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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Absolutely there would have been more deaths as the Mayor/Governor were doing little of nothing.
Thanks! Knew there were bad parts and a really bad part but had no idea which Ward it was. Sounds like these folks were left on their own pretty much.
You know if I was trying alienate as many people as possible from my views, I'd behave like you.
And there will always be people like you to insist that they are true victims of every disaster. Nevermind those folks stuck on their roof or the bodies floating in the flood waters. This is all about YOU.
I am livid about the FL/CA "no" drilling off our coast. As far as I am concerned they deserve the high prices since they want TX/LA/OK to have all the wells along with the Gulf of Mexico as long as it is not off the FL coast in south Florida.
I live in the heart of oil/gas country here in Oklahoma (our pump prices did not go up today but I paid a penny less) and personally think those pumping wells are awesome because they keep prices lower and less dependent on foreign oil.
live in the heart of oil/gas country here in Oklahoma (our pump prices did not go up today but I paid a penny less)
I am not replying to anyone in general. Just my three cents. Ever received the call that a family member has died-(tragically or otherwise) and now you have to pack the necessary outfits, get in the car, and travel to the location? I can only imagine that is the closest thing I've ever known to having to leave my home without any advance notice. While, we are calling it advance notice -it isn't really -it's certainly not like planning for a trip. I visualize myself walking thru my house trying to fit in a bag what is of critical necessity, and being paralyzed with thought -what logical steps do I take to get in the car to leave? What is normally such a simple process then becomes numerous tedious steps. Then how do I leave the animals that I love, and committed to taking care of them when I brought them into my home? That's only my three cents... If we were to have individual personal stories from each individual that had to/chose to stay; that would lend a human interest perspective into something that we are at no liberty to judge. lest ye not judge others.
And what about the woman with kids who calls for help? You want to deny her too? There was a woman with 3 kids in an attic earlier today; I don't know what happened to her.
And frankly, there will always be idiots in our society and if some healthy young men are among them and then are on a roof surrounded by water and need help, I'm not about to and neither is law enforcement about to let them die.
Scares me to think what a Cat 5 would look like.
I'm interested in the lady in the attic with her children. I heard that very early this a.m. Since today is my day off work, we stayed up late watching FNC -and left it on thru-out the night. (I just had to know Shep was okay.) I heard the attic story, but that was the last it has been mentioned. Shep is coming on again in a few minutes for his 7 o'clock news show... maybe he'll say something.
I'm just back to check on yall and see if your family/friends have reported in.
There are a lot of people in attics right now. And a lot of them won't be saved in time, imo.
Who knows why people do what they do. Some are too poor to leave. Some are mentally ill. There's no way I wouldn't help those people or want to see our government - local, state, feds, help those people.
Shep's got on some makeup, I see they brought his necessities! :-) Looks like these are the most informative pictures I've seen all day.
LOL!
BTW, I know that you aren't one of those who wishes to see people left on rooftops to die.
It infuriates me that the dead bodies haven't even been collected and we have some freepers willing to let others die instead of being rescued.
Excellent and fact based response, Seamole.
Shocking disregard for the poor who do not have resources to walk to a shelter, rent a car, or even know people in their poor neighborhoods who can help them. I'm astounded with the reactions I am seeing here.
In my worst nightmares, may I never be as self-centered and cold as you are.
And in the name of conservatism, no less......
I look at it as "there but for the grace of God go I". Natural disasters can and do happen everywhere. Some are predictable - some aren't. I think this is a time when we pull together as Americans and help as we can.
Exactly.
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