wdsu.com [link]
There's a little section on current weather conditions in NO. It says 80 degrees, light rain.
Huh.
Seems like everyone's got a tale to tell.
Mal ,'Safe'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Aug 29, 2005 6:10:22 am PDT #2020 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
askye - Aug 29, 2005 6:16:35 am PDT #2021 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
I think some people decided to stay in their homes because either the line was very long to get in to the shelters, they didn't have food and water with them (which was a requirement to get into shelters), or they decided that chancing the Superdome flooding with 10,000 people inside to panic or being in their home they'd rather be in their own home.
DavidS - Aug 29, 2005 6:23:45 am PDT #2022 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Dylan's right, I just saw film from the Quarter. It's not submerged. It'll have some damage, but nothing it hasn't dealt with before.
Kate P. - Aug 29, 2005 6:27:06 am PDT #2023 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I regularly don't notice that I'm covered in cat hair until I'm well out of the house.
Ha. This is me, and I often wear a lot of black or dark colors. Classy.
God, I hope all those people in New Orleans are all right.
Kate P. - Aug 29, 2005 6:29:31 am PDT #2024 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
OH, and happy birthday Jen and meara, two lovely ladies who deserve the very finest in life! And happy day-after-your-birthday to Casper, who shares a birthday with my awesome little brother. Happy times to cool people.
le nubian - Aug 29, 2005 6:29:44 am PDT #2025 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I just read that parts of NO are submerged under 5-6 feet of water. Some (all?) of the pumps failed.
Volans - Aug 29, 2005 6:30:39 am PDT #2026 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Having been in the Superdome, I think I'd stay home too. If I couldn't leave the city.
I've given up on trying to not wear cat hair.
Dana - Aug 29, 2005 6:32:32 am PDT #2027 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Man, the picture on the front page of CNN is killing me.
There's also a slide show at nytimes.com that shows Canal Street with trees torn out.
sumi - Aug 29, 2005 6:34:21 am PDT #2028 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
But this is still the first round, right? Weren't people (experts) more concerned with the storm surge?
Fred Pete - Aug 29, 2005 6:42:31 am PDT #2029 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'd also bet that the suburbs will see worse flooding than NOLA itself.
It's the neutral grounds. The city itself has a lot of grassy areas in the middle of the main streets that'll soak up some of the water. The suburbs (especially in Jefferson Parish to the west) are all concrete -- no ground for the water to soak into.