Hundreds Rescued From Flooded Homes in La.

[Pirate Smile]

NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Rita poured more water into New Orleans for a second day Saturday and inundated fishing villages along Louisiana's coast, where hundreds of people were rescued from homes swamped by up to 6 feet of water.

"We need help now," said Sherry Adam of Lafitte, about 20 miles south of New Orleans.

Rescuers in boats were pulling residents from flooded homes along a remote stretch of swamp land between the city and the Gulf of Mexico. Seawater poured over levees and into homes.

"I've never seen it this bad," said Adam, 55. "This land will gone in no time."

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[rodeodance]

1. umm.. i did not see anything about this on the cable and i have been

flipping most of the time.


.."I've never seen it this bad," said Adam, 55. "This land will gone in no time."

Residents were taken to a bridge, where they were placed on National Guard trucks and transported to a nearby high school on dry land.

By Saturday morning, the storm dumped 7.3 inches of rain on Baton Rouge and 4.7 inches on Lafayette. The New Orleans airport in Kenner got 2 inches.

[DemsUnited]

2. I know, I'm livid. HUGE coverage on Texas which barely got brushed

and hardly anything on Louisiana which got nailed AGAIN!!!

[theHandpuppet]

3. Louisiana? That's old news!

:sarcasm:

Seriously, are you surprised? Hell, I've seen press conferences with DeLay and Hutchinson and I still don't know what's happening in Lake Charles!

[Igel]

4. Even I heard about it, and I live in Houston.

Then again, 24/7 all-Rita-news on the station I listen to just ended 19 minutes ago.

[Pirate Smile]

5. All the reporters were in Texas. They missed the story, just like by

staying in the empty cities on the coast, they missed the story re what happened on the Interstates after people moved out of the Houston area.

[amandabeech]

6. There has been some coverage of the levee problems in NO,

but no one seems to have ventured south or east of the city.

Anderson Cooper, though, has been in Abbeville, LA, the staging ground for rescues in southern and southwestern LA. Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been in Lake Charles, and the Weather Channel has had people in Sulfur, LA, just east of Lake Charles.

There have also been reports from Port Arthur/Beaumont. That area was roughed up pretty well, especially Port Arthur, but nothing like what is supposed to be going on in southern and southwestern LA.

Still, there has been far, far too much coverage of the Houston/Galveston area. If I see one more areal shot of Galveston, I'll puke.

[illuminaughty]

7. Yes, it seems they finally found the story.

This area (which they keep referring to as sparsely populated) is one of the most unique places left in our country. From Lake Charles to the East is Cajun Country. It feels like you are in a different country when you are there. Some of the friendliest people you'll ever meet. French Acadian.

My family's area was pretty torn up and we don't know all the damage yet. The stories are still to come.