[snugs]

[beyond the sea]

My, my!

Now all we have to do is await the revealing cover of NEWSWEEK and TIME!

;-)

[beyond the sea]

Oh......... and THANKS!

[salmon76]

Here's an interesting article from Sept. 15th, 2004 when Hurrican Ivan approached the Gulf Coast:

New Orleans urges people to move to higher floors, or take shelter at the Superdome

http://web.abqtrib.com/archives/news04/091504_news_ivan1.shtml

"I think it's safe to say we will have flooding in this city," said Mayor Ray Nagin. However, he contradicted a statement from his emergency preparedness director that the city needed at least 10,000 body bags to handle possible drowning victims.

Vewy Vewy interesting...

[Seattle Conservative]

Widipedia has this pic on their site (toward bottom of this page) with the caption: Flooded New Orleans school buses that could have been used for evacuation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina