August 30, 2005

"When the Levee Breaks..."

With Katrina moving slightly to the east when it came ashore yesterday, I figured New Orleans lucked out again by not getting a direct hit by a powerful hurricane. Storm surges flooded the east, but today the levees broke engulfing 80% of the city. The beloved French Quarter with her old, romantic buildings is two feet underwater. It can't be good when so much of the city is underwater. Survivors are being sent to the already-damaged Superdome. Where they'll go next no one knows. To make matters worse, looters now roam. Local officals want martial law imposed. Yikes!

I've already donated to the Red Cross. I hope you will too. If you want to give to another charity the California Yankee has a list. Please give. Let's release one of the most power forces on earth: American charity. It helped tsunami victims last year, and it will help our fellow Americans right now. If you're tapped out or can't give you can always pray.

"Crisis Grows As Flooded New Orleans Looted"

"Death Toll Hits 100 with New Orleans Flooded; Gulf Coast Devastated"

UPDATE: Things aren't well inside the Superdome. Two people died, including someone who jumped from an upper level. [via TBIFOC]

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