Hey!! Just thought I'd tell you that me and my family made it through okay and it seems that all my friends did as well. The storm's shift ended up being a VERY good thing. The eye missed New Orleans so New Orleans isn't as bad as it could have been but it's still pretty bad there.
The storm missed the huge power towers so we should get power back sooner than expected. My house has no power but my mom's friend got it back and so that is where we are now. Something like 1.2 million people without power at the moment.
The shift also means that my area wasn't as badly hit but Mississippi was hit badly. Already 50 plus casualties out of Mississippi. No count yet from New Orleans because people can't get in. People are trapped on their roofs and the winds didn't die down until late late afternoon so search and rescue couldn't begin until late afternoon. People will be spending the night on their roofs.
Yea...Katrina wasn't as devastating to New Orleans as originally thought, but devastation is massive.
 Lady_Lily · Tue Aug 30, 2005 @ 05:19am · 0 Comments |
