[NautiNurse]

Please - take a moment to think through the hysteria. The number one priority right now is search and rescue. Then look at the moon phase right now. It is near new moon. NOLA is not a spot in the middle of a corn field. There are lots and lots of power lines, trees, and other potential threats to both air and sea rescue during broad daylight. Damming the levee at this point will not drain water from the city.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

What is latest word on being able to repair the levee breaks?

[bwteim]

A recap of current news via NY Times via

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050831/ZNYT02/508310420/1010/STATE

[Types_with_Fist]

Damming the levee at this point will not drain water from the city.

Someone else mentioned a while back about "knocking down some levys to let the water out." Is that right? If the water is the same level as Lake Ponchatrain I'm not sure where the water would go. Aaron Brown, on CNN, mentioned last night something about "what they'll find when the water recedes." My understanding is that the ONLY way water leaves the bowl is to be pumped out.

[Gone GF]

I just love the armchair levee break repairers and helicopter pilots here. I'm sure if they were there they'd have it plugged already. That is if hot air can plug it.

[beyond the sea]

take a moment to think through the hysteria

You discredit yourself by telling another poster that they are hysterical. Stick to the facts, Nurse.

The only thing I'm feeling is pure dread for all these people in these areas.