[Dixielandjazz] N.O

[David Richoux]

Here is a late report:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/08/30/national/ 
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(08-30) 16:43 PDT New Orleans (AP) --

Rescuers along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast pushed aside the dead  
to reach the living Tuesday in a race against time and rising waters,  
while New Orleans sank deeper into crisis and Louisiana's governor  
ordered storm refugees out of this drowning city.

Two levees broke and sent water coursing into the streets of the Big  
Easy a full day after New Orleans appeared to have escaped widespread  
destruction from Hurricane Katrina. An estimated 80 percent of the  
below-sea-level city was under water, up to 20 feet deep in places,  
with miles and miles of homes swamped.

"The situation is untenable," Gov. Kathleen Blanco said. "It's just  
heartbreaking."

more  
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/08/30/national/ 
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Dave Richoux
On Aug 30, 2005, at 5:04 PM, Thompson wrote:

> News is that power is out.  The French Quarter fared better than the  
> rest of
> N.O., but probably all will depend on whether the levies hold and the  
> pumps
> continue to work.  Even if the French Quarter is not flooded, I would
> imagine that most of the people employed there live in the flooded-out
> areas.  At this point all roads leading into and out of New Orleans are
> closed.
>
> Check out this news station website from New Orleans...
>
> http://www.wwltv.com/
>
> Rebecca Thompson
> Flower Mound, TX