[schu]

From the WSJ log on Katrina:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it expects to fully remove the flooding from New Orleans within 80 days from the time the city's inoperable levee pumps are restored. Meanwhile, with all the sandbags, "City look more like Baghdad than the Big Easy," says a CNN reporter at the airport. Plus, an CNBC video clip shows a New Orleans police officer shouting into a bullhorn: "We got food and water on the way. We got medical equipment on the way. I'm going to get you all out of here safely. We moved 30,000 out of the Superdome and we can get you out of here."

Hmmm, how long to restore power or get generators and then its 80 days to pump the water out? This is one big, ugly mess.

schu

[Tensgrrl]

I wonder how long after the water is pumped out, the city is safe for life and habitable?

[colorado tanker]

New Orleans police officer shouting into a bullhorn: " . . . We moved 30,000 out of the Superdome and we can get you out of here."

What does he mean "we"? Nothing happened until the National Guard took charge.