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WGUS84 KLIX 021222
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LAC051-071-021800-

FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE,AL
722 AM CDT FRI SEP 2 2005

...WATER LEVELS IN NEW ORLEANS HAVE STABILIZED...

...UNPRECEDENTED FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA FOR 
THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE...

REPORTS FROM OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT WATER LEVELS IN THE GREATER NEW 
ORLEANS AREA HAVE STABILIZED.  HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT TO CATASTROPHIC 
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER A LARGE PART OF THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS 
AREA UNTIL AUTHORITIES ARE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH DRAINING THE AREA.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...BUT 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT AND WILL NOT FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE 
FLOODING CONDITIONS.

AS RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE...THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO 
REMAIN CALM AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS.  IF YOU 
ARE INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE BY AUTHORITIES...THEN DO SO!

IF YOU ARE READING THIS MESSAGE OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS...DO NOT 
ATTEMPT TO GO THERE UNLESS INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.  ADDITIONAL PEOPLE 
WILL ONLY COMPLICATE THE RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS.  IF YOU ARE ON 
HIGHER GROUND IN THE MIDST OF THIS FLOODING AND HAPPEN TO RECEIVE 
THIS MESSAGE BY WHATEVER MEANS...CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION 
AND AWAIT ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES.  HEED 
THEIR ADVICE.  CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WATER LEVELS AROUND YOU FOR 
SIGNS OF RISING WATER...JUST IN CASE.  BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY SEEK 
HIGHER GROUND.  

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OF DANGEROUS OBJECTS UNDER THE WATER SURFACE 
SUCH AS OPEN MANHOLES.  IF POSSIBLE...TRY TO AVOID CONTACT WITH THE 
FLOOD WATERS DUE TO AN ANTICIPATED HIGH RISK OF 
INFECTION...ESPECIALLY IF CUTS OR SCRAPES ARE ON YOUR BODY.

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EVERSOLE