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"I kept looking up thinking surely it wasn't really live...the anchor was ticking me off b/c I thought he wasn't paying attention to what she was saying b/c of some of the questions, but now that I think about it, I suspect he was just stunned and thought he was hearing wrong, too."

I just posted this on another thread:

Rick Sanchez is a nice guy but not the brightest bulb in the pack. For a minute there I thought he got the significant importance of what the lady at the hospital said, but he didn't. First, he had her repeat everything she said to him over and over, like it wasn't sinking into his brain. Then he gets a really big story out of her (the break in the levee) and blows it by not following up on it. Geez, all of downtown NO could flood through this break. A 2 block break is a very very big concern. Doesn't Canal Street go down to very near the French Quarter? She said the water was streaming down the street. Once there is a breach in a levee holding back a massive lake, I would think this would have every potential to be disastrous. Wish CNN would get a brighter talking head on real fast. But that's probably asking too much at this hour.

Canal is the "western" boundary of the French Quarter. Rampart is the "north" border, Esplanade is the "east" border, and the Mississippi is the "south" border.

For the lake to be coming to the CBD from Metairie, I expect all of New Orleans is either drowned or fixin' ta get that way.

Was just about to reply to you there (the breaking thread) and say wasn't it sad that he's the best we've got.......that says volumes about the coverage (and lack of) elsewhere!

Surely the other stations keep an eye on one another...I'm surprise someone hasn't popped up with something on another station yet (although maybe since we've all given up on them and are watching CNN they have and we just don't know it!)...

This definitely could be huge if it's all accurate as she heard. And the urgency in her voice towards the end of the call seemed pretty real to me.