Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:50:19 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave author
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> omni at omniphile.com 8/30/2005 5:37:23 PM >>>
>At 05:13 PM 8/30/05 -0400, Michael Walsh wrote:
>>One of the folks planning to attend Capclave is Andrew Fox.  He
>was at
>>Bubonicon this weekend.  He live in New Orleans.
>>
>>A posting from him:
>>
>http://www.nightshadebooks.com/discus/messages/2922/4882.html?
>1125421852
>>
>>mjw
>
>What I'm hearing about N.O. isn't sounding good.

NoLa local news: http://www.wwltv.com/

And this:
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/083005cccawwlevac.43bb0409.html
"Governor says entire city needs to be evacuated"

>  The worst of the
>storm
>missed them, though they caught the edge pretty hard, but now they
>are
>getting flooding from failed levies...over a story in some areas.
>Radio
>just said that 80% of the city is under water.  I hope the caretaker
>took
>the cats when he/she evacuated...
>
>Still, it's sounding worse in Mississippi.  Apparently there are some
>coastal towns that aren't there anymore...

One report I heard said that Gulfport got hit with 100 mph winds.  For
7 hours.

mjw