one out of many disturbing pictures outof NOLA

[expatriot]

That ain't no parking area, it's a two way street (note the headlights)

[slackmaster]

1. That will buff right out

:scared:

[liberal N proud]

2. I hope that no one is in there

[CottonBear]

3. Katrina plows into New Orleans, flooding homes (WWLTV story)

http://www.wwltv.com/sharedcontent/breakingnews/stories/082905ccjrrhNewsKatrina.44c8318.html

Katrina plows into New Orleans, flooding homes

Katrina weakened overnight to a Category 4 storm and made a slight turn to the right before hitting land at 6:10 a.m. CDT near the bayou town of Buras. It passed just to the east of New Orleans as it moved inland, sparing this vulnerable city its full fury.

But National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield warned that New Orleans would be pounded throughout the day and that Katrina's potential 15-foot storm surge, down from a feared 28 feet, was still enough to cause extensive flooding.

"I'm not doing too good right now," Chris Robinson said via cellphone from his home east of the city's downtown. "The water's rising pretty fast. I got a hammer and an ax and a crowbar, but I'm holding off on breaking through the roof until the last minute. Tell someone to come get me please. I want to live."

On the south shore of Lake Ponchartrain, entire neighborhoods of one-story, shotgun-style homes were flooded up to the rooflines. The Interstate 10 off-ramps nearby looked like boat ramps amid the whitecapped waves. Garbage cans and tires bobbed in the water.

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