missbudpilot55 said:
[SIZE=14pt]Just looking at the arial shot of the New Orleans area and it doen't look good at all in particular for the Slidell area, most places under 6-10 feet of water, portions of the I-10 bridge in a lot of the areas collapsed. People that stayed being rescued from their roof tops, Keep them in your prayers, haven't heard from any of the New Orleans bunch on here, hopefully they took the mayors advise and did evacuate. I ain't pretty at all, don't know about any deaths but it could be days before residents are even allowed back into the area to assess their property damage. All we ask for is prayers for our brotheren that we have all come to know and enjoy.[/SIZE]
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Hey Pilot,
Thanks for the prayers. We need all we can get! I just joined the SGRA club a few months ago and I live in the neighborhood next to the break in the 17'th Street Canal levee. It took a while to reply because I had trouble loggin' in. I don't know if it's because my pc took a scuba lesson or what. Just wanted to give ya'll a first hand report. I can't tell you about the other guys in the club because celluar communications are shot and fallen trees took out the land lines.
As far as the reports about the looting and shooting in New Orleans, we are talking about a miniscule percentage of the population getting ignorant all at the same time. I think there are over a million people in the greater New Orleans area. As a friend of mine once said..."The asses will always ruin it for the masses!" I just hate for all the hard working people in town to get a black eye and be stereotyped. I'm talking salt of the earth people here. They may not have a ton of money but they work hard and they are proud.
Now that I got that off my chest, I'll tell you where you can really see the total devestation left in the wake of the hurricane. I do not know how to give you a quick link but punch in NOAA (it's a weather site). Somewhere it says something about 7,000 ariel photos of the affected area.
The most amazing photo I saw was a pile of wood that was once a massive three story bar and restaurant. If you look to the right of the break in the canal(New Orleans is south of a large lake in the middle of the state towards the bottom) you can see a large parking lot that ends at the shoreline. Those are the pilings just offshore. Unreal!!! I snuck in a few days after the storm and did not notice that the building was gone. I was in awe looking at the break in the levee from the opposite shoreline.
I don't care what religion any of you are. We desperately need your prayers....both the living and the dead!
Bless you all,
Dr Hydro
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Talked to Razz and Roy and both are OK, little to no damage. Plan on going to the pound this weekend to check it out. Hopefully I can talk to Virgil soon so we can see about the Hydro invite. Will keep everybody informed.
