The Drowning of the Big Easy

It's heartbreaking. The Irish Trojan's blog - Brendan Loy's homepage--has updates--more bad than good.:

Very bad news from WWL-TV:

6:41 P.M. - Efforts to stop the levee break at the 17th Street Canal have ended unsuccessfully and the water is expected to soon overwhelm the pumps in that area, allowing water to pour into the east bank of Metairie and Orleans to an expected height of 12-15 feet.

Essentially, everything that is below sea level in New Orleans will be submerged. The Gulf of Mexico is slowly but surely reclaiming the Crescent City.

Via Michelle Malkin, who has bad news of her own:

Chaos:

No power.

No drinkable water.

Martial law.

Dead bodies floating in the water.

Prisons, hospitals, the Superdome are being evacuated.

Looting in plain view of the police and the National Guard.

New Orleans councilwoman Jackie Clarkson: "The looting is out of control."

I've now seen two reports that WWL is reporting that a looter shot a police officer in the back of the head. Still waiting for confirmation.

Below the Beltway: "I've always feared what would happen if a major American city simply collapsed. It appears that we are finding out."

And the water is still rising.

Not to mention this