[jamaly]

People were found drowned in their attics after Hurricane Betsy, because places went from having no water to having 20 feet of water in 15 minutes," Krieger said

Preceding Hurricane Georges one of the New Orleans meteorologists recommended that people keep axes handy so they could chop their way out of their attics, if necessary. My family had already evacuated by this time, a friend later told me that statement was what convinced her to evacuate.

[Ditter]

My grandfather survived the !900 Galveston storm. He waid the water was more than 2 feet deep in the upstairs of the building he was in. If he had been in the attic of a one story house he would have been drowned. Gulp, & I wouldn't be here.