[SE Mom]

Exactly. While watching CNN last night (they have the best coverage-though it pains me to say) Aaron Brown said it's impossible for us to grasp the big picture yet...it's too vast in size and scope.

[mhking]

I got word that the two cousins of mine who were out in the country (they were in my ancestral home town of Ironton, down in Plaquemines Parish, about 30 miles or so south of New Orleans) actually did evacuate before the storm hit.

My grandfather heard from the other three cousins that I was worried about west of town yesterday morning. They were OK, but the area around the building they're in was flooded (they're on the 7th floor).

[Diva]

While watching CNN last night (they have the best coverage-though it pains me to say)

I agree, we have family in NO and CNN seems to have more info, wonder if it is because the libs in NO have managed to lock Fox out of stories where recues are involved. Who knows for sure but I get tired of seeing the idiot male reporters standing in the wind (Fox, Waether Channel and CNN). I am in no way impressed with the Mayor of NO, the former Mayor Marc Morial seems to be able to string a sentence together, but Nagin hasn't a clue nor does it appear the Governor of LA. It's time to declare martial law so some decisions can be made.