Marcus reports power has just failed in New Orleans - Gustav hitting right now

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clipped from twitter.com The rain begins. about 2 hours ago from web Steady rain, wind gusting around 50+ max. Windows rattle every now and again. Summer thunderstorms here do worse. 15 minutes ago from web Power went down for maybe 10 seconds. 4 minutes ago from web And again 4 minutes ago from web Seems to be off for good. 2 minutes ago from web