south of downtown NO will be pretty messed up but not gonna be the whole city under water like katrina at this point
and as far as the US as a country is concerned the port area probably really messed up too
there is tide coming in with the wind whipping from the south now
some town laffite had their mayor on local tv just now and basically said its pretty hopeless and gonna go under as well
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Plaquemines Parish levee overtopped, subdivision threatened
by Andrew Vanacore, The Times-Picayune Monday September 01, 2008, 4:43 PM
St. Bernard Parish firefighters and sheriff's deputies are rolling to a levee overtopping in Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish. Plaquemines Parish workers have been trying to bolster the levee along the Clearwater Canal that is being overtopped by floodwaters that threaten the Braithwaite Park subdivision.
<a href="http://" target="_blank"></a>Plaquemines Parish workers have been furiously working on the levee since mid-afternoon. The levee has not breached, but authorities are not hopeful.
"We don't think our efforts are going to be successful so we need to get everyone out now,'' Parish President Billy Nungesser said.
Meanwhile, St. Bernard Parish is sending firefighters, deputies and other workers to the area to help with the efforts.
The canal is on the east bank of the parish. The subdivision is off Louisiana 39.
Officials said the same levee is also being overtopped further south at Scarsdale.