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08/29/2015 at 19:03 • Filed to: Katrina
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08/29/2015 at 19:03 • Filed to: Katrina | 1
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There’s an article on the front page about the Katrina weather bulletin, which is important, but my buddy who grew up in New Orleans sent around this 2002 article from the Times-Picauyne when he explained exactly how bad Katrina was going to be. The article was hauntingly accurate and the whole series is worth reading:
http://www.nola.com/hurricane/cont…
Amid this maelstrom, the estimated 200,000 or more people left behind in an evacuation will be struggling to survive. Some will be housed at the Superdome, the designated shelter in New Orleans for people too sick or infirm to leave the city. Others will end up in last-minute emergency refuges that will offer minimal safety. But many will simply be on their own, in homes or looking for high ground.
Thousands will drown while trapped in homes or cars by rising water. Others will be washed away or crushed by debris. Survivors will end up trapped on roofs, in buildings or on high ground surrounded by water, with no means of escape and little food or fresh water, perhaps for several days.
Rest of the series is here:
http://www.nola.com/washingaway/