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To: bwteim
Katrina overwhelmed in every way possible: decimating the coast of our own beloved state; breaching the levees of beautiful New Orleans; stretching the limits of towns now home to so many displaced residents.

They do know "decimate" means reduce by 1/10th, right?

53 posted on 09/06/2005 12:11:12 PM PDT by Shazbot29 (muhammed was the most evil person ever to live. May he burn in hell forever)
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To: Shazbot29

No, they do not. This word is misused daily by MSM.


55 posted on 09/06/2005 12:12:43 PM PDT by Palladin (America! America! God shed His grace on Thee.)
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