Water Continues to Rise in New Orleans

wwltv.com ^ | August 30, 2005 | HOLBROOK MOHR

[Brilliant]

Can't wait for the leftwing nutcases to say that they said the oceans would rise as a result of global warming, and they are.

[spetznaz]

What happens next? How long will it take for NO to return to viability? Does anyone have any inkling? This is so sad.

[NormsRevenge]

Water spills over a levee along the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is estimated that 80 percent of New Orleans is under flood waters as levees begin to break and leak around Lake Ponchartrain(AFP/Pool/Vincent Laforet)

[spanalot]

DUMB QUESTION TIME - WHERE ARE HELICOPTERS TO DROP 1000LB POLY PLY BAGS OF SAND INTO THE BREECH?

WHERE ARE THE EMPTY BARGES TO SINK AT THE BREECH TO DO THE SAME THING???

There must be a body of experience in the world - even the Dutch had a boy to stick something in the leaky dyke

[rockabyebaby]

The global warming theory has already come up, heard it on one of the alphabet stations last nite, fortunately, global warming has absolutely nothing to do with this situation no matter how strongly these fools suggest it's Bush's fault, it just ain't so!

[devane617]

Who in the city gov of NO did not see the looting problem coming? Shoot a few on site and control the problem.

[dandiegirl]

My father who lives in North Louisiana told me that Mary Landriu (spelling?) has already said on tv that this is partly Bush's fault because of global warming. Did y'all know that Bush is as powerful as the Almighty? No wonder the libs are so afraid of him. I guess he needs to go to N.O. and command the waters to recede now.

[MizSterious]

Oh, you haven't seen it yet? They're saying that. I think Sen. Landrieu actually said something of the sort.

[COEXERJ145]

The only thing rising faster than the water is the price of gas.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was... wet

[Colonel Kangaroo]

I wonder what has happened to Plaquemines Parish? I believe thats the one at the tip of the Mississippi. It is surrounded by water with the big river running through the middle of it. it's hard to imagine even the topography coming through unscathed there.

[Shermy]

"Officials began using helicopters to drop 3,000-pound sandbags onto one of the levees, hoping to close the breach."

Don't know if that's true. Everyone else said it hasn't started.

[sionnsar]

even the Dutch had a boy to stick something in the leaky dyke dike

[rockabyebaby]

It will take months, maybe even years for NO to recover from this devastation, look at the mess from Andrew, some people won't bother to rebuild, plus, when building does restart there should be stricter building codes to deter another event like this or at least make it less painful. Next time people should heed the warning to evacuate to cut down on some of the people we've seen standing on roof tops. I understand that in some places people were told to stay in their homes period and personally if I was told to stay in my home and then it got flooded and a family member lost his/her life you can bet I'd be suing the whole damn state. I saw one gentleman on the news who lost his wife, literally, they were holding hands and he could not hold on anymore, his wife told him to let go and take care of the children and grandchildren, he let go, when the man was interviewed he was in shock. The mental anguish of this man's situation will probably never be taken care of, this man will live with his wife's words for the rest of his life.

[StarCMC]

Joy Schovest, 55, was in the apartment complex with her boyfriend, Joe Calvin, when the water began rising. They stayed despite a mandatory evacuation order.

"The water got higher and higher," she said, breaking into tears. "It pushed all the doors open and we swam out. We grabbed a lady and pulled her out the window and then we swam with the current. It was terrifying. You should have seen the cars floating around us. We had to push them away when we were trying to swim."

I just don't understand why these folks don't leave!! Yes, it's going to be awful!! That's why there was an evacuation order! Darn darn darn!! I hate that so many have died needlessly.

[dandiegirl]

I heard this soundbite in my car this morning. It made me cry.

[Vaquero]

the nutcases say that the hot ocean water, created by man's insatiable greed spawned global warming, causes Hurricanes...then in off years when little or no hurricanes spawn, they say that the El Nino effect created by man's insatiable greed spawned global warming, and of course the effect of this El Nino is to prevent Hurricanes during those years. El Nino causes fish to migrate from their normal fishing grounds and people in those areas who normally rely on those fish....starve....but you cant have it both ways...so called Global Warming cant be generation both these effects....they are mutually exclusive.

What the moon bats aren't saying is that this is all caused by cyclical actions of nature.....this stuff has been going on forever. There have been worse hurricane seasons in the past and the temperature of the earth has been much higher than this within the past couple of thousand years alone.....

[tsmith130]

That was gut wrenching...I've seen it several times and each time it's more gut wrenching. I also heard a 5 year old little boy was found sitting on some steps. He had no idea where any of his family was. So horrible....