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August 29, 2005

New Orleans . . . doomed?

Pundit Guy paints a very grim picture of what may happen to New Orleans in the next hour or two:

Unless she receives a last minute act of Divine Intervention, New Orleans, as we know it, will cease to exist in a few hours. Hurricane Katrina is gearing up to geographically change that city. The winds will cause havoc, but the real killer is Storm Surge.

I surely hope that Pundit Guy is wrong here . . . I was in New Orleans back in March . . . and I'd like to think it'll still be there after today. More than half a million people have been evacuated from the city and immediate surrounding areas (that number is way out of date . . . it's probably two or three times that by now). I hope they have homes to come back to.

Hat tip to Jon for the link.

Posted by Nicholas at August 29, 2005 11:36 AM
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