Yikes.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/29/hurricane.katrina/index.html

Apparently, there's a hole blown in the Superdome's roof, and they've moved people away from that portion of the building. As noted, the strongest part of the storm hasn't hit town yet. Egads.

I have no idea about the storm surge, but the live cam feeds from nola.com apparently all dropped when the power went out around 6:20 local time this morning. Some are offline, some are showing the last image captured.

I am very glad most of the folks we know got out, and I'm pretty concerned for the ones who didn't.

On a lighter note.... clowns.

I don't see where people got the notion that there would be exhumed remains floating around. Yes, you don't want to be in contact with or drink the floodwater, because it's liable to have been in contact with dead stuff, but it's not like the denizens of Metairie cemetary are going to be staging a parade down Canal Street, bereft of their sarcophagi.

[from an email conversation]