[Diddle E. Squat]

I second the motion that you shutup with your nonstop cynicism. You have no idea what the actual damage is out there, nor whether this has been overblown or not. Can't know for hours. There are now reports from the NE side of the city that with the wind from the north, the lake is overtopping the levees, which if it continues is part of the worst case scenario that would flood the bowl. We won't know for hours if that continued and worsened, or subsided in time. Overtopping is the worst that can occur to a dam/levee, which can, if sustained, cause structural failure. There is confirmed water up to the roof from a levee break in another separate section of the city(its own levee). You have no idea how deep it is or if persons are trapped.

[jveritas]

Enjoy your pessimism. Do you know that the media and some of the guys here have been talking about Katrina as the worst storm ever to hit the US? Now since some have been already proving wrong they want to overexxagerate every problem to save the face. I am not saying that there is no damage and no loss in life that have already occurred and will occur in the next 24 hours, but for sure it is no way near the apocalyptic scenario the media and the so called "experts" have been predicting in the last 48 hours.

Take a knee and thank our Lord that He lessened the fury of this storm.

[Frank_2001]

Absolutely! I never trust initial reports in situations such as this...