Day 3 Early PM Update

The latest from the LGD:

The flooding never reached St. Charles … No electricity or running water are definitely complicating things, of course. They have also cleverly parked her car under a fallen tree in the yard to make it look unattractive to people who think a car with gas is a hot commodity.

The most immediate problem/fear was the rioting and looting. People were being carjacked trying to leave the city. [Many think] it is much safer to wait for the troops to arrive and get that situation under control.

Mac also said that they were possibly going to be interviewed by ABC News radio. . . she was hoping to even make it on the evening news. I haven’t heard any more details about it yet.

When Mac is a hot, hot celebrity, she can thank me for sending the ABC news producer her way.

In Waterworld-related news, flooding has crested and water is starting to recede, but what is not inspiring is this bit of news, also from the Times Picayune:

… water was still spreading through Uptown Wednesday morning, and was making its way over St. Charles Avenue towards the river. On Marengo Street, water was 3 to 10 feet high in stretches between Claiborne and St. Charles avenues and between Napoleon Avenue and Louisiana. Water lapped into the bottom floors of houses, and residents were being evacuated by boat on Marengo and surrounding streets. Along Prytania Street, the water was a foot high and still rising at 10:30 a.m. And while water was still running in Uptown faucets Tuesday night, the flow stopped Wednesday.

There goes the green “safe zone” from the previous post. Great, soon my neighborhood, the Lower Garden District, is going to be the one island jutting out of the Sea of New Orleans.

Nagin just opined on TV that our return to New Orleans may take 12 to 14 weeks. I’m not crazy about this outlook.