Michelle Malkin on Katrina's Aftermath in New Orleans

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She presents the grim details:

New Orleans mayor C. Ray Nagin says the city is devastated (via BayouBuzz.com):

In a most frightening interview with WWL TV, Mayor C. Ray Nagin gave the worse-case scenario of events that anyone could possibly imagine. In the beginning of the interview, he stated that New Orleans is devastated.

Of most importance is the breach of the levee between Jefferson and Orleans Parish.

“We probably have 80 percent of our city under water with some sections of our city the water is as deep as 20 feet”.

Both airports are underwater

The twin spans are destroyed.

The Yacht club is burned and destroyed.

Mayor Nagin also stated he was not sure of the structural soundness of the highrise. He stated that it is possible that the highrise bridge in east New Orleans could be unstable.

The Mayor also stated that all of Slidell (a city [over] which he has no jurisdiction) is under water. Nagin also stated that there was no clear path in and out of New Orleans, that I-10 is underwater.

She also links to Hurricane Watch, which has heartbreaking photos.

Finally, she says Brendan Loy has the blogosphere's best coverage on Katrina. Of Course, I can't pull up his page since his bandwidth has probably been shattered. The price he pays for being Malkin-lanched, I guess!