WDSU is telling people to get out of New Orleans now if they can.

[GumboYaYa]

This is getting worse by the minute. There is only one way out of town. The government needs to start evacuating people to minimize the disaster that is happening NOW.

[intheflow]

1. Major highway gone.

Knee-deep water around Superdome. Reptiles, red ants, oil and chemical contamination, bodies in the water.

:cry:

[jus_the_facts]

2. this is beyond fucked up....they're having regular updates here in Monroe.

....on the news as our shelters are overflowing and long term shelters are being prepaired....said there's no electricity from Houma to N.O...and that I-59 south is CLOSED to ALL traffic. :(

[CatWoman]

5. AMBER!!!!!

THANK GOD!!!!!!

I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU!!!!!!

[jus_the_facts]

8. Hey Midori...I'm fine up here...we barely got some wind and sprinkles.....

...but my heart hurts for my southern Louisianians....all my family in Baton Rouge faired okay with only power outages...I'm doin' aight just terribly upset for all those POOR people down south o'here...our shelters here in Monroe are supposed to be THE BEST around...just hope they'll be able to keep up with the influx of displaced people...this is beyond heartbreakin'. :hug: :loveya:

[Oreo]

3. What's happening to DSU?

Going from test signals to a raw remote shot to an Adopt our Streets ad.
Now back on raw remote feed

Looks like their blackberries are still working.

Now audio is back from the studio still video from the remote

[phusion]

4. They said helicopters...

Will be trying to drop tons of sand on the levee break in an attempt to plug it up.

I wonder if that will work???

Jesus.

[ohio_liberal]

9. 3,000lb sandbags

Damn! Can you imagine what a 3,000lb sandbag looks like? In any case, it'll take a while. There's no way that helicopters can carry more than 1 at a time.

[Tin Man]

13. 3000 lbs of sand is surprisingly little

sand is very heavy - we're talking something like a childs plastic wading pool filled with sand.

[Henny Penny]

6. They also mentioned that the remaining levees were

saturated and extremely fragile.... before the link collapsed...

[TrueAmerican]

7. They just slammed Bush

Said he is cutting short his Vacation and returning to the White House. The anchor said "Thank you, George" sarcastically.

[Henny Penny]

10. the sound dipped for me at that point.... n/t

[Horse with no Name]

11. The unthinkable is

that many of the people that are alive in the water and not rescued yet are going to be having mad alligators and snakes in the water with them.

[intheflow]

16. And red ants sharing their rooftops.

:(

[GumboYaYa]

18. And rats. The rats alone would have motivated me to evacuate.

[Blue_Roses]

12. why isn't the MSM covering this?????

I have gone back and forth from CNN, FOX, MSNBC and the weather channel...where can we see this coverage???

[Tin Man]

14. because they're clueless idiots - eom

[Henny Penny]

15. This is just the kind of high drama that they normally

love, only on a much much bigger scale....

You can only conclude that they are suppressing it for some reason...perhaps to prevent panic?

[mountainvue]

17. Martial law just declared in NO. n/t