Day 2 - Water rising fast

This post originally was sent as an email to friends and family from inside The Times-Picayune's headquarters in downtown New Orleans.


We do have another way out right now. We can get on the highway in front of the building and cross the bridge over the Miss. River, then follow the highway west along the West Bank to St. Charles Parish, cross back over the river and reconnect with I-10 and head west.

Our trucks still can get us out of here, but we don't know if they can bet onto the highway from here.

The water appears to be rising about 1.5 inches per hour. people are starting to make their way to the elevated highway (Pontchartrain Expressway) and presumably walk across the bridge.

The word we have is that the West Bank (on the other side of the river) is dry. About the only noise outside is from helicopters making constant passes over the city.