New Orleans Satellite imagery
Sep. 1st, 2005 12:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jjmaccrimmonI'm surprised that the government is releasing these pictures, but it shows the extent of the flooding and damage in New Orleans alone. There's a before and after set of (very large scale) photographs of the city. Warning, the pictures may be slow to load.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13096
I wrote it before and I sadly believe it more, I believe that we are watching the death of a city. To gain a measure of appreciation for how bad things are and why recovery efforts in the New Orleans area seems so sporatic, understand the following (per MSNBC, FEMA, and personal sources):
Power and water systems have failed or suffered significant damage from Lafayette, LA north to I-20 then east towards Greenville, Alabama then south to the Pensacola, Fl area.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-090105katrina1-g,0,515334.graphic?coll=la-home-headlines
Most major highways into and out of the region (w/in 50 miles of the coast) are severely damaged. Only I-10 west of New Orleans is the only passable roadway out of the city. According the federal, various state and news services, most surface or country access roads, are not usable and blocked by downed trees or debris.
According the the US Census, approximately 4 million people live in this region (compiled using just raw population stats).
New Orleans was unable to evacuate a substantial number of tourists or travelers stranded at hotels and airports.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13096
I wrote it before and I sadly believe it more, I believe that we are watching the death of a city. To gain a measure of appreciation for how bad things are and why recovery efforts in the New Orleans area seems so sporatic, understand the following (per MSNBC, FEMA, and personal sources):
Power and water systems have failed or suffered significant damage from Lafayette, LA north to I-20 then east towards Greenville, Alabama then south to the Pensacola, Fl area.
Edit Added
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-090105katrina1-g,0,515334.graphic?coll=la-home-headlines
Most major highways into and out of the region (w/in 50 miles of the coast) are severely damaged. Only I-10 west of New Orleans is the only passable roadway out of the city. According the federal, various state and news services, most surface or country access roads, are not usable and blocked by downed trees or debris.
According the the US Census, approximately 4 million people live in this region (compiled using just raw population stats).
New Orleans was unable to evacuate a substantial number of tourists or travelers stranded at hotels and airports.
