Better zip that off to the wire services, stat 
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Posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:45 AM PDT by NautiNurse
The thing that made the 1900 hurricane so devastating was the dike of refuse (blown down structures) that literally moved like a bulldozer clearing everything in it's path. It was the surge and trash in the surge that was deadly. Without that you basically get the crap scared out of you but you survive.
Actually, what the reporter said was the roof is like a 12 slice pie and that it was one slice that had the holes.
Better zip that off to the wire services, stat
LOL! Really? I didn't even know it was from Spongebob hehehe. Awwww how cute.
With all those urban outdoorsman and no AC it's going to get a little ripe in the Dome.
levee
hehehhe.... lol
Thanks for the Chuckle.. Now run away... Quickly.... lol
please update those of us w/o televisions.
Oh okay... I knew it sounded weird. Now I know it was just me :o)
ok-thanks. If you hear more hospital info, let me know, please
If I understood the engineer from LSU on Fox, the 200 mph test on the Superdome roof depends completely on the roof remaining intact... there was a lot of discussion about how it could fail once the roof is breached.
I am hoping and praying for the best here, and all else should be praying too. This is terrible.
Ouch! lol
This is it people. We're seeing reports of complete structural failure in New Orleans, and the governor is on Fox now stating that flooding in NE New Orleans, in Orleans Parrish is at 6 to 8 feet, multiple breaches, rising at the rate of one foot per hour.
This can go a couple of different ways, a few buildings undermined and coming down, or perhaps more significant damage. I think reports that the city have dodged the worst were premature as the storm there is now at its maximum potential.
I'd like to see everyone here keep in mind that others reading may have loved ones in the area and keep speculation to an absolute minimum.
Regardless of howe this plays out, there will be loss of life ans I can see no reason to exaggerate or speculate, beyond hard newes reports as they come in.
A little patience and forbearance will go a long way towards making the best of the situation, whatever it proves to be.
Definitely explains the flying debris...
I heard it from a person who works at Oshner hospital on WDSU
Floodwaters surround a car in uptown New Orleans early Monday, Aug. 29, 2005 as high winds and rain batter the Louisiana coast as Hurricane Katrina makes landfall. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
She could also be reporting on the roof's condition well after the pictures were taken.
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