Would any/all Freepers who earlier today claimed this was "media hype" please report to the top of the thread for a figurative sand wedge to the skull?
Absolutely.
Hey, wasn't me!
The only question in my mind was whether NOLA was going to be functionally destroyed (which is what we're seeing) or completely drowned and destroyed.
I would also like to request that any and all FReepers who said that the SuperDome would open up like a package of JiffyPop report for the same treatment.
some of the media claims - I heard one fellow on TWC talking about 40,000 dead, 20 feet of water in the entire city, basically the entire city being destroyed, were exaggerated. Fox has live footage from the bourbon street area right now (eerie to see it in total darkness), there isn't even a puddle in the street.
but I won't dwell on this, its not appropriate right now.