Photos at NY Times site from Katrina:

[NoSheep]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/30/national/30gulfport.html?th&emc=th


Scroll down on left. Click on Multimedia section.

One amazing photo from Alabama. Oil drilling platform broke free and crashed into suspension bridge. Another great photo of men helping children through flood waters on a small boat.

The video portion isn't very good. But the photographs are worth seeing to get a feel for what these folks are dealing with

[KeepItReal]

1. Here's the levee break in New Orleans

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. I can see the canal

where's the levee?

[KeepItReal]

4. The patches of grass along side it are the walls of the levee

It is hard to tell in a photo, but the sides are sloped earth with the top part having a barrier.

[Tin Man]

5. look for the gap in concrete wall - appearing above bridge in photo

...it's gonna be tricky to get that fixed quickly.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. It is just horrific.

I can't even imagine.

[Tin Man]

8. levee break is at Ash St. & Orpheum Ave. - see map below

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?newFL=Use+Address+Below&addr=ash+st.+and+orpheum&csz=metarie%2C+la&.intl=us&name=&lat=&lon=&srchtype=a&qty=&new=1&trf=0&getmap=Get+Map

[ultraist]

3. This is horrible...

snip from article linked in OP:

A 5-year-old boy found on the steps of an office building, alone and in shock. A couple, believed to be his grandparents, found dead. His mother and 8-year-old brother still missing.

:cry:

[Lancer]

7. Blown-out windows

in buidlings remind me of 9/11. Saw a photo yesterday of the Hyatt with a tattered US flag in front of a wall of windows with curtains fluttering in the breeze.

Backed-up water may cause another levee to break. This is horrible.