Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part IX

No, I do not; I was thinking they might rerun it.

1,801 posted on 08/29/2005 9:55:58 PM PDT by Howlin

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ok--then I'll take what's behind Door #2.

1,802 posted on 08/29/2005 9:56:23 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)

Yes .. it was .. but another house ... in apparently an upscale area .. was consumed completely by flames. Some firemen arrived, but with all the wires down .. and the house totally in flames, there was nothing they could do.

I think I just heard Nagin say a 2-block hole was penetrated in one levee.

1,803 posted on 08/29/2005 9:56:24 PM PDT by STARWISE (GITMO IS TOO GOOD FOR THESE TRAITORS -- SEND THEM ALL TO EGYPT FOR QUESTIONING.)

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1,804 posted on 08/29/2005 9:56:24 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)

Monday, August 29, 2005

I-10 bridge 'severely damaged'Monday
11:40 p.m.

By Ed Anderson
and Robert Travis Scott
Capital bureau

The Interstate 10 twin bridges linking St. Tammany and Orleans parishes over Lake Pontchartrain have been “severely damaged’’ in both directions, Louisiana highway officials said.

“Probably several dozen segments” of the bridges are “either missing or shoved aside,” said Mark Lambert, a spokesman for the Department of Transportation and Development.

“It is just like in Florida,’’ Transportation Secretary Johnny Bradberry said, referring to damage caused by Hurricane Ivan last year to the I-10 bridge in the Florida Panhandle.

The damage appears to be random along the bridges and affects both the eastbound and westbound sides. The span is so jagged it looks like “stairs,” Lambert said.

Agency officials will take a closer look at the bridges Tuesday.

It is impossible to estimate the cost or duration of repairs. The department will try to determine which side sustained the least damage and will probably repair
that side first, to get at least one lane going in each direction.

Lambert said the department does not know if the bridge pilings are still in place. If the pilings are still there and stable, then the repairs could be
done more quickly.

The damage was surveyed from a State Police helicopter Monday evening.

Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Mike Brown called Katrina one of the worst disasters he has seen, exceeded only by California wildfires.

“This is a catastrophic storm,’’ he said. “People will not get back to their homes for several weeks – if not longer.’’

Lt. Kevin Cowan, a spokesman for the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said the only confirmed deaths have been three New Orleans area nursing home residents who died while being transported or after arriving at shelters in Baton Rouge.

Cowan said communications with St, Tammany Parish has been spotty and little is known of the number of persons rescued from that area.

He said said at least 31,000 evacuees were still hunkered down in shelters in south Louisiana, and 917,000 households were without power in 23 south
Louisiana parishes.

1,805 posted on 08/29/2005 9:56:27 PM PDT by cgk (We'll have to deal w/ the networks. One way to do that is to drain the swamp they live in - Rumsfeld)

To: Strategerist

The Causeway is considered unsafe for use until it can be inspected.

The I-10 bridge is apparently just plain *gone* from some reports.

1,806 posted on 08/29/2005 9:57:05 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)

This was SUCH a close call...

Here is how close!

1,807 posted on 08/29/2005 9:57:12 PM PDT by muffaletaman

well, yes...but there are rescue crews flooding to the area....Miami/Dade already working the panhandle

1,808 posted on 08/29/2005 9:57:23 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

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If I can't HAVE YOU...I Don't Want nobody....Babby!

Oh oh oh

LOL... You win

1,809 posted on 08/29/2005 9:57:50 PM PDT by Revel

OK, thanks, I'll watch for it.

1,810 posted on 08/29/2005 9:58:28 PM PDT by Cedar

To: Howlin; bannie; Revel

Does a moderator on an internet forum have the same power as a captain of a ship? If you two are serious, we can probably find something on the internet that will let us hitch you two up. It'll be the first freeper live wedding. We'd have to start a new thread of course. Unless you're the same sex, forget about it then. We're an unequal opportunity forum.

1,811 posted on 08/29/2005 9:58:41 PM PDT by Admin Moderator

Thank you, dear.

However, I think I'll rescue this young man. This one is in need of youth and vivaciousness. I'm lookin' for comfortable and cuddly!

1,812 posted on 08/29/2005 9:58:58 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)

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1,813 posted on 08/29/2005 9:59:17 PM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)

I know.... such a huge and beautiful bridge.

1,814 posted on 08/29/2005 9:59:35 PM PDT by Revel

That's the kerry we know more than we want to know!

1,815 posted on 08/29/2005 9:59:47 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)

To: Admin Moderator

The Universal Life Church (ulc.org) will make you a legal minister in most states in about 15 minutes over the internet.

1,816 posted on 08/29/2005 9:59:51 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)

Are you absolutely sure? I'll trade you, the next updated thread for what's behind Door #2?

1,817 posted on 08/29/2005 10:00:39 PM PDT by Admin Moderator

I-10 Service Road @ Arnolt Road in Metarie is where "several structures are on fire" - per WDSU final update for the evening (they appear ready to sign-off for the night)...

1,818 posted on 08/29/2005 10:01:11 PM PDT by LikeLight ("You will regret any attempts to turn these posts into a comic book.")

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Are you sure you don't want what in this box?

If it's a husband zotter....can I have it, please?

1,819 posted on 08/29/2005 10:01:11 PM PDT by Velveeta

To: bannie; Admin Moderator

No ofense to you bannie, but I hardly know you!

1,820 posted on 08/29/2005 10:01:25 PM PDT by Revel

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