Flooded

It appears that it will be the water that will take care of New Orleans…and Mississippi.

GULFPORT, Miss. - Rescuers in boats and helicopters searched for survivors of Hurricane Katrina and brought victims, wet and bedraggled, to shelters Tuesday as the extent of the damage across the Gulf Coast became ever clearer. Mississippi's governor said the death toll in one county alone could be as high as 80. [SNIP]

In New Orleans, meanwhile, water began rising in the streets Tuesday morning, apparently because of a break on a levee along a canal leading to Lake Pontchartrain. New Orleans lies mostly below sea level and is protected by a network of pumps, canals and levees. Many of the pumps were not working Tuesday morning.

Television news brought visions of people standing on their rooftops, pointing to the houses of their neighbors as the latter burns out of control, with emergency services unable to gain access via the flooded and blocked roads. Even more horrifying things were left to the imagiantion.

Prayer, contribution...and what T-Steel is doing.