Plaquemines Parish residents grasp Isaac's devastation, face staggering ...

George, like thousands of others in the low-lying parish of Plaquemines, had ignored an evacuation order despite hammering rain and the fateful anniversary of hurricane Katrina. "I suppose it was foolish to stay, but I had no money, so I stayed," he said."The rescuers need to be rescued," Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Capt. Keith Wattigney darkly joked against the backdrop of an angry Hurricane Isaac sky. In an attempt to retrieve Ricky Harvey from a roaring 5-foot

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