"We have whitecaps on Canal Street."

Chalmette, the Ninth Ward, Downtown... six to fifteen feet of water over all of it.

I hope people are OK, and that they can get out as soon as possible.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/30/katrina.neworleans/index.html

[VP of Tulane Hospital] Caraway said she didn't know whether any pumps had been turned on to pump the water, but said, "they're not going to be able to compete with Lake Pontchartrain."

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http://www.livejournal.com/users/theglen/16735.html

I am going to assume that the eponymous Mr. Welch is not The Artist Known As Silent P.