timeline

The Times of London appended this timeline to the end of one of their stories on Katrina tonight.

I think they were trying to make a (very good) point:

HOW IT HAPPENED

MONDAY

6.10am (local time) Hurricane Katrina comes ashore as a Category 4 storm at the Louisiana bayou town of Buras

7.40am Most of the windows on the north side of the New Orleans Hyatt are blown out 2pm Many eastern districts of New Orleans reported to have been flooded under six feet of water. Local television stations show footage of looting

10pm Search and rescue operation boats launched 11pm Mayor Ray Nagin tells WWL-TV: “Our city is in a state of devastation. It’s almost like a nightmare that I hope we wake up from”

TUESDAY

1:30am A levee on the 17th Street Canal, which connects into Lake Pontchartrain, has a breach as wide as two city blocks

10.27am Governor Kathleen Blanco says that her office expects the loss of life to be high

10.30am New Orleans is under martial law

10.45am The Coast Guard closes all ports and waterways into New Orleans

11.04am New Orleans police say that looting is out of control

11.50am President Bush cuts short his holiday by two days to monitor the rescue operation