[Michael Goldsberry]

"So is he saying that Bourbon Street is under over 15 feet of water???"

He said that info was from emergency Police radio, it wasn't a personal observation.

I didn't hear him say exactly where it's happening.

[ohioWfan]

He is saying now that there is no flooding where he is, and it seems like the worst of the storm has passed.

[Michael Goldsberry]

Shep reports no flooding on Bourbon St.

The folks on rooftops report is in Plackaman. (sp?)

Just now: Shep reports levees on East side have failed.

[CFC__VRWC]

I would like to point out that during these storms, all kinds of wild rumors about damage and destruction go flying around. At this point, no one in the storm really knows what's going on outside their particular location.

Example - during Hurricane Charley a report went out on the radio that a famous landmark near me, the Bok Singing Tower in Lake Wales, Florida, has been blown down. I even reported that to my folks, who were in Ohio at the time. It turned out later, of course, that the tower, which is made of coquina, was just fine. I personally think some jerk-off decided to try and be funny and yank all our chains by calling in a completely bogus report.

So please view some of these really sensational reports with a fair amount of skepticism - we are not going to have a really accurate assessment of the damage until the storm is really over and people have a chance to go outside and start looking around!