does anybody remember/know anything about "The Heads Inn" in NO??? it was a flop house come youth hostel in the Quarter near Jackson Sq. back in the 70's...
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Posted on 08/29/2005 2:08:51 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Katrina made landfall today at 6:10AM CDT, and she continues to drive northward into Mississippi and Alabama. Several local radar sites are down. Tornado and flash flood watches and warnings are widespread.
President Bush has declared major disaster areas, clearing the way for federal aid.
The following links are self-updating:
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Three Day Forecast Track
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Katrina Track Forecast Archive Nice loop of each NHC forecast track for both three and five day
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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12
OMG- Are you still listening to CNN? The photographer is now on..telling of people trapped in their houses...hundreds of them..of the danger of rescuing them at night because of live electrical lines...gas lines bubbling up...you can smell the gas..telling of a rescue of a 70 yr-old double amputee who had been clinging to a tree for over 12 hours...
Hundreds of deaths by tomorrow he says...in NO alone...
paraphrasing the reporter
Old Mandeville....expected 20 foot of storm surge....got 13 feet....
so many trees and wires down....couldnt investigate
rest of mandeville is wind damaged.....40 percent of trees down....
Tcefuncta river was overflowing its banks, homes took on water in that area.....
Slidell took it hard
Worst of all, CNN has the best coverage.
Believe it or not, Fox is showing the French Quarter AGAIN right now!
300 AirBoat Pilots To Help Storm Victims
POSTED: 6:13 pm EDT August 29, 2005
UPDATED: 6:38 pm EDT August 29, 2005
About 300 airboat pilots from Florida are headed to New Orleans to search for stranded victims of Hurricane Katrina, according to a Local 6 News report.
"From what I understand, we are going to be going into some pretty nasty places where maybe some people are stranded or need some help," Volusia County airboat pilot Jerry Flynn said. "They are going to need some help."
Officials have called for the airboats to reach places other vehicles are not able to reach.
"From what I understand, we are going to be going into some pretty nasty places where maybe some people are stranded or need some help," Volusia County airboat pilot Jerry Flynn said. "They are going to need some help."
The combination search and rescue team were preparing to leave Monday for the most flooded areas on the Gulf Coast.
Flynn said he was told to prepare for 10- to 15-hour days in adverse conditions.
"With our airboats, you can slide on inches of water and even on dry ground so you take the risk factor out of either hurting yourself or the boat," Flynn said.
Flynn said he has joined the group because rescue teams did the same thing for Floridians last year.
Louisiana National Guard officials are also calling for swamp buggies, not knowing what to expect in the areas hit hardest by the storm.
Hurricane Katrina plowed into the Gulf Coast at daybreak Monday with shrieking, 145-mph winds and blinding rain, submerging entire neighborhoods up to the rooflines in New Orleans, hurling boats onto land and sending water pouring into Mississippi's strip of beachfront casinos.
At least two highways deaths in Alabama were blamed on the storm, and an untold number of others were feared dead in flooded neighborhoods.
"Some of them, it was their last night on earth," Terry Ebbert, chief of homeland security for New Orleans, said of people who ignored evacuation orders. "That's a hard way to learn a lesson."
Forget Fox. CNN is better.
I just heard Jeanne Miserve in tears talking about how people were screaming for help but rescuers had to pull back due to darkness. She noted how the poor neighborhoods were hit the hardest, bodies were floating, and kids were crying and screaming. She was having a really difficult time maintaining her composure.
thanks i found wbrz but nothing live ...the link you posted doesnt work for me.. i have real player..
My feelings are if you can't respond, it's not worth the trouble.
Agree. I am tired of Shep in the quarter and Brian what's his face at the Dome.
The FOX camera is situated in the French Quarter. What else could they possibly show?
The guy on CNN right now is says tomorrow they may find hundreds more deaths from this hurricane
This guy on the phone sounds totally wiped out
What is your report of the story?
This is unreal what he's talking about: people sticking their hands out through their roofs to be saved?
Try nola.com http://www.nola.com/forums/townhall/
In New Orleans??
God knows the mods have been working overtime today swamping the place out - no wonder they're getting punchy. This has been one of the most disgraceful days I've ever seen around here. :(
I am certain he will step up to the plate. He had already authorized mobilization prior to landfall.
I said something really tacky on another thread - we could round up a bunch of the illegals as they cross the border, send them into AL/MS/LA for the cleanup, then we ship them back to Mexico.
does anybody remember/know anything about "The Heads Inn" in NO??? it was a flop house come youth hostel in the Quarter near Jackson Sq. back in the 70's...
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