I feel sorry for New Orleans. It was first like, "Whew, we dodged the bullet" , but it turns out there was a second one.
'Sleeper'
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.
The breach in the levee on Lake Ponchatrain is now 200 feet wide, and the feds and military are trying to get huge sandbags airlifted in.
Unfortunately, they're expecting that the flooding will continue until the lake and city find their level.
Press conference:
- 700 people rescued during the night.
- All available boats are engaged in search and rescue.
- "tragedy of great proportions, greater than we've seen in our lifetimes"
- "We have no counts, but we know that many lives have been lost."
Dana, which area is your family's home in?
The NOLA news is just terrible.
And the idea that this is just the beginning of the most active part of hurricane season. . . mind-blowing.
But, on the bright side:
President Bush returning to Washington two days ahead of schedule to help oversee Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts, White House announces.
eta: Do you suppose he'll try faith-based recovery efforts? I mean, we already know that humans can part water with God's help....
WWL is now blogging any updates they get here.
RE: Prison Break, mayhap my own personal experiences with prisons and their medical facilities are what's giving me such issues with the wank. Judges usually aren't all that good about letting convicted felons choose their facilities--close to home or not. My brother requested one close to home and ended up across the state. And medical care is lax is the best situations and negligent to non-exsistent in the worst.
But it's a me-thing, I guess.
President Bush returning to Washington two days ahead of schedule to help oversee Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts, White House announces.
I think they misspelled "photo op to boost his approval ratings that are swirling down the toilet bowl."