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LeftInTX

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5. I watched CNN/Weather Channel. It seemed like everything was OK Monday morning.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Aug 29, 2025, 09:04 PM

Aug 29

But I had to leave town and I think they announced that a barge hit a levee, but I had to go and couldn't stick around to find out the details.

I got home around 4 ish. Found out it had flooded bad. And then it kept getting worse over several days. One night a nurse called CNN from a hospital, "Does anyone know we're here?"

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Why Hurricane Katrina was so uniquely catastrophic -- and remains America's most devastating storm, 20 years later [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 29 OP

seriously... RT Atlanta Aug 29 #1

The only way it would get a lot of federal aid is if one of Trump's properties got hit hard. tanyev Aug 29 #2

So hard to believe it's been 20 years. Wow......i's love to see the before, during AND 20 years after photos. a kennedy Aug 29 #3

I remember "Good job, Brownie" BigmanPigman Aug 29 #4

Heckuva job Brownie Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 29 #6

I watched CNN/Weather Channel. It seemed like everything was OK Monday morning. LeftInTX Aug 29 #5

Maybe in New Orleans ITAL Aug 29 #7

Yeah, it was the French Quarter and/or downtown. LeftInTX Aug 29 #8

Much like then ITAL Saturday #10

Also I'm seeing that Bush got on TV and said that buses would be at the convention center to take people to Houston.. LeftInTX Aug 29 #9

My two cents? The Superdome and B.See Saturday #11

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