Katrina Update #10

I just watched a  Mayor Ray Nagin, in a video I found on www.wwltv.com from last night. Here's a summary:

• - Martial Law has been declared.
• - 80% of New Orleans is under water, some of it up to 20 ft.
• - 3 huge boats have run aground
• - an oil tanker has run aground and is leaking oil
• - People are stuck in attics.
• - Twin spans between New Orleans and Slidell are gone.
• - The high-rise bridge over the Industrial canal (between New Orleans and the twin spans) was hit by a barge and may be unsound.
• - Metaire is under water.
• - Slidell is completely under water - no building escaped damage.
• - In some places gas flames are shooting up through the flood waters in a "flame spout."
• - Yacht Club in Lake Pontchartrain is burned to the ground.
• - Canal street was dry yesterday, today there is about 6" of water in it and it is rising.
•  - It will be at least 2 months before power will be restored to most of the city.
• - 40,000 homes in St. Bernard Parish have been destroyed. The Parish president reports "total devistation."

There is some good news: the uptown area (where our house is) seems to be pretty dry - so we are still hopeful that our house escaped flood damage.

I am having my web server redirected to my host out in California, and will let you know as soon as it is up. I will put contact information up there as well as other info as soon as I can (probably tomorrow).

We are going to do an online chat tonight, probably around 8 or 9 CDT. If any of you want to participate, send me your AIM screen name (you can get one for free on aol.com if you don't have one). Mac users can use iChat. PC users would need to download the AOL Instant Messanger.

Anyway, if you let me know your screenname, I will let you know what time and send you an invitation to participate.

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