"To: RummyChick
If there is a news blackout, it will be because the levees have totally gone. Keep hearing that the levees are getting in worse shape.
What I just heard on WWL said they are trying to rescue everyone they can but they cannot tell the beginning and end of the Mississippi River right now because of all the holes and breeches."
Important to note, the Mississippi passes all three of New Orlean's levee basins. Without a location on those levee breaks, the river levee breaks referred to might well be in the eastern bowl, which has already flooded all it is going to.
At this point, all we know about flooding in downtown for sure is that it sources to Lake Ponchartrain via the 17th St. Canal.
Maybe a hair splitting point, but so far the River isn't loose into downtown....not yet anyway.
"If there is a news blackout, it will be because the levees have totally gone"
Disagree. If there's a news blackout it's for complete embarassment that such minor breaches (minor when they started) weren't stopped.
There's only two breaches.