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Posted on 08/30/2005 6:51:27 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Catastrophic damage occurred to Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Major bridges are destroyed. Mobile AL suffered its worst flooding in 90 years. In New Orleans, a large section of concrete levee broke last night. Water continues to rise, threatening, among many things, Tulane Hospital with 1000 patients. New Orleans officials: Do not attempt to return to the city at this time if you evacuated. It is too dangerous.
WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula
Gulfport News via Topix.net WAFB Baton Rouge
Slidell, Mandeville, and Covington Updates Warning: website is overloaded due to heavy traffic
Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger
I don't know! They just showed it on Fox breaking video coverage. It looked like legos or something that was all is dissaray. Horrible.
Who is protecting the money in the Casinos? Are the owners bringing in some body to guard it?
that's AWESOME!!
See my 1548 post.
Did you see that segment on CNN
last night?
See #1407
nooooo!!!
LibWrangler posted:
"If the emergency has left you with no way to boil the water or if you have limited fuel and do not want to use it for boiling water, you may treat the water with liquid chlorine laundry bleach. NOTE: do not use
scented laundry bleach, powdered bleach, or swimming pool chlorine; these contain additional chemicals that are poisonous. Below is a chart that indicates how much liquid bleach to add to the water.
Amount of water
Amount of bleach to add to clear water
Amount of bleach to add to cloudy/dirty water
1 gallon
8 drops
16 drops
5 gallons
1/2 teaspoon
1 teaspoon
After you add the bleach, thoroughly mix by stirring or shaking the container. Let the water stand for 30 minutes before using. A slight chlorine odor should be noticeable in the water; if not, add another
dosage of bleach and allow the water to stand another 15 minutes before using. The water can also be treated with the use of water purification tablets that can be purchased at most outdoors or sporting
goods stores. Follow the directions for use on the package you purchase. Treat only enough water to meet your needs for 48 hours at a time. There is an increased chance of recontamination if the treated
water sits for more than 48 hours. Refrigeration will also help prevent recontamination.
Note: Most home water filters are meant for water that is already microbiologically safe. Using these filters during a "boil water notice" will not guarantee the safety of the water. Replace any filter cartridges
after the boil water notice has been lifted to ensure your filter is not contaminated. "
At this point I am very uncomfortable with this procedure due to potential chemical contamination. At the very least, chlorine treatment should be preceeded by filtration as follows:
Two tupperware containers one nesting inside the other. Cut 1/2" holes in the bottom of the smaller one, fill the larger to a 4" depth with fist and smaller sized clean gravel, fill the smaller to a depth of 4" with fine clean sand.
Pour suspect water into smaller inner container, and tap outer container for filtered water.
This will NOT counteract chemical contamination and MUST be followed by chemical treeatment or boiling.
In 48 hours there will be a ...significant....water sortage in the affected areas.
The airlifts need to begin as soon as is possible, with water in unprecedented quantity, at the top of the list.
That's the Causeway Bridge, which we just heard was relatively undamaged.
I really stepped in it this time. I was responding to another thread in which the poster was complaining about the governor/mayors, etc. not handling the situation properly. Guess I've emphasized the point that one should always put the prior poster's comments in quotes. Sorry.
I've been thinking the same thing. The Superdome seemed to be the last place I would want to go. And from what I've read - that as of 5 pm yesterday there had been no announcements made inside, you're in a huge crowd in a tight space, my pets would be outside, etc. - it just sounds like a nightmare. And I'd have no personal defense available, either.
KALB has switched to an MSNBC feed and they showed an aerial photo of a Mississippi casino (named the President?) that actually dropped on top of a Holiday Inn! I imagine it would be difficult to get at the vaults under those circumstances.
Magazine runs parallel to the Mississippi in the Business District and is approximately 8 blocks from the river. IIRC, it turns into Decatur at Canal (and the French Quarter) and comes within one or two blocks from the river there. I'm not sure where the D-Day Museum is on Magazine, but hoping it's in the Business District are rather than the French Quarter.
Gulfport, Mississippi
75% of the buildings and houses have major roof damage.
http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=48087&view=findpost&p=569426
CNN: Has a producer on Canal Street in NO and is reporting hundreds and hundreds of people are looting that street.
"You're right, but they are "wasting this time going around looking for people" because they aren't willing to do what they should have done. They should have told people several days ago that "anyone left in the city after daybreak on Monday is on their own and sh!t out of luck -- 'cause we're outta here and you ain't gonna be rescued!"
I see, so if you don't have the means to get out or you're too old or frail, then it's tough luck?
Just listening now. About only thing media can do is film looters for later, perhaps.
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