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To: Species8472

So, on that little canal there, the water is breaching the left side and moving toward the hospital?


2,240 posted on 08/30/2005 12:06:10 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

1354. TU Med Ctr rising water
by TUGrad91, 8/30/05 2:32 ET
VP of TU Med Ctr just reported on CNN that 17th st canal levee breach is 2 blocks long and water is rising at a rapid pace on Canal--"white caps" on Canal--Planning to evacuate hospital if water rises to second floor generators!

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Tulane University Hospital**LAKEVIEW by phaire51, 8/30/05
ON CNN, 17th street levee breech is 2 block long and the "water is rising so fast" I can't even explain it...this is in LAKEVIEW. Water is rising about 1 inch about every 5 minutes...running towards Canal Street side....Charity Hospital is CURRENTLY being evacuating....writing as the audio is coming in.....IMMEDIATELY...please confirm...air evacuation




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2,244 posted on 08/30/2005 12:08:35 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Howlin
So, on that little canal there, the water is breaching the left side and moving toward the hospital?

Yes, the best I can tell My experience in NO is limited but I have driven the shore of the lake a couple of times.

2,246 posted on 08/30/2005 12:09:13 AM PDT by Species8472 (A life lived to help others is the only one that matters)
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To: Howlin

yes, that appears to be the case.
it is a coule of miles, too, through lakeside NOLA.
I expect the Garden District is now a underwater from the lake levee to the river levee.


2,251 posted on 08/30/2005 12:10:29 AM PDT by King Prout (and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
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