Yeah. Check out the pics at the local TV station's website: wwltv.com

Last I heard, after the levee broke in two spots, the city is level with the Lake. (THe city now has between 9-12 FEET of water in it in some areas. St. Charles Avenue (a main thouroghfair) has 9 feet of water. My friend's house is submerged (11 feet of water) in Mid-City. (So named because.. it's in the middle of the city.)

My basement apartment's street has between 3 and 8 feet of water on it, depending on what report I read. My celiings are 6'3" high.

No electricity for 6 months for some areas. I honestly don't know if the city can recover. This is the big one we've all been told stories about. The New Orleans killer I heard about in grammer school. Back when Betsy hit they all said "if it had hit New Orleans... blah blah blah" This is what would have happened... and Katrina was a Category 4. Not a Cat 5 like Betsy. I can't imagine it being any worse.

There were bodies floating around the streets in my friend's neighborhood. This is supposed to happen in FL, not here. (kidding of course)

I want my bike!