LATEST AP: "New Orleans will be toxic cesspool, 1 MILLION HOMELESS

[Bluebear]

12 minutes ago

When Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans on Monday, it could turn one of America's most charming cities into a vast cesspool tainted with toxic chemicals, human waste and even coffins released by floodwaters from the city's legendary cemeteries...

"All indications are that this is absolutely worst-case scenario," Ivor van Heerden, deputy director of the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center, said Sunday afternoon.

The center's latest computer simulations indicate that by Tuesday, vast swaths of New Orleans could be under water up to 30 feet deep. In the French Quarter, the water could reach 20 feet, easily submerging the district's iconic cast-iron balconies and bars.

Estimates predict that 60 percent to 80 percent of the city's houses will be destroyed by wind. With the flood damage, most of the people who live in and around New Orleans could be homeless.

"We're talking about in essence having — in the continental United States — having a refugee camp of a million people," van Heerden said.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050828/ap_on_re_us/katrina_the_big_one_1

[Bluebear]

1. Mr. President?

[MadisonProgressive]

3. Don't bother him on his vacation!

[Bluebear]

4. Sorry. He's packing for his western trip tomorrow

[Yavin4]

2. He Can't Rebuild Iraq

You expect him to rebuild N.O.

[kahleefornia]

5. Is he reading that book again?

What was the title? my Pet Goat?

[Bluebear]

6. This time it's "My Pet Fish"

[kahleefornia]

8. good one.

Maybe "My Pet Oil Refineries" is next??

[doublethink]

9. He's watching 'Finding Nemo' .....

and believes it a briefing on the storm. More his speed.

[Bluebear]

10. And vowing to attack the Bering Sea

Since it was responsible for this calamity.

[KittyWampus]

16. "My Pet Capricorn (SeaGoat)"

[dweller]

7. more like "My Life: Who cares what you think?" nt

dp

[MiniMe]

11. He has to move on with his life n/t

[Bluebear]

12. It's all about balance! nt

[wli]

13. here comes REX 84...

Rather convenient for Bushler they're mostly black and mostly Democrats.

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. You're a cheery sort.

:evilgrin:

[Eloriel]

14. OMG. The coffins. I'd forgotten about that. Creepy. n/t