"To: BurbankKarl
"uh, the City is flooding...."
I'm afraid the whole concept of building a major city below sea level is tragically flawed."
It's too soon to say "the city is flooding". No wall of water has engulfed New Orleans, not yet. There is a fight going on right now, between the water and the people who built the city, and while some parts of the city are getting wet, that fight is by no means decided yet.
AT 1126 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS RAPIDLY BECOMING MORE
WIDESPREAD OVER JEFFERSON PARISH AS DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA
MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. THIS IS A VERY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION.