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WGUS84 KLIX 311817
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LAC051-071-010130-

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
115 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005

...CATASTROPHIC FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA...

WATER LEVELS IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CONTINUE TO RISE. ALL 
INDICATIONS ARE THAT WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE THIS 
AFTERNOON.

AS RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE FOR STRANDED VICTIMS...THE 
IMPORTANT THING IS TO REMAIN CALM AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF LOCAL 
OFFICIALS SO THAT YOU DO NOT HINDER SUCH EFFORTS. IF YOU ARE 
INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE NEW ORLEANS BY AUTHORITIES...THEN DO SO! 

IF YOU ARE READING THIS MESSAGE OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS...DO NOT GO 
THERE. ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WILL ONLY COMPLICATE THE AFOREMENTIONED 
RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS. IF YOU ARE ON HIGHER GROUND IN THE MIDST 
OF THIS FLOODING AND YOU HAPPEN TO RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE BY WHATEVER 
MEANS...DO NOT ASSUME THE WATER LEVEL WILL NOT CONTINUE TO RISE OVER 
YOUR LOCATION. BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

FINALLY...AND IF YOU IN THE MIDST OF THE FLOODING IN PROGRESS...BE 
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OF DANGEROUS SHARP OBJECTS THAT ARE UNDER THE 
WATER SURFACE AND/OR HOLES THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO SUDDENLY BE OVER 
YOUR HEAD. IF POSSIBLE...TRY TO AVOID THE CONTACT OF CUTS AND 
SCRAPES ON YOUR BODY TO THE FLOOD WATERS.

MEDLIN

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