Gabby wrote:
> "MareCat" > wrote in message
> .. .
>
>>"Ken Davey" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>>Being six feet below sea level doesn't bode well for the 'big easy'.
>>>If they (the authorities) have their collective 'scat' together they
>>>should be opening the flood gates on the dikes now.
>>>I wish them luck!
>>
>>NOLA has pumps that move water into Lake Pontchartrain during periods of
>>heavy rain. If the lake empties into the city, the pumps will be
>>underwater, and it's estimated that it will take about six months to drain
>>the city...
>
>
> And wouldn't you know it, I hold in my hot little hands 2 airline tickets to
> New Orleans on October 20, just in time to celebrate our 30th wedding
> anniversary/belated honeymoon. I should have known I'd exhausted my luck
> when I managed to get us both out of Labrador on points on the same flight
> (only 1 flight/2 points seats per day).
>
> Gabby
>
>

Your luck is holding. Don't get your britches too wound up, you're
talking the better part of two months away. It may not be back to
normal, but then has NO ever been normal?


jim