

Kate,

I haven’t been following that old email list of ours.  Has the New Orleans person gotten out of town?  I believe he lives in the French Quarter, which would probably make it all the more imperative for him to evacuate.

United States   Posted by N in Seattle on 08/28/05  at  08:17 PM





Kate

Haven’t heard a word from him today or yesterday. So hopefully he left. Others have wondered the same, so apparently no backchannel info.

United States   Posted by Kate on 08/28/05  at  10:35 PM





Blue

Although New Orleans is getting hit pretty bad the worst case scenerio, which was New Orleans being on the east side of the storm, is not going to be an actuality, but there are still going to be hurting. The suprdome now has two leaks in it from the last I heard.

United States   Posted by Blue on 08/29/05  at  01:04 PM





Kate

Unfortunately, the miracle didn’t happen. Instead there was a levee break and Lake Pontchartrain emptied into the city. It’s heartbreaking and tragic. Beyond reckoning. How will the city survive this?

The entire area is devastated, from LA to AL. God, what a hateful storm.

United States   Posted by Kate on 08/30/05  at  05:45 PM





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