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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:45 AM Original message |
Reporter on CNN said the lower 9th ward is getting flooded |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, it's Gary Tuchman, and he said it was so bad... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. He was the first reporter to claim he saw a breach and not overtop |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hopefully this is just hysteria... |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I hope so too. I edited my post because I didn't want it to sound too dramatic |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. Sounds like scouring undermined it? |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Yeah, if that's true (seeping water). That would be bad. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. Technically it floods every time it rains. Standing water = flooding. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. After all Katrina was also simple flooding.... |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. Ha |
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kegler14 (541 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. At this point it's overreaction. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. Oh this makes me sick. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. WWL is reporting no such breach or flooding. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I really hope you're right. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. It's not me, it's the local coverage. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. If the levees break... |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. they are showing the flood walls |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I will say that the splashing water has gotten much worse... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. It floods in the 9th ward every time there's a heavy rain. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'm not seeing this on the live coverage on WWL, in New Orleans. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Well the guy just showed his "video" and it was the same overtopping of the industrial canal... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. They are talking to more than the Army Corp. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. Hope this is minor stuff. |
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