Floodwaters engulfed much of New Orleans on Tuesday as officials feared a steep death toll and planned to evacuate thousands remaining in shelters after the historic city’s defenses were breached by Hurricane Katrina.
With water from nearby Lake Pontchartrain rising throughout the city of 500,000 people after an overnight break in at least two protective levees, rescuers plucked people from roofs, bodies were seen floating in the streets and the famous French Quarter was threatened.
“We probably have 80 percent of our city under water; with some sections of our city the water is as deep as 20 feet (7 meters). Both airports are underwater,” Mayor Ray Nagin said in a radio interview.
Nagin added he expected the death toll to be significant.
“This is catastrophic,” Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said.
She said a plan was being developed to evacuate tens of thousands of people in the Superdome — the city’s covered football stadium — and other shelters.
“The first goal is to bring enough supplies in to sustain those folks until we can develop a network to get them out,” Blanco told a news conference in the Louisiana state capital, Baton Rouge. “There’s no power. It’s hot. it’s difficult to get food to them. There’s water lapping at the foot of the Superdome now.”
“We know many lives have been lost,” Blanco added. “Those numbers will be forthcoming as the process clarifies, but these are very difficult times for Louisiana.”
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Are these the end times? do you hear the hoof beats of the four horsemen of the appocalips? heaven forbid:eek:
no! thats not hoof beats its the “loot suits” breaking in their new loot shoes and dribbling them basketball from the nba!
hey govenor, tell the looters that “you loot we shoot”! typical moonbat state and city govt. musnt offend the criminal element! thats our voting base! lmao at the moonbats in action. “now, we know how you all be!”