WWL-TV - Martial Law declared in Jefferson Parish, Timeline given:

[bj2110]

In one week, residents only will be allowed (with proper id) to return and pickup essentials only, then asked to leave and not return for a month.... omg....

[FreedomAngel82]

1. Wow

:(

[GarySeven]

2. CNN reports U.S. military planning command structure for disasters

This was in the works before this disaster. Some people may welcome this, but I remember that the military is developing a number of weapons for crowd control, including a microwave device as a kind of "heat ray" to use on masses of people.

Martial law only gives military units a chance to "practice" for the day that the nations armed forces are called in to prop up a dictatorship.

[bj2110]

4. Alarming...

I have a feeling the country will still be reeling from this 2-3 years from now.... This seems much worse than any hurricane situation in recent history, imo... Purely a result of New Orleans geography... This flooding won't subside for quite some time. They have to pump it, and the pumps won't work, nor do they enough capacity....

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. damn!

I've never heard of anything like that before...a month??? Where are these people supposed to go? My heart really does ache for these people. If I had the means, I'd leave tomorrow and volunteer for the Red Cross