[kingu]

They tell us the same thing in California, but we're also talking about a rather densely settled city and those trees are in backyards of homes. If this does indeed turn out to be the reason, I hope that they go through and deforest the entire levee system there.

Anyway, off to bed I go.

[don-o]

On WLW radio the announcer said his neighborhood fared well during the hurricane, but now the water is three feet and rising.

Said choppers constantly in the air plucking folks from roofs. Said that the bridge to Slidell had been completely under water during the surge and that part of it is gone.

Said that a water tower in Slidell is gone.

Hope someone can monitor this station, because they are taking phone calls and passing on real information.