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Angela ([personal profile] angledge) wrote2005-11-04 11:05 am
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OMFG


(Click on the photo to see a somewhat larger version.)

One of my co-workers got this photo from (what must have been) one of the last evacuees to get out of Plaquemines Parish. This is Katrina's storm surge (estimated height = 20 feet) coming over the levee.

Lights out.
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[identity profile] ghostwriterxx.livejournal.com 2005-11-04 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
wow

[identity profile] deinemuse.livejournal.com 2005-11-04 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
That is mad scary looking!

[identity profile] blu-matt.livejournal.com 2005-11-04 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Crikey!

Wow

[identity profile] jacesan.livejournal.com 2005-11-04 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
That's humbling. I always get a feeling of insignificance when I visit the ocean. This is a good example of why.

Re: Wow

[identity profile] blu-matt.livejournal.com 2005-11-04 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Amen.

[identity profile] ataralas.livejournal.com 2005-11-04 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
What fragile creatures we are in the face of that!

[identity profile] thepikey.livejournal.com 2005-11-05 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
One word.

Yipe!

[identity profile] effrontery.livejournal.com 2005-11-05 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Jesus.
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