[overtaxed_canadian]

"Two men surviving on generator power in the Lake Terrace neighborhood near the Lake Pontchartrain levee still had a dry house, but they were eyeing the rising water in the yard nervously. They were planning to head back out to the levee to retrieve a vast stash of beer, champagne and hard liquor they found washed onto the levee."


Words cannot express my admiration of the courage and selflessness of these stoic individuals. Where do we find such men? Godspeed my brothers. I salute thee.

[BurbankKarl]

1365. Fires...
by nmissios, 8/30/05 3:16 ET
I know this is Orleans, but I'm not getting any responses in the Jefferson board. Has anyone heard anything about the fires in Metairie? They started at N. Arnoult and the Service Road and have spread rapidly. I live at Edenborn and W. Napoleon. Anyone know if it's involved? PLEASE RESPOND!

[Thinkin' Gal]

They were planning to head back out to the levee to retrieve a vast stash of beer, champagne and hard liquor they found washed onto the levee."

If you plan to head back out to the levee to retrieve a vast stash of beer, champagne and hard liquor washed onto the levee, you just might be a...