WDSU Now showing first aerial coverage of NOLA...

[Junkdrawer]

http://www.wdsu.com/video/4909353/detail.html

Flooding everywhere...

[fishnfla]

1. "it looks like Venice"

oh man

[steve2470]

2. cannot get it nt

[darkstar]

4. again, steve2470

Thanks for your efforts and attention the last couple of days and the carping of carping carpers all along the way.

You are a great DU resource.

:hi:

[steve2470]

6. sure thing, thanks ! nt

[DemNoir]

3. Incredible

Especially after hearing chirpy reporters all day saying it wasnt so bad.

[Junkdrawer]

5. Fox now has the video (turn off the sound - it's O'Really)...

The WSDL cut out as soon as I posted this thread....

[darkstar]

7. Yep,

saw it on CNN. Supposed to be several pockets like that across LA and MS.

Brutal.

[benito]

8. rescue in progress

amazing!

[fishnfla]

9. Whoa did you see that helicopter rescue?

Holy shit!

[steve2470]

10. yes that was really cool nt

[darkstar]

13. Yowsa

That gave me the chill bumps !

Incredible footage.

[Trillo]

11. "No suitable Plugins found"

A Firefox message.

[Junkdrawer]

17. download and install WinMediaPlayer 9 or Realplayer...n/t

[annabanana]

12. wow.... those poor people.......n/t

[tjdee]

14. And we haven't even seen MS yet.

:scared:

[benito]

16. I agree

That's gonna be disturbing.

[darkstar]

20. Hey Benito

You ok neighbor? AnnInLa and I talked some yesterday and discovered you're just down the road a bit from me.

No problems here in Lafayette. Stay dry and take care.

:hi:

[benito]

21. some lucky MOFOS here in Abbeville

Glad you are ok!
I went to work in Broussard this morning. Phones and data circuit were down so they let us go home.
This video is fuct up. It's bad in N.O.

[eyepaddle]

41. Abbeville!

Isn't Soops in Abbeville?

It's been a few years since I lived in Lafayeete (Up at the French Colony) but I worked at the Sperry-Sun office in Broussard (and some other place farther south--past the high school)

I didn't like working in the oilfield at all, but it really changes how you view a storm when you know most of the places they are talking about on CNN et al.

And I really liked New Orleans--obviously it had some violent edges, but damn, you were free to be WHOEVER you wanted to be--very little judgement made about you.

I fear the future of the Big Easy--and also every other place that got clobbered. :hug:

[hootinholler]

27. I spent 8 months in Pearlington...

I'm worried about The Yall Come Back Saloon.

I wish they'd fly a pass up that way. How close to Camille's track was this? Like 15 miles?

-Hoot

[Junkdrawer]

15. Most residential areas flooded - looks like an averaage of 6 -10 ft...

:(

[benito]

18. mental note to self

wear a bright orange shirt when something like this happens. Easier to find me if I'm ever on a roof.

[Junkdrawer]

19. Now they're showing several fires that are burning out of control...

---no fire department to put them out.

[Junkdrawer]

33. I'm from Johnstown, PA and in the 1889 flood, fire was the big killer...

Let's hope these fires don't spread...

[Junkdrawer]

22. "The City of New Orleans, as we knew it, is gone"...

That's the WDSU news casters viewing the aerial footage...

[fishnfla]

23. I just read from the wwltv weather forum

entire subdivisions wiped out in Slidell

"Every home gone"

:(

[KeepItReal]

24. Slidell and New Orleans East really got hammered in GNO area

Downtown was largely spared due to the shift in direction.

[steve2470]

25. kick nt

[Junkdrawer]

26. I think the first run is now over...But I'll bet they replay it soon...

They seem to be aware that people all over the country are tuning in via the net...

[Junkdrawer]

BTW: The French Quarter seems to have been spared the floodng...

although I read elsewhere there was wind damage...

[KeepItReal]

28. Kenner/Metairie showing flooding

Lakefront is also flooded.

Looks like a fire at a marina on the lakefront. I think that is where Joe's Crabshack is in Metairie.

That helicopter pilot providing the footage is kinda all over the place.

Probably get more coherent footage tomorrow.

[darkstar]

29. CNN has been following up

in rapid succession for those who were having trouble upthread.

[Pithy Cherub]

30. This is devastating and will go down as this nation's worst

natural disaster. My heart is breaking because whole neighborhoods are gone and where are all the people? The national news organizations were way to quick to call Louisiana as "the worst is over". The people...:cry:

[Rex]

31. Looks like the Superdome got the hell beat outta it.

But it is still standing! I was worried about the people inside.

[tjdee]

32. "It decimated everything east of downtown"

The FEMA director just said that about...NO??

[Junkdrawer]

34. .

[Chico Man]

35. Did you see the looting of the winDixie?

Wow.

[benito]

37. I saw earlier that the pharmacy got cleaned out

and the ATM was busted up.
I've been though this many times in my life and I'd never pull crap like that. Relief (food, ice and water) always shows up after the storm. Busting up the corner liquor store never crossed my mind.

the worst is yet to come.

[progressivebydesign]

42. A natural disaster is no reason to steal. That's disgusting.

Kinda wondering why I was so worried about poor people down there... sounds like they're taking matters into their own hands. Stupid.

[Lindacooks]

45. Did you see WHAT they were stealing?

Diapers and canned goods. Those aren't the kind of things that people typically loot. Says a lot about their living standards in general.

[fujiyama]

36. Wow

They panned around the area zooming out. It looked like miles of streets completely flooded.

[steve2470]

38. kick nt

[zulchzulu]

39. It's going to take at least 10 years for New Orleans to recover

It's unbelievable.

Not that it's a good thing in relation to all the damage around the city, but it looks like the French Quarter survived pretty well. Having lived there for a few years, that was my deepest fear...seeing the Quarter get washed away...

I may make a journey to help out some friends who had their place get pretty damaged...near the racetrack...looks bad...

[jfalchion]

40. pyloric valve

Is Ignatius J. Reilly safe, dry and comfortable?

[markus]

43. The video on MSNBC is of St. Bernard Parish

just southeast of New Orleans along the river.

The flyover was from the Violet Canal to the Barracks in Arabi. Everything was under water and devestated.

I used to work down there as editor of a weekly newspaper.

I also heard the MSNBC reporter returning from the Ninth Ward. This is the area of town surrounding the Industrial Canal, where there was at least one reported levee breech, and where the storm surge would have been at it's worst in town.

It was a horrific story, ending in her reporter hearing the cries of people still trapped in actics calling for help as they were being left behind for the night as they pulled in the rescue boats until morning.

For anyone who understands the comparison, this is much worse than Betsy. The flooding is more catastrophic, and more extensive.

[fearnobush]

44. WDSU reporting double span connecting NOLA to Slidell is gone.

Rt90 underwater NOLA is cut off from supplys getting in. The destruction is much worse than the media was reporting earlier today. The gutted high rises near the dome gave me the chills. The flooding as far as the eye can see is just horrifying.