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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Not to mention pollution form gas, oil, pesticides, and other such nasties that leak our of busted up containers.
If it pisses off ideologues such as yourself, then I hope so.
Fortunately for the U.S., you nutcases don't seem to be very popular at election time...or any other time for that matter.
Enjoy your tiny, close-minded, hate-filled little world. The adults, meanwhile, will be busy running the country (something that you'll **never** experience).
Absolutely. Thanks for keeping the compassionate in conservative.
not likely, NO burials are in crypts above ground, and after the caskets are put in, they are cemented shut.
Glad to hear you agree. Probably is a bad time to mention it but this happens about 3 times a year costing billions of dollars.
And, no drilling for oil off Florida or California, no wind tunnels off Massachusetts - it destroys the beauty and environment of those living there. So, they demand that the government do something to lower the cost of gas. As long as it does not mean adding refineries, drilling in Anwar, or elsewhere in the U.S.
Oh, nevermind. I am in a fowl mood over the media (FoxNews today). Guess I missed one or more of my antidepressants. But I am extremely thankful I did not have to live through that hurricane. Looks like God answered some prayers.
For starters!
Honestly,
it takes an evacuation to refine plans. We saw it here.
There were SO many things that went wrong, were bad, weren't planned on etc. You never think of things--just in the healthcare sector-- who picks up Hospice patients and takes them to the hospital, what do you leave with them (meds, medical charts etc).
How do you transport the fragile or terminally ill? Long term care facilities, psyche units etc all have transport issues unlike the general populace.
I mean, you can say things like "Ambulances" but there aren't enough in one state to transport everyone in one city if need be. Same with the transport company vans. It gets really tricky when you identify 3000 folks who can't sit up to ride and only 1000 vehicles available (just made up numbers here).
Learn to read. I said if you want to help, write a check. I write checks to help people out. I don't need the gubmint to do it for me.
No, flood insurance is for property. There are lives at stake here from a natural disaster, that's entirely different from property.
>>You are not heartless at all.
IIRC, the sheriff of Orleans Parish told residents to evacuate because, he said, he "did not have enough body bags."<<
If you actually READ the article, it stated that some of these victims were LAW ENFORCEMENT who had been ORDERED to stay.
May God Bless them, and may you learn some grace.
Well, if being comfortable with my tax dollars being spent on disaster relief (even though they could do a better job with it, but that's another post) makes me a liberal, then great. Call me one, too.
I'd rather sound like a bleeding heart liberal than a cold-hearted tight fisted jerk like you.
Thanks for keeping us posted.
Like others have said, the most we can do is pray, so that's what I'm doing.
Hang tight (or on, or tough...yaknowaddamean)
Well, I'm not saying don't pluck em off their damned rooftops.
It can often talk hours to go just a few miles.....
for example, our 2 hour trip took 13 hours. The lesson is get out early, or go in the opposite direction of everyone else ;)
I understand what you are saying, and I hope other coastal cities are paying attention to what happened and learn some new things from it.
Anything that will help to save lives, with less waste and confusion.
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