Man OH MAN!

[soonertwister]

I talked about this possibility at length, without EVER believing that it could happen without the worst possible hurricane in NOLA.

The city is going underwater, and everyone has to evacuate as soon as possible.

This is absolutely the worst possible news. I've been hearing warnings of this tonight, and I thought that maybe the water levels were rising, but this is life or death for those remaining in the city.

Is there actually any good news from Katrina, other than the fact that the ##### has come and gone?

Good grief. My mom has told me about the worst disasters of her life, but she really didn't give me the full educational treatment.

[themusk]

Is there actually any good news from Katrina, other than the fact that the ##### has come and gone?

It hasn't gone for all of us. Two words: inland flooding. Though I'm safe on high ground, Katrina might conclude its rampage through the United States by taking the lives and property of a few of my fellow Vermonters.

This is unspeakable. I'm not one who finds it easy to cry, and I tend to think of myself as inured, to a degree, to tragedy, but I've been choking back tears tonight.

[SouthFloridawx]

Everyone said... oh it could have been worse ... we haven't even seen the worst and it was estimated over 40,000 homes in NOLO are partially or covered with water. This is really sad and don't know what is oging to happen next i have been holding them back too....

[Wacahootaman]

Inland flooding is a real concern. Half of the deaths from Camille were in Virginia from flooding if memory serves me correctly!

[canegrl04]

I heard earlier this morning that a levy breached and is now flooding the French Quarter

[Persepone]

I agree with The Musk (post above). This storm is far from over.

What happened once the storm went inland? It packed ferocious winds for quite a while. It spawned a bunch of tornadoes apparently. We heard nothing about those inland areas of Mississippi, etc.

I'm wondering what happened to all those others affected by the storm who don't even get a mention because of the extent of the tragedy in New Orleans, Gulfport, Biloxi, etc. but I wonder about those inland Mississippi communities, Tennessee communities, etc.

And, as The Musk points out, there are already areas of the northeast that have had flooding (we had 2 inch an hour rains here and we're nowhere near the main areas that have been affected) and the forecast path for the remnants of Katrina is right through those areas that already have saturated ground, flash floods, etc. Yes, there will be people in NY, Vermont and parts of NH who lose their homes... Very, very sad. The effects of this storm are very difficult for a huge area of the US

[Courtnay Mccullers]

I agree with The Musk (post above). This storm is far from over.

What happened once the storm went inland? It packed ferocious winds for quite a while. It spawned a bunch of tornadoes apparently. We heard nothing about those inland areas of Mississippi, etc.

I'm wondering what happened to all those others affected by the storm who don't even get a mention because of the extent of the tragedy in New Orleans, Gulfport, Biloxi, etc. but I wonder about those inland Mississippi communities, Tennessee communities, etc.

And, as The Musk points out, there are already areas of the northeast that have had flooding (we had 2 inch an hour rains here and we're nowhere near the main areas that have been affected) and the forecast path for the remnants of Katrina is right through those areas that already have saturated ground, flash floods, etc. Yes, there will be people in NY, Vermont and parts of NH who lose their homes... Very, very sad. The effects of this storm are very difficult for a huge area of the US

inland mississippi is not pretty. i drove from what's left of my home in ocean springs, mississippi to citronelle, alabama and saw some of southeastern mississippi and southwestern mississippi.

there is lots of wind damage. roof damage, windows blown out. some flooding. gas stations destroyed, etc.

[BReb]

"inland mississippi is not pretty."

I live in Oxford, Mississippi which is only 70 miles from Memphis in north Mississippi. And most of our town's power is out- my house is one of the lucky few with power.

The local motels are filled with cars with Louisiana license plates. These motels have no power and a lot of the folks staying there are just wandring aimlessly outside. Their homes are gone, their careers are gone, their lives are gone. And they are having to figure out what to do with themselves here in Oxford Mississippi.

It's just heartbreaking.

[Brent]

Fox News was just showing MAJOR tornado damage in Carroll County, GA(that is just south of I-20 which is as far as north as ATLANTA). A house completely deroofed and significant damage inside... that was not a small tornado.

Really hits close since that's not all that far from here... when we escaped without losing power or cable and with only a couple of small limbs down.