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To: ican'tbelieveit

Oh, sorry....can't figure out why they would put up an ALERT for 9 INCHES when most of the city is under FEET of water, though.


1,716 posted on 08/30/2005 11:31:27 AM PDT by Txsleuth (Arlington Texas --- Next home of the Dallas Cowboys...going more broke every second.)
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To: Txsleuth
Oh, sorry....can't figure out why they would put up an ALERT for 9 INCHES when most of the city is under FEET of water, though.

Because the condition of the French Quarter seems to be the media's measuring stick for how well New Orleans survived Katrina. If it's OK, they reason, the hurricane wasn't that bad.

1,742 posted on 08/30/2005 11:35:29 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Violence never settles anything." Genghis Khan, 1162-1227)
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To: Txsleuth

It wasn't flooded before, the waters are rising.


1,750 posted on 08/30/2005 11:36:40 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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