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Devastation on MSNBC

#1 Postby NC George » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:59 pm

They just showed video from a helicoptor they were flying in just before sunset. Showed area between Lake P and Ole' Miss River completely flooded. Levees overtopped. Showed one large breach in levee, water surging through. Showed many boats (some large) on top of levee. Total devastation. Looks like my area after Floyd, in fact.
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#2 Postby NCHurricane » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:01 pm

Yep, looking at those pictures just sent chills down my spine. All too familiar scenes for sure.
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#3 Postby MKT2005 » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:04 pm

if water is still surging through doesn't that mean the flood waters are still rising in some areas.
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#4 Postby CajunMama » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:04 pm

The 2 Baton Rouge tv stations ran this. We saw a complete view of the city. The commentator knew the areas and it was so surreal to see places you know completely flooded and/or the buildings destroyed.
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#5 Postby NC George » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:17 pm

That's what I want to hear. They keep showing it while talking to someone else on a totally unrelated subject, rather than describing the scene below.
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#6 Postby logybogy » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:26 pm

What is the area with the levee breach? Anyone know?
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#7 Postby Brent » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:29 pm

logybogy wrote:What is the area with the levee breach? Anyone know?


Somewhere in East New Orleans... I think it's the same breach we heard about this morning.

If you think those images are bad, wait til you see what's left of the MS coast.
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#8 Postby CronkPSU » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:31 pm

Brent wrote:
logybogy wrote:What is the area with the levee breach? Anyone know?


Somewhere in East New Orleans... I think it's the same breach we heard about this morning.

If you think those images are bad, wait til you see what's left of the MS coast.


i hate to think about this but i am envisioning pictures of homestead all over again
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#9 Postby CronkPSU » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:34 pm

whoa, anyone see that huge ship on that video grounded on that hill (flood levy?)???
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#10 Postby Innotech » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:34 am

logybogy wrote:What is the area with the levee breach? Anyone know?


2 areas. One overflow in East New Orleans, another 2 block one completely failed on 17th street which has flooded most of upper central New Orleans.
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#11 Postby TSmith274 » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:38 am

Brent wrote:
logybogy wrote:What is the area with the levee breach? Anyone know?


Somewhere in East New Orleans... I think it's the same breach we heard about this morning.

If you think those images are bad, wait til you see what's left of the MS coast.

No, this is a different breach, in a different part of the city. This breach is flooding downtown and neighborhoods to the north. This is so horrible.
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#12 Postby JamesFromMaine2 » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:41 am

any chance of fixing them before the whole city is underwater?
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#13 Postby vbhoutex » Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:46 am

No way to fix a breach like that. The water pressure flowing in is way too much to put anyting in to try and stop it.
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