A few hours ago I was talking (mostly listening) to a friend via cell phone. She lives in a small town near the coast southeast of New Orleans. After a fifteen-minute session her phone went dead.

From the news:
The eye of Isaac made its first landfall at Plaquemines Parish, a stretch of thin land that sits just offshore of Louisiana and southeast of New Orleans.

According to the parish president, the damage there is just as bad, perhaps even worse, than what happened during Katrina.

In an interview with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep, Billy Nungesser said the parish's levee had been overtopped and parts of the parish that had never flooded during a hurricane were under five feet of water.

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Nungesser's home had its roof ripped off overnight!