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Originally Posted by TStone
I think about the last time I was in the French Quarter…the first time…listening to the couple sing, ‘Salty Dog’, almost losing a fin to the confidence man who knew where I bought my last pair of shoes, buying a balloon in a balloon from a street magician and finding it made a swanky catapult in a pinch, going into art galleries…and now when I look at the news it’s like something great and unimaginable—something that transcends words—something that is as much a part of me as my guts, my heart, my grey membrane—and seeing that part suffer, wither…and die.
We endure, and in the face of omnipotence? That is all we can do.
Endure.
So fucking sad.
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Yes, it is more than a bit like losing something as dear as your own Heart..
Sob..
I'm sitting here watching the news, and there are still hundreds of people trapped on their ever-shrinking roofs in NOLA..
The 3 block section of the Lake Ponchatrain levee that failed yesterday, is filling up NOLA like a bowl. If you remember, Lake Ponchatrain is about 25 miles by 35 miles wide. It borders the east side of NOLA and the Mississippi borders NOLA on the other side.
There is actually MORE water in NOLA now, then there was after Katrina hit, because Lake Ponchatrain is now flooding the city, unchecked..
Now they are shutting down the ENTIRE CITY, and evacuating everyone they can find. The ten thousand plus refugees in the Superdome are to be moved by tommorrow. I fear for those still stranded, and those who will be unwilling to leave their NOLA, because they have no where else to go..
Teka, in response to your question. I was told by my cousin in Slidell that the state and federal authorities are asking for everyone with a boat and an able body to assist with evacuating the hundreds still stranded in NOLA and the surrounding parishes.
Bceause there are so many still left to be rescued, the rescuers have been instructed to push aside any bodies they find along the way.
Many of my MOST cherished memories are there in NOLA..Under 20 feet of water.
My family still not been able to reach our missing family members in Orleans Parish, and we are all just sick with worry...
If you pray, pray to whoever, or whatever you pray to..
If I didn't have the kids, I would be on my way there to help. But I have a responsibilty to them, and Manimal isn't real keen on the idea..
It's just too painful to sit by and watch and do nothing..
It's just beyond my comprehension that an entire huge metropolitan area has been destroyed and will be unaccessible for months to come..
NOLA has now become one giant floating graveyard..
Laissez Bon Ton Roulez..
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