Countdown has a helicopter surveying the damage

[CatWoman]

OH. MY. GOD!!!!!

:cry:

[LSparkle]

1. That all I can say over and over and over again

It looks like a nuclear bomb went off down there ...

[MissB]

2. I think they're showing

Mississippi damage. It isn't new footage- I did see portions of it earlier today. But this is much longer than the footage they showed earlier- they cut it off after noting the casinos were just gone.

[CatWoman]

11. this is new footage

[Lex]

3. It is freakin' unbelievable!

It *does* remind me of the tsunami pictures--I guess because of the storm surge.

[rodeodance]

4. the red guitar is still standing.

[rodeodance]

7. most of the floating casinos are now on land!! across the highway

[LibinMo]

5. I'm watching this footage too

It is awful. Hadn't realized the extent of the damage in Biloxi until now.

[MissB]

6. That one casino!

Picked up and plopped down on the other side of the interstate! And looking like it was sitting there all along.

[rodeodance]

10. a little sideways

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

8. They just showed what was left of my favorite Casino....

God.

[jimshoes]

9. I've been watching video feed

from a local station all day. New Orleans is devastated and water is still rising through breaches in the levee.

[rodeodance]

15. ground zero. lots of things are ground zero these days.

[bpilgrim]

12. if they need another commandeer shrubs he ain't using it

http://media.globalfreepress.com

peace

[CatWoman]

14. you are such a trip

i love that pic :hi:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

20. Couldn't find a violin?? Good one.

[TomInTib]

21. Do you suppose he was also wearing his presidential seal boots

and his presidential seal socks like the pair that he gave Lance while they were cycling all over the ranch and avoiding Cindy?

Let us not compare * to Nero (even with the guitar)...more like "The Madness of King George".

[Corgigal]

13. What about Kessler AFB

It was my home for a few months, years ago. Did it get washed away too?

[CatWoman]

16. they did show one army base

or maybe it was an AFB.

gone.

all gone.

[Corgigal]

19. that is where the hurricane hunters are based

I can't believe the whole base is gone. It was huge...

[KeepItReal]

18. From Keesler:

"Keesler Air Force base has survived a direct hit by a Hurricane Katrina a Category 4 hurricane. Initial assessment shows extensive damage to our industrial and housing areas. We are deploying assessment crews and are in contact with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and with commanders of many military bases who have offered assistance. The damage is severe enough that we are unable to leave our shelters until Thursday at the earliest in order to assure our recovery teams have cleared debris and made it safe for us and our families to return home."

http://www.keesler.af.mil/

[TomInTib]

17. Unbelieveable....these people were not ordered to evacuate -

if I recall correctly. How many people were lost in this? It reminds me of the Tsunami.

Fucking * was pretending to play a guitar yesterday!

Where is Chertoff? Isn't Homeland Security supposed to be in charge of this? Oh, nevermind...it's August and they're on vacation "balancing their lives".

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. So much devastation,,, and who knows how many people were lost