‘New Orleans is sinking ... I don’t want to swim’

OK, it’s official, Katrina is beginning to knock on our door.

We've already been without main power for about two hours ... no air conditioning ... flashlights to get around the building. Thankfully, no televisions turned to helmet-

haired weathercreatures yapping away about worst-case scenarios. Times-Picayune staffers huddled around a radio or gathered at the second-floor landing where there's a view of the newspaper's front drive circle.