not to mention where Katrina actually made landfall!

This is from Steve Gregory's Consultant blog at the weather underground

40,000-50,000 people in the superdome, including seriously injured people, and evacuees from the Hospitals. There are no running water or sewage facilities -- and no power. Temperatures are in he 90's within the building. One man just committed suicide by jumping. 'Unrest' is growing within the superdome - there are now military as well civilian police on the scene.

There are now several; major fires in view of city. There is evidently a fair amount of oil and gas floating on the flood waters.

Water is still rising and the Mayor is just now being evacuated by helicopter as City hall is now surrounded by water that can only be reached by small boat, water is about 3 feet deep at the steps of City Hall.

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This is a result of 2 MAJOR BREACHES OF THE LEVEE. The first one ,is about 400 feet long, and appears to have given way around 9PM last night. The Corp of Engineers have now said there is also a second breach as well. Within the hour the Pentagon will be taking over the coordination and manpower / machinery to assist in closing the 2 breaches.

The COE indicates there is no other way to resolve the problem, and they will be using huge cranes, barges of sand and intend to 'plug' the breached area. Until that is accomplished, News Orleans will continue to fill up with water No time table is known on how long it will take. The COE indicated they have 'great concern' for the a specific pumping station - the largest in the world -- and it will be eventually used to drain the water out of the city after the levee has been repaired.

This is turning into a 'slow motion version' of the worst case scenario for New Orleans. Over 1,200 people have been rescued by 40 coast guard recovery helicopters where people are standing on roofs - since yesterday. Untold numbers of dead - likely in the hundreds and possibly near 1,000 or more Disease is expected to take a heavy toll within days. This could claim thousands of lives. The key seemingly is to somehow to evacuate everyone from the city. Whether this can be done I have no clue.