Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
I'm wondering how they're going to get people out of the Superdome (not to mention everywhere else, but there's what, 60,000 people or so there now). Helicopters are the only real option, right?
Actually, no. The Mississippi isn't that far away. They could ferry people to the levee then walk them to waiting boats on the river, then send them to Baton Rouge.
Problem is, an armada like that would take a couple of days to assemble.
Mayor's office has corrected the message: in 12 to 15 hours the city will be under NINE feet of water, or 3 feet above MSL.
(I'm a little hung up on the notion that this could easily have been even worse.)I'm starting think that what would have been worse is that it would have been happening more quickly and violently, and that would have probably resulted in a greater loss of life. But where the city (rather than the population) is concerned, what's happening now, is pretty much what was predicted had the Category 5 hitting dead on.
Mayor's office has corrected the message: in 12 to 15 hours the city will be under NINE feet of water, or 3 feet above MSL.
Yes, that's so much better.
The freaking mildew! It's all going to be deep rot in all the wood frame structures.
Are they airlifting/ferrying supplies to the Dome now?
(I think I'm fixated on that one spot because as a child my primary association with NO was the Sugar Bowl, since that was the goal of every SEC team in those pre-BCS days.)
Are they airlifting/ferrying supplies to the Dome now?
There's not that much flooding near the Dome right now. It's pretty much the in-city headquarters for rescue efforts so I wouldn't worry about it going untended. They've got plenty of Coast Guard helicopters over New Orleans already.
Reports coming out of the Superdome are not good. The toilets are backing up, it's ungodly hot, and it's wet inside. At some point, they're going to have to get people out of there, even.
Is it naive to think they could build refugee camps outside of the city fairly quickly and boat these people out of there?
My aunt had a house right on the bayou. She's sold it now, I think. Lovely house -- pool in the backyard, gazebo jutting out into the water. There was also an enclosed courtyard with gas lighting ... and some of the most lavish bathrooms I've ever seen. So beautiful a house, it delayed their breakup by years, because neither her nor her husband wanted to leave.
I can't help wonder about it now.
Are they airlifting/ferrying supplies to the Dome now?
They're driving stuff in. Water isn't quite that deep yet. Problem is that there are more people there than expected -- one estimate is that they have close to 60,000 people.
(I think I'm fixated on that one spot because as a child my primary association with NO was the Sugar Bowl, since that was the goal of every SEC team in those pre-BCS days.)
There may not be a Sugar Bowl this year, at least not in NOLA.
I'm wondering if the Saints are going to play all their games on the road or move their games to Baton Rouge or Jackson.
All first world issues, obviously.
what's happening now, is pretty much what was predicted had the Category 5 hitting dead on.
Cindy's right: it's just taking longer.