Farewell Katrina

Baton Rouge didn't get hit too bad. I have been without power for over 12 hours but it finally came back up a short time ago. New Orleans didn't do as well however. They say it could be weeks before all the power is restored in that area. Still, it could have been worse. Even though they took too long to order the evacuation of New Orleans they got the majority of the people out of the area. They did order the evacuation of the areas outside of New Orleans a few days ago. Many people still didn't heed the order. Many of them are sitting on their roofs waiting for rescue crews to pull them out. Right now the death count for the Gulf Coast is 55. The number will probably rise when they start searching the flooded neighborhoods.