September 2, 2005
New Orleans
:In preparation for the hurricane, which was headed straight for the below sea-level city, the city was ordered evacuated and braced for the worst. The storm veered slightly to the right, which may have saved it from the worst possibility but then it got the second worst imaginable disaster. By Tuesday, two levies had been breached and pumps had failed, leaving eighty-percent of the city underwater. By Wednesday a second evacuation was announced as shelter was prepared in both Houston and San Antonio for 25,000 residents each. But the disaster is getting worse due to human action. On Wednesday night, search and rescue operations were abandoned by the police as they began to deal with the looting that was taking place. Reports from Louisiana suggest that the looters are highly organized and armed – medical supplies that had been airlifted into the city turned back due to one hundred looters. And this morning explosions rocked the city throughout New Orleans.
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