[Diddle E. Squat]

Well, in a way much of NO did dodge a bullet. Now we have some areas under 12'of flooding, some under 6', and some with almost no flooding, while if the hurricane had been about 10 miles further west, or 10-20 mph stronger, all of the city could have been under 10-25' of water.

I saw earlier that the Lake Pontchartrain storm surge was 10-12', and the lowest points on the lake levees were 13'. 2' more feet of surge, and the picture would be amazingly worse, with even the higher French Quarter under 5-10' of water.

So perhaps they dodged a bullet to the heart, but took two in the legs.

[don-o]

WWL 870 AM is up and I got it on my radio. Have some good coverage. I'm outta here, until I wake up in the middle of the night.

Still nothing fron St Bernard's,