It's getting worse and worse and worse...

According to WWL, 80% of New Orleans is underwater. Bridges are not safe. The AIRPORT is underwater. The French Quarter is the new Atlantis. Bodies floating in the water. People trapped in homes.

Luckily, I've talked to all of my family and friends.

Doesn't look like I'll be going home anytime soon. If ever....

new orleans is fucked

same link as before

Break in 17th Street Canal Levee is now 200 feet wide and slowly flooding the City of New Orleans. Huge sand bags are being airlifted to try to stem the rush of water in that area. The expectations are that the water will not stop until it reaches lake level.

worst case scenario

i can't believe it. i like it there a lot. was going next month.

there are going to be a lot of people left homeless. and more dead than we know of now. a terrible, terrible disaster.

Crrrazy.

i just came here to post that middle picture

what the fuck

this is some insane stuff. we have been sort of entranced by cnn since waking up. god, wolf. did anyone catch the footage of that one long ass stretch of... "water overpass" (i have no idea what you would call this... a causeway?) with all the missing sections. holy crap. can you imagine being one of those guys on the roof tops? there seems to me a lot of footage of young men in jnco's being rescued by the coast guard choppers. i like watching their faces as they are being wisked into the air, it is a look of extreme intensity.

I'm watching video from WWL (link above) and they're flying over the city in a helicopter.

The French Quarter is perfectly dry.

It's part of the site above, but this page has the latest updates:
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html

Here's hoping the Superdome isn't a major disaster in itself.

themajormiller wrote:The French Quarter is perfectly dry.

Like hell it is. CNN reported that the water level is four feet high and rising in the FQ. Video on cnn.com.

Perhaps this might be a solution for a city that lies below sea-level.



Floating Houses

On TV last night there was a program about how the dutch government intends to deal with climate change and rising water levels. One dutch planner said that they were now trying think and plan 100 years ahead:

For centuries the Netherlands has fought against invading water with land fills, dams and dykes. But the philosophy is changing in the wake of global warming, blamed for the 20 cm-rise in sea-level over the last century. Instead of driving out the water, the Dutch are trying to live on it. And since we are getting more and more rain, we are having more and more water in this country which is fifty percent below the sea level as you know, and so we have developed this concept of building villages on the water, Ooms Bouwmaatschappijs marketing director, Gijsbert van der Woerdt told Reuters.

There was also speculation, on Channel 4 news tonight, as to wether the US government might change its policy view about global warming, given the increasing intensity and frequency of hurricanes of late. With oil prices hitting peak level and the insurance cost estimated to be $25 billion dollars, will the current administration acknowledge climate change? Surely, over and above the human cost, the economic cost will be a wake up call.

vockins wrote:

themajormiller wrote:The French Quarter is perfectly dry.

Like hell it is. CNN reported that the water level is four feet high and rising in the FQ. Video on cnn.com.

i vote dry! that's what the gov and fema said on cnn a few minutes ago. which is good cause i would need some coffee after that shit.