Subj : Re: Larry King
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Steve Brooks
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 20:11:46

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

John I wrote:
> Steve Brooks wrote:
>
>> Nick wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> The 17th street levee was actually completed.
>>> If you look at the pictures of the break you will see a white
>>> concrete wall on top of the old, earth levee.  They think that a
>>> barge broke loose and went through the levee wall.
>>
>> I'm suddenly curious. Have the floods shown up on google-earth yet?
>> I'd check myself but I doubt I could find New Orleans on an unmarked
>> map.
>>
>
> Just follow the Mississippi down to the west-central Gulf region.

In the end I just searched for New Orleans and the system found it. I've not 
used it very often - I should have thought of that. No sign of any flooding; 
how often does the source data get refreshed, I wonder.

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SB

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