Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Sandbags for 17th St. vanish into "black hole"
Gov. Kathleen Blanco told MSNBC this morning that attempts to plug the 17th St.
Canal breech with 3,000 sandbags has been "an enineering nightmare" with sandbags dropped from the air simply falling "into the eternal black hole".
Mayor Nagin indicated that intial estimates of a six to eight week time to get the city functional would be increased by the flooding from the lake.
Canal breech with 3,000 sandbags has been "an enineering nightmare" with sandbags dropped from the air simply falling "into the eternal black hole".
Mayor Nagin indicated that intial estimates of a six to eight week time to get the city functional would be increased by the flooding from the lake.
"And when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcome, but when we are silent we are still afraid. So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive." -- Audie Lorde
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