A 2-year-old girl slept in a pool of urine. Crack vials littered a restroom. Blood stained the walls next to vending machines smashed by teenagers. The Louisiana Superdome, once a mighty testament to architecture and ingenuity, became the biggest storm shelter in New Orleans the day before Katrina's arrival Monday. About 16,000 people eventually settled in. By Wednesday, it had degenerated into horror. A few hundred people were evacuated from the arena Wednesday, and buses will take away the vast majority of refugees today. "We pee on the floor. We are like animals," said Taffany Smith, 25,...
LA Times this morning
And here is a non-animal story....
Did you catch that video yesterday (CNN I think) of a little girl in pink shorts standing on a curb under water in streets fully flooded, with an older man, her grandfather, probably, standing near their old car, packed full in the back, and she is saying to camera teaam: help us please, please push our car?
THAT was a *heart breaker*.
For those who haven't read the article you referenced, it is here:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002463400_katrinasuperdome01.html