[EBH]

Slidell suffers extensive flood damage; Mandeville, Covington wind damage, power loss

03:03 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 30, 2005


WWLTV.com



Statement from Parish President Kevin Davis:

St. Tammany Parish Emergency Operations Center Parish Status Update

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 2:00 PM Contact PIO desk at Emergency Center @ 985-898-2860


IF YOU HAVE EVACUATED ST. TAMMANY PARISH, DO NOT RETURN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE PARISH IS CLOSED.

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City of Slidell:

Lake waters are beginning to recede. Water is still standing from Fremaux Avenue southward. The City of Slidell Police Department and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s office are using boats to rescue citizens stranded by flood water. The City experienced major flooding from Gause Boulevard south. STAY OUT OF THE PARISH. There is major tree and power-line damage city-wide. All major arterial roads are impassable.

http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWL082905ross.86c6840.html

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Bump.

[LenS]

I'm not surprised that the north side of the lake is seeing receding water -- it's all going into below sea level New Orleans.

To be honest, they might be better off closing down New Orleans. Louisiana loses land the size of Manhattan Island every year to erosion. I'm sure that Katrina accelerated that. But even without Katrina, the odds are that the Gulf will slowly reclaim most of the tip of the "boot" of LA over the next few decades. Which means that even rebuilt, New Orleans will eventually end up as an island in the Gulf.

[bwteim]

Thank you.