As if Katrina wasnt a bad enough blow for New Orleans, geologists now inform us that, due to more exact measurements via satellite, they have been able to determine that the down but not out metropolis is sinking faster than previously thought instead of about a fifth of an inch a year, about an inch, which is, of course, about a foot every dozen years.
Always keen to ride the crest of a new wave onto megabuck beach, a television production company, having alighted on an enormous pot of gold with a previous, highly imaginative reality show, has honed in on the sinking city and created a new show, called New Orleans, Sink Or Swim. The concept immediately sparked interest in the equally imaginative creative minds at the networks, and ABC raced to option it.