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To: combjelly who wrote (248174)	8/30/2005 8:30:19 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574203

"I don't know how big Sidell and Bay St. Louis are but very little is known about their condition" Slidell is the bigger one. Googling it shows it has a population of about 30k and a local population of 90k. Finally, a reporter came from Bay St. Louis and he says that town is leveled. I have heard nothing about Slidell. The problem is all of the roads are low and very prone to washing out. So in the aftermath of even a low category hurricane the roads often are washed out. Have you loaded Google Earth? If you look at these two, you can see why those places suffered a lot. Earlier at lunch time, I was watching CNN and they had a pilot fly up the coast from Mobile to Bay St. Louis......it was astounding. The only other time I have seen such devastation was during the tsunami last Dec. The only difference is that the Gulf coast is a lot more built up and so the amount of destruction is much greater. They just did a breaking news out of NO. Apparently, there is shooting going on in the city and that an officer has been shot. Local news reporters have evacuated the city because there was fear their cameras and other equipment would be stolen to be used as barter. People in NO are starting to feel real fear......that they are vulnerable and in danger, and you how crazy that makes people. Plus, the flood waters are getting closer to the Superdome and the people in their are getting antsy as well. The governor wants NO evacuated but how do you get nearly 100K people out. I have to tell you.......I went through the quake in LA and that was huge and I wondered if LA would recover. It did but it took a lot of money. However, I don't see how NO will come back from this one or if it should. ted