Dim and Grim prospects for New Orleans

Evacuation has been mandated
Problems compounding.

Future of New Orleans needs to be re-assesed.

Should a major port be below Sea Level?

Party like there's no tommorow.
Well...It's tommorow.

Geography Complicates Levee Repair - New York Times: "Geography Complicates Levee Repair

Until engineers can repair breaks in the huge levees that separate New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain, the city will essentially be an arm of the Gulf of Mexico, subject to the ebb and flow of the tides.

And because the tidal pull widens the breaks, experts said yesterday, that will make it all the harder to repair them - the first step in restoring the inundated city to normal.