Posted on 08/29/2005 12:39:10 PM PDT by Smogger
Mayor Ray Nagin said that 200 people were stranded on rooftops in the Lower Ninth Ward and several “bodies are floating in the water” in the Bywater neighborhood and in Eastover.
Nagin made the announcement in his first press briefing after Hurricane Katrina slammed just east of the city, but did plenty of devastation to New Orleans.
Nagin said that the 200 stranded people included 20 police officers who were riding out the storm at their homes in preparation to take over shifts from other officers. He said that boats would be dispatched on rescue missions later in the afternoon.
Mayor Nagin issued a "boil water" recommendation for water in the city - except for Algiers and the CBD due to a water main line break that may have compromised the water.
Nagin said at least 20 buildings in the city had collapsed and that it might be 48 hours before residents would be allowed back to their homes to assess the damage.
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I hate to be morbid, but could these be old bodies from graveyards?
I hate to be heartless but when they say get out....they mean it.
Probably not unforunately.
Not full bodies.
"Nagin said at least 20 buildings in the city had collapsed and that it might be 48 hours before residents would be allowed back to their homes to assess the damage."
This is the reason so many people stay in the first place.
Where does the government get the idea that they can tell people when and if they may return to their homes?
What happens when people return and the homes have been condemned and entry by the owners is not permitted, even to retrieve their personal property?
I'm sure King George the socialist will arrive on the scene with plenty of our tax dollars ready to be spent on various "aid" programs.
did the Lake break through the levees and flood the city? or is this flooding just from the rain?
Those go back to the Schiro Administration...how can you blame Bush for decisions made in the 60s?
I don't have any sympathy for these people, they were told to EVACUATE, evacuate means LEAVE, if you chose to stay - you suffer the consequences, it's not like they weren't warned over and over again, it serves them right.
Emergency personnel (like police--read the article) were actually ordered to stay.
IIRC, the sheriff of Orleans Parish told residents to evacuate because, he said, he "did not have enough body bags."
Yeah, seriously - and now police officers, who should be doing the rescuing, find themselves in need of rescue. It's a shame.
Public safety has always been recognized as a legitimate governmental concern. This is not an ideological question.
I am sure you would support Typhoid Annie's demand for the government to leave her alone and let her go on working as a cook.
Pathetic.
I think they are not letting them back because the homes are unstable. The flooding could weaken or crack the foundations, making collapse a real possibility.
Government officials are trying to save lives and, sadly enough, prevent lawsuits.
Don't be such an idiot. If everyone heads back to their homes before the water goes down and debris is cleared out, several things will happen: 1. They're going to be bitten by the snakes (poisonous, mind you) who are taking refuge wherever they can find a dry space; 2. They're going to be injured by submerged debris; 3. The looters will join with the homeowners, and no one will be able to tell who is who. Yes, there WILL be looters.
It's possible... with such a high water table
there, caskets and bodies have been known to
float rise up to the surface before in the
New Oleans area..that's why there are so many
above ground crypts in their graveyards...
and so many stories about people rising from
the dead that are in the LA folklore.
But i doubt it. These poor souls probably drowned
this morning.
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