Times-Picayune blog

This is so sad. Apparently, after surviving the brunt of the storm, the 17th street levee was breached, flooding the city park area adjacent to the Fair Grounds (where the Jazz Fest is held).

The stories relayed in this blog are simply terrifying. The hard part to imagine is that the conditions in Slidel, Gulfport and Biloxi are in fact much, much, much worse.