Yes, someone has to post something about Katrina

[pewterdragn]

No matter what the politics around this have become there still is the ecological disaster of what is called New Orleans. Imagine all the polluted water that will be flushed (eventually) into the Gulf of Mexico...

This is a google maps page that allows you to view New Orleans as it was and then adds an overlay of the flooding.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=new+orleans&t=e

Use the buttons on the top right to change views.

[nonstop]

It's turning into a big e-coli soup.