Reporter on CNN said the lower 9th ward is getting flooded

[qanda]

Not as devastating as Katrina but a levee has been breached. Unbelievable!

[originalpckelly]

1. Yes, it's Gary Tuchman, and he said it was so bad...

they had to get out of there.

Water was spurting from the bottom, not the top, of the levee.

[stray cat]

18. He was the first reporter to claim he saw a breach and not overtop

mayhe he was right?

[Barack_America]

2. Hopefully this is just hysteria...

But he mentioned stop signs being under water?

That sounds like a good bit of water.

Still, I'd like a pic before I believe it. This could just be a "tune in for the rest of the day to see what happens!" situation.

[qanda]

6. I hope so too. I edited my post because I didn't want it to sound too dramatic

[magellan]

3. Sounds like scouring undermined it?

Water leaking in from underneath. None of the NOLA stations are reporting it yet (I'm listening online).

[Barack_America]

11. Yeah, if that's true (seeping water). That would be bad.

Hopefully that's not true. :(

[RB TexLa]

4. Technically it floods every time it rains. Standing water = flooding.

[stray cat]

19. After all Katrina was also simple flooding....

on as massive scale

[TomClash]

5. Ha

I guess three yearrs is not long enough to fix a levee.

[kegler14]

7. At this point it's overreaction.

Hope it stays that way.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

8. Oh this makes me sick.

All those poor people who just finished fixing up their homes or who are in the middle of doing so. We just finished redoing a property in the ninth ward. They finished last week. Last week. It was one that was flooded by Katrina, and will probably be flooded again. Oh crap.
Duckie

[jobycom]

14. WWL is reporting no such breach or flooding.

They are standing on the levees of the Industrial Canal and showing video of water splashing over the levees, but nothing about a breach, and even the overtopping is pretty minor--just splashing. wwltv.com, click on live coverage.

Not saying CNN is wrong, just that the New Orleans station isn't covering it, and they are talking to everyone. Let's wait on confirmation on this.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

16. I really hope you're right.

We don't have flood insurance. Yes, it's the company's own fault, but dang it, it still stinks.
Duckie

[jobycom]

21. It's not me, it's the local coverage.

Check out wwltv.com's live feed. Very thorough coverage.

[liberalmuse]

9. If the levees break...

with Gustav being anything less than a Cat 4, McCain is positively screwn. And not to mention the people of New Orleans. Shit, if this actually happens, I say bring criminal charges against the contractors and the Bush administration.

[carlyhippy]

10. they are showing the flood walls

water splashing spilling over it, doesn't look that bad, if those walls give, then there will be a big problem

[Barack_America]

15. I will say that the splashing water has gotten much worse...

I've been watching that for the past hour or so while I drink my coffee and the amount of water coming over has definitely gotten much worse.

I don't know if the water level has risen or the winds have gotten worse, but there's a lot more water coming over now.

:(

[MilesColtrane]

12. It floods in the 9th ward every time there's a heavy rain.

May not indicate that a levee has been breached.

[jobycom]

13. I'm not seeing this on the live coverage on WWL, in New Orleans.

They are talking right now about reporters and the Army Corp driving the streets of the Lower Ninth and there's no flooding. They have live coverage of the levees, and have been talking about them continuously. No mention of a breach, and everything they are saying contradicts that.

[Barack_America]

17. Well the guy just showed his "video" and it was the same overtopping of the industrial canal...

...that we've all been watching. I think he was just walking around with a really jumpy public service official.

The truth is probably somewhere between what the MSM (vested interest in catastrophe) and what the Army Corps (vested interest in nothing happening) are saying.

[jobycom]

20. They are talking to more than the Army Corp.

WWL's coverage is very good. They are talking to officials at all levels, from the mayor to the Army to whomever.

Right now they are saying what you did a moment ago, that the water topping the IC levee is getting heavier. There seems to be some new wave, they are saying. Also happening in Tangipahoa. Probably just a stronger band in the hurricane passing through.

As the eye passes, the winds will switch directions, and the winds will blow the Lake waters southward, toward New Orleans. That could cause a little more rise in the water. They are reporting that the surge in Pass Christian/Bay St. Louis is 6 to 9 feet. I just heard an eyewitness in Pass Christian saying the water by his house is 13 feet higher than normal, but that's the surge plus the flooding from the rain--not to mention that people tend to exaggerate. But that's the levels they are talking about.

[backscatter712]

22. Hope this is minor stuff.

The cable news channels have been showing pics of water overtopping the Industrial Canal levees. Here's hoping the flooding's limited.