Dam nears collapse due to Isaac; thousands reportedly evacuating

[koalabear]

Film at 11.

 

[koalabear]

Up to 50,000 people in Louisiana's Tangipahoa Parish were ordered to evacuate Thursday morning when water from Tropical Storm Isaac threatened to overwhelm a dam across the state line in Mississippi.

The dam at Percy Quin State Park in Mississippi is located at the southern end, seen here with a blue bullet.

Residents were given just 90 minutes to leave, parish spokesman Jeff McKneely told NBC affiliate WDSU-TV.

The parish said "imminent failure" of the dam was expected.

Mississippi officials, however, said they didn't think the volume of water in the 700-acre lake at Percy Quin State Park near McComb, Miss., would add enough flow to threaten communities downstream.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...to-isaac-thousands-reportedly-evacuating?lite

 

[Busybody]

Did BO! get off the golf course to declare it a disaster area


YET?

 

[koalabear]

yes, finally, after Gindal gave him hell.

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

That's the downside of relying on cheap shit made in Mississippi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IFbJU0VWhE

 

[Sean Renaud]

Am I the only person who has no pity for people who don't get the hell out of dodge when a hurricane is announced. It's not like an earthquake where it just happens we get to watch these things gradually come to the US. If you're still there when it gets there it's your own fault.

 

[KRCummings]

I keep reading this as "Damn near collapses" and of course I wonder what almost collapsed.