Hey... what happens to Tulane University and all the kids who were starting school this week? Many were bused to Jackson, MS... but they thought this time yesterday that this was going to be short term -- before the levies started to break.
Sounds like a semester off.
I don't know about the area around Tulane and am wondering. And the Garden District. Anybody know?
Speaking of levees...why had no one bothered to fix/improve/raise/etc them over the years? Too busy I guess with Mardis Gras and all...
Our prayers with all those who are suffering.
I have a kid who was slated to be a freshman and go down there last Friday. Last Wednesday he tore up his knee so bad we decided to keep him up here for surgery. My wife had thought of going down there with him (on crutches); glad they didn't. He had e-mail from a prospective roomate who said they drove east six hours from TX and turned right around and drove home. Tulane told them to leave very early--Friday I think--and tried to bus out the kids who couldn't get out on their own.
Haven't heard much about the water on that side of town. Maybe someone else knows. Its on the opposite side from the levee breaks, but seems to be a few feet lower than the Super Dome. I expect they'll be under 6 feet of water eventually if it evens out with waist-high water at the Dome. What a disaster.