[maquiladora]

6:41 P.M. - Efforts to stop the levee break at the 17th Street Canal have ended unsuccessfully and the water is expected to soon overwhelm the pumps in that area, allowing water to pour into the east bank of Metairie and Orleans to an expected height of 12-15 feet.

http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html

This is very, very bad...

[WoodstockCat]

this is what people had feared for New Orleans all along...
prayers for those still there and that they all get out safely.

[cajungirl]

God, it is bad.