Katrina

ONE OF our greatest and most unique cities is under attack. God bless New Orleans.

We haven't reached September yet, but the names of storms and hurricanes are already up to the letter K. Global warming continues, and rising ocean temperatures cause more hurricanes and changing weather patterns.

Updates from the internet
Terry Teachout has good links for Katrina

From the New York Times at 12:55 PM:

"In New Orleans, which is perilously below sea level and already surrounded on three sides by water, a swell inundated a levee and spilled into an economically devastated area of the eastern side of the city, according to state officials.

"The storm also ripped off a chunk of the roof of the New Orleans Superdome, where as many as 10,000 people had taken shelter. "Right now the Superdome is not in any serious danger," Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco said at a news briefing in Baton Rouge. "We have not heard of any flood waters in the area of the dome, but that could change at any moment as we go on."

"There were no reports of deaths or serious injuries.

"Water levels are expected to reach about eight feet, but officials say drinking water may already be contaminated. Lt. Col. Pete Schneider of the Louisiana National Guard said there had been hundred of reports, not yet confirmed, about levees being overtaken or floodwaters reaching over the roofs of houses. He said the soonest and safest time that state officials might be able to survey damage along coastal Louisiana could be Tuesday morning."