Isaac Hits Gulf Coast, LA and MS Start To Recover

Hurricane Isaac has weaken into a tropical depression and moved northward, allowing some residents of Louisiana and Mississippi to slowly move back toward their normal lives.  Others will be dealing with damage from coastal flooding, but the waters have receded, allowing roads to open and utility workers to restore services.  One situation that could have caused more damage was a potential breach of the earthen dam that holds back Lake Tangipahoa, along the river of the same name in Percy Quin State Park in Mississippi, but the Pike County Emergency Management Agency has made plans to create a spillway or a "controlled breach" to relieve pressure on the dam.  Residents along the Tangipahoa River downstream from the dam had previously been asked to evacuate.  Read the story at CNN, which includes pictures such as this one: