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Posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:45 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Almost every home and buisiness in Slitell(??) has been touched by the wind and/or water.
"He means Sid Finch."
conservative in nyc gave me this link for WKRG: mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518
Works great.
MSNBC: Unconfirmed reports from Slidell are not good, that most buildings have been impacted by either wind or water. But no reporters on site yet to confirm, reporter was in Covington.
I've wondered that a lot myself in the past two days. Seems like New Orleans' current location is the worst place for a metropolitan area. However I mentioned this to my dad last night on the phone and he said that the city has sunk quite a bit over the years and also in the 18th century it's very likely that the settlers of N.O. simply did not know they were below sea level. Thank God the city dodged the bullet this time, though it sounds like things will still be quite a mess down there. I hope that this storm leads to better evacuation procedures, shelters, and levee/pumping systems.
I'm having trouble with those links, but I did get MSNBC to work.
I'm good now.
Poor Slidell. Nice bedroom community - my brother used to live there before he moved to Houston.
Slidell....
where did you hear that...I have a bunch of Freepmails from people worried about that area
Snakes, I hate snakes. Found one yesterday.
If the wind doesn't take them out, a lightning strike doesn't fry them, or a wall of water doesn't inundate them, they die when the power goes out and the backup power supply finally runs out - assuming that the terrestrial telecom network they're connected to isn't dead.
placemark.
That's another one to be concerned about.
We're not going to have a real grasp of the damage to the oil facilities or to the coastal communities until tomorrow, I suspect.
I still can't understand the morons who decided to stay on Grand Isle as a Cat 5 storm was bearing down on them. They're lucky it weakened to Cat 4 overnight, but they're lucky if they're alive.
Dredge material is pumped into the island during the grade raising
after the 1900 hurricane. Residents endured years of pumps, sludge,
canals, stench and miles of catwalks during the project.
Photo courtesy of Rosenberg Library.
Shep is back on Fox.
On MSNBC live video online.
Shep is back on Fox.
Fireants floating in the water...and not knowing where the blown off manhole covers are....rats, sludge, and who knows what else in that water.
OK, I won't if you won't.
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