Absolutely bloody terrifying: a PSA

[vulgarweed]

As I'm sure most of you in the US have heard, Hurricane Katrina is a Category 5. It looks like this.
It is in the Top Three of all-time recorded US hurricanes for its size and intensity.

It has sustained winds of 175 mph, and gusts up to 215. It might bring up to 30-foot storm surges. That will overwhelm the levees and sea walls built to protect places that are at or below sea level. There's no pumping system that can handle that. It is not being alarmist to say that the destruction of New Orleans, by most accepted definitions of that word, is a very real possibility.

There are an estimated 100,000 people in New Orleans who do not own cars and have no way to evacuate.

Those of you on the flist who are religious, magical, and/or spiritual in any way, please take some time out for this today. Everybody: clear a little space in the budget for the Red Cross if possible.

Comments

[quantum-witch.livejournal.com]

I've only been there once, and I agree with Prof. Mary. It's so ancient and delicate. And filled with such history you can almost taste it in the air.

My prayers/spells/whatever I can throw out there are already out there. More will follow. I am drawing madly today, and when I do that I tend to trance out completely. While doing this, I will endeavour to push myself a little further.

Believe that certain angels and demons don't want the place to disappear. They really like the atmosphere.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Such a wonderful place...but also with a lot of poverty and not a lot of resources to deal with this, though it's always been known something like this could happen and it would be disastrous.

Thank you so much for the focus. And there is comfort in this: if there's any city in America that has a lot of Forces and Powers looking out for it, NO is the one. :)