Rita

Rita has started her destruction even before she made landfall - heavy rains have overtopped the levees in New Orleans and re-flooded the Lower Ninth Ward. A storm surge of seven feet pushed water from Lake Pontchartrain through the Industrial Canal and cascading over a repaired levee.

This blog, like its author, has always been graphically oriented, and even as Rita nears the shore, I came across these pictures of New Orleans in the wake of Katrina. These pictures are a sobering reminder of what East Texas and Western Louisiana might be in for, or what New Orleans might experience yet again.

I pray for the safety and well-being of everyone in the storm's path.