oh don't muddy the waters
Posted By: twaddle on 2008-09-10
In Reply to: Early "sex education" is not what some people are...sm - anon
of outrage with your elitist educationated viewpoint.
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Yeah it would be better than these sewage infested waters
in fact I think you all would be right at home in the New Orleans muck. You seem to be really liking it anyway.
Rita waters flood New Orleans..sm
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Fast-rising water brought by the outer edge of Hurricane Rita spilled over a freshly patched levee in New Orleans on Friday and flooded a deserted neighborhood of the already devastated city.
Water from the industrial canal, where the levee breached during Hurricane Katrina more than three weeks ago, was submerging houses in the particularly hard-hit Ninth Ward section on the city's east side.
Water also poured out from under the canal's western barrier, which faces the historic French Quarter roughly three miles away.
An official with the New Orleans Fire Department said flooding reached a mile inland west of the canal. It also reached as far north as Interstate 10, which divides the city.
The area had been nearly dried out in recent days.
Residents have not been permitted to return since Katrina hit the ward, where nearly all the small, one-story houses appeared damaged beyond repair.
Searches by rescue teams, who have been going door to door seeking storm victims, were suspended.
Water had begun to seep under the weakened levee late on Thursday, but officials said they did not expect flooding on such a scale so soon.
It's frustrating, but there ain't nothing you can do about Mother Nature, said Henry Rodriguez, president of nearby St. Bernard Parish, also heavily hit by Katrina on August 29.
He said he had driven through the area and saw floodwaters reaching 10 blocks from the levee.
We were hoping this wouldn't happen, but with Rita knocking at our door, we're stuck with this, said Mark Heimann, a spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
He said he was not aware of any levee breaches elsewhere in the city, emptied of most of its 450,000 residents by Katrina.
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In White House Meeting -- Obama muddied the waters. sm
Who really derailed the Thursday meeting?? It's coming out on the Internet now, See below.... ***Edited by Moderator***
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/09/26/in-wh-meeting-obama-muddied-waters/
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