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Posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:45 AM PDT by NautiNurse
From what I've read, none of this was unexpected. The engineers on scene aren't worried about it.
Good news!
I doubt Panama City houses 20,000 in shelters. There was footage of the buses used to bring people to the Superdome. Looks like there was a plan of sorts.
Your asking the wrong person. I don't know.
Uh, that was my point. I noted out that the lithospheric bending was from the sediment column, not the local effects of building weight or groundwater pumping (which is a greater effect in clays than silts, anyway, and especially insidious with hysteresis).
Perhaps I wasn't clear enough in my post. Thank you for clarifying.
Well, I see you've done you share to make it that way.
This is the way live threads are, period. Quite being such a PITA.
Got a link for MSNBC?
That's a classic, but terrifying description of inland storm surge.
I hope they are all right!
Yes I heard that there will be spinoff's. There all ways are.
From the WWL-TV Website noon posting...
Homeland Security Chief Terry Ebbert estimates it may take a month to get power back to everyone in New Orleans.
Councilman Oliver Thomas said he had received 120 distress calls from people in the Ninth Ward trapped by the storm. He said crews can not get to these people until hurricane force winds cease, the guess for that time frame is about 2 p.m.
Karen Swensen reports that Charity Hospital lost its windows on the 4th floor and that patients are being huddled in the hallways.
Senator Walter Boasso of St. Bernard Parish says there is 12 feet of water in most of the parish, up to the second floor in many homes.
Reports of 3-4 feet of water in Lakeview.
Apartment building on Wright Avenue in Terrytown has collapsed with people inside, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee. Rescue crews have not been able to get to the scene as of 9:30 a.m.
Karen Swensen says there is 3 feet of water downtown near the Hyatt. She reports several office windows coming out whole from buildings.
Two holes ripped in Superdome roof, visible from facility floor, according to Associated Press reports.
.. A LEVEE BREACH OCCURRED ALONG THE INDUSTRIAL CANAL AT TENNESSE STREET. 3 TO 8 FEET OF WATER IS EXPECTED DUE TO THE BREACH...LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARABI AND 9TH WARD OF NEW ORLEANS.
St. Bernard Parish spokesman Larry Ingargiola says the parish's two shelters at Chalmette High and St. Bernard High are suffering major damage. He said Chalmette High shelter is losing its roof, and St. Bernard High has plenty of broken windows and glass. He estimates 300-plus refugees at the two sites.
Entergy says 317,000 customers were without power as of 6 a.m. Cleco reported 40,000 without power in St. Tammany Parish.
St. Bernard Parish officials say most of the parish has no power.
Golly. I'll never post on a breaking news thread so long as I live.
There is more chit chat than news on this thread. Please take the chat elsewhere, this is a major breaking news event and we need to keep the signal-to-noise ratio strong.
Looks like a feeder band is starting to move into NO from the south, with westerly winds. Probably "only" Cat 1 strength. Cat 1 killed 9 people in Florida who didn't take Cat 1 winds seriously. And this feeder band has a lot of debris to work with - and will be hitting it at 90 degrees from the last major winds - so debris piled in the lee of the last strong winds will now be exposed.
Where the hell were the moderators?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/
Click on live video
just go to msnbc.com and follow the links
Thanks. Didn't know until you just said so.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/
Re: USS Alabama appears to have left port.
Got a source for this?
That is amazing, nicholle, because I saw them there last night and Cantore was so sure that they were in a safe place!
Last report from Mobile I saw stated that there was 3 feet of water downtown.
CNN: Reporter from Gulfport says lots of damage, many roofs are gone.
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