Katrina Pictures

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 11:38 PM 8/30/2005 -0700, you wrote:

>There's no way it cannot get worse.  All of New Orleans is below both sea 
>level and the normal stage of the Mississippi (by about 20').  The pumps 
>installed to keep the city dry are designed only to deal with levee 
>ruptures, and not a combination of storm and rupture.  Avery is right, not 
>only will it take years to rebuild what can by, it is pretty clear that 
>much is now gone forever.  In some places, it is presently estimated that 
>it may be months before people can even get in to assess the damage.
>
>Best.
>
>Horace


To make matters worse, those pumps need electricity to work. Right now, New 
Orleans is without that commodity.  After the levees are patched, it will 
still be some time before they are all pumping.  Even when working 
properly, I hear that they only can handle about a foot a day. The math is 
not encouraging.

I fear that pianos and those who care for and about them are in for a long, 
hard time.

Conrad