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katallisonPeople who are tired of hearing about Katrina, or who are actively trying to avoid the news, should probably unfriend or filter this LJ for the next few days.
Latest from the AP:
Estimates predict that 60 percent to 80 percent of the city's houses will be destroyed by wind. With the flood damage, most of the people who live in and around New Orleans could be homeless. "We're talking about in essence having — in the continental United States — having a refugee camp of a million people,'' van Heerden said.
And that's just New Orleans. Unless things change radically from current forecasts, inland damage will be vicious as well. Jesus. Fucking. God.
Latest from the AP:
Estimates predict that 60 percent to 80 percent of the city's houses will be destroyed by wind. With the flood damage, most of the people who live in and around New Orleans could be homeless. "We're talking about in essence having — in the continental United States — having a refugee camp of a million people,'' van Heerden said.
And that's just New Orleans. Unless things change radically from current forecasts, inland damage will be vicious as well. Jesus. Fucking. God.
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Date: 2005-08-28 11:48 pm (UTC)