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To: Quick1

Yep. Don't like them fireants.


3,715 posted on 08/29/2005 12:26:42 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

LACOMBE -- Trees are toppling, roads are flooding, and winds are gusting up to 80 or 90 mph as Hurricane Katrina makes her entrance on the northeast side of Lake Ponchartrain early this morning.

A large tree fell and crushed a truck and aluminum siding is peeling off homes sitting on the banks of Bayou Lacombe as high winds and sheets of rain - blowing sideways - pound buildings and roads.

Roads leading to the lake are under water, power lines are down and trees and branches litter streets in this small town just west of Slidell.

Homes here also are threatened by the rising waters not only from Lake Ponchartrain but also by the network of bayous in the area that already are spilling over their banks.

"When the winds die down below 50 miles per hour, weÕll use a military flat boat to rescue people stranded by the water," said Lacombe firefighter Gary Artigue.


3,733 posted on 08/29/2005 12:29:52 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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