Scariest thing: We’ve seen and heard almost nothing out of southern Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes. Those are the low-lying areas near the mouth of the Mississippi where erosion was already eating away big chunks of land. They’re closer to the coast, and they’re even more vulnerable in a lot of ways than New Orleans.
On the WWL-TV feed online, they just said all of Plaquemines is under 15 feet of water. Which means anyone who stayed there is probably dead.
Horrifying tale from a Plaquemines school teacher who got away in time.
“Tanya went on to say what she worried about most — her students at Buras High, where she taught eighth grade English and literature. As an educator, she knew that many of the families had no mode of transportation…'[M]any of my students have never ever even been to New Orleans. They walk everywhere. They are poor, so poor,’ she sobbed.”
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This is incredibly sad stuff.
I’m sure you’re reading it, but T-P just updated their breaking news blog with a story about a flyover of Plaquemines area – http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/. Search on the page for “Notes from a plane flight” (their permalinks don’t seem to work well).
Here is the First paragraph:
LOWER PLAQUEMINES PARISH — Metal buildings twisted beyond recognition. Neighborhoods almost completely destroyed and submerged, the only clue that humans once lived there being the telephone lines that rise above the floodwaters.
I can’t seem to find out what happened to Grand Isle, which is a miracle barrier island that’s survived many, many previous attempts by nature to destroy it. By all accounts, it took the first hit — is it gone? A backbone of oak trees is apparently all that holds it together, I’ve read.
That appears to conflict with our story, which said 80 percent of the homes there had been washed away. I hope our story was wrong.