Subj : Re: Larry King
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Jim Larson
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 22:46:59

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Steve Brooks wrote:

> 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.
> 

Google Earth...I've never heard of this before. Very cool interface.

-- 
Jim

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