AUGUST 31, 2008 - HURRICANE GUSTAV BEARS DOWN
With Hurricane Gustav bearing down, and fast, on Southern Louisiana we
are pulling back. Our reporting will continue, post-storm.
It seems surreal that just a few days we were standing on the beach
in Grand Isle with Wilma Subra, discoverer of the Dead Zone, which at
this moment appears to be Ground Zero for Gustav. That the oil rigs
that we helicoptered over in the Gulf of Mexico just a few days ago
have all now been shut down, their thousands of workers evacuated. And
that Highway 1, the narrow, solitary road leading to the oil fields -
its elevated bridge still under construction - may soon be flooded,
its residents and businesses once again on the run.
Just a couple days ago we drove slowly through the 9th Ward in New
Orleans and put hands on the brand new, 15-foot-tall cement levee
guarding it. We'll be watching closely to see if it does its job. Our
thoughts are with all the people of the region that so willingly and
generously introduced us to their backyard.
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