New Orleans Takes A New Hit
by Jake S. on September 23rd, 2005
It looks like New Orleans isn’t out of the water yet. In fact, she may be under water again due to hurricane Rita.
NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Rita’s steady rains sent water pouring through breaches in a patched levee Friday, cascading into one of the city’s lowest-lying neighborhoods in a devastating repeat of New Orleans’ flooding nightmare.
With thousands of people heading north, away from the coast and hurricane Rita, you can imagine the massive traffic jams on the Interstate. And as if that’s not bad enough, a bus exploded on Interstate 45 killing 24 people…
Early indications were that the bus caught fire because of mechanical problems, setting off passengers’ oxygen tanks, Peritz said. He said the brakes may have been on fire.The bus was engulfed with flames, causing a lengthy backup on Interstate 45 already congested with evacuees from the Gulf Coast. The bus was reduced to a blackened, burned-out shell, with large blue tarps covering the bodies. About 20 emergency vehicles surrounded it.

