GoogleEarth Katrina Before/After Overheads

[Pangloss]

I don't mean to make light of anything, but as I look at this I'm getting an errie sense of "god game gone bad". Maybe I spend too much time playing computer games, I don't know.

 

Before:

 

 

And after:

 

[JPQuiceno]

Incredible.

[Skye]

Get the canoe!

[Pangloss]

Extreme urban rowboating?

[oatjay]

how did you get that updated satellite picture?

[Thomas Kirby]

So what's the large building next to the Superdome, with the same kind of cover, that didn't lose any of its roof? It looks like covered walkways from the Superdome to there.

[oatjay]

that's the new orleans arena- it's pretty new- the hornets play (or used to play) there. it's also incredibly ugly- definitely not the same kind of roof- i think the superdome had a white foamish material on it... the arena has a much more metallic roof. and the walkways aren't covered, just cement bridge-paths.

[Pangloss]

If you go to the Google Earth site (http://maps.google.com) and type "New Orleans" into the search function, a new button appears in the upper-right corner called "Katrina" (labelled in red). It basically switches to an "after" satellite view. You can peruse the entire area for damage.

 

I thought the new arena had a fabric roof like the Georgia Dome? Maybe not.

[1veedo]

Maybe I spend too much time playing computer games, I don't know.

[Pangloss]

Heh, I knew that looked familiar!