Well, the news coverage doesn't begin to show the true depths of this disaster. New Orleans proper will be totally underwater by the week-end. The West Bank came out okay; but east Jefferson Parish and Orleans Parish will be a lake. The Corps of Engineers gave their apparent best shot at stopping the in-flow last night; it failed.

The city managers keep saying they will rebuild. I don't see the point. Perhaps the fact that I'll be working 12 on/12 off without any days off for the next several months (or more) jaundices my opinion. This will happen again. It is a miracle it didn't happen sooner. The entire city infrastructure is fractured; I have spoken with dozens of evacuees who intend to take whatever check their insurance company gives them, remove from their water-logged house whatever can be salvaged (IF the water can be removed so they can even get to it; that doesn't look doable right now), and just walk away to resettle someplace more sensible. The only ones who will stay are the slugs on the dole; the same ones who are having a high old time looting right now.

What a charley-foxtrot... no modeling/flying for me for the forseeable future...[&o]