[stlnative]

A family sits on their porch in the Treme area of New Orleans, which lies under several feet of water after Hurricane Katrina hit August 29, 2005. Hurricane Katrina ripped into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Monday, battering the historic jazz city New Orleans, swamping resort towns and lowlands with a crushing surge of seawater and stranding people on rooftops. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)

[scars]

I was gone for the day after about 6 cst. Did the swell hurt as much as they thought it would?

[sam_paine]

Not that it's their primary concern at this point, but hanging out with your feet in the water is best done without thinking about what's in the water.

Plumbers rule: "$#!t runs downhill."

Except during a flood when all sewer lines are saturated and everything diffuses everywhere. Just food for thought.

[Steve_Seattle]

This is a bit off-topic, but look at the quality of the woodwork on that porch (pic, post 23). You don't see that anymore on an "average" house.

[Jaysin]

A family sits on their porch in the Treme area of New Orleans, which lies under several feet of water after Hurricane Katrina hit August 29, 2005.

The same thing they were doing on August 22nd--a week before the hurricane!