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Katrina Live Thread, Part X
Various ^ | 30 August 2005

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.

Sun-Herald Gulfport MS

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

Mobile Register via al.com

Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger

Lafayette LA Daily Advertiser

Pensacola News Journal


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricane; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; prayanddonate; tropical
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To: toldyou

"I didn't see that, but I can't help wondering how a certain family of three are. I was watching Fox and CNN all day Sunday after the evacuation orders were given. They briefly interviewed a woman in N.O. who was shown with her boyfriend and three year old daughter on their small houseboat. She said they were going to "stick it out" on the boat. I can't get that darling little girl out of my mind. I just can't believe they stayed."

I believe I saw a follow-up report yesterday on them and they were fine.


581 posted on 08/30/2005 8:53:35 AM PDT by Hischild
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To: cwiz24

Excellent!


582 posted on 08/30/2005 8:53:43 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: jeffers

How many cubic yards of fill would be requirewd to bring the city above water level permanently?


583 posted on 08/30/2005 8:53:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: Gabz

Watching ABC local...Said an elderly woman called and said her neighbor's 3-story house fell on her 2-story house and she's wondering how to get to the roof to signal officials for rescue. Lots of people trapped in attics. Snakes in water. Toxic water.

Also, water in uptown rising 2 feet per hour. Yikes!


584 posted on 08/30/2005 8:53:55 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: CajunConservative

yes, I understand, but shhhhhhh!


585 posted on 08/30/2005 8:54:18 AM PDT by HankReardon
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To: KC Burke

"The pictures that I have seen of the Biloxi-Gulfport Casino strand show very vast devestation. Beau Rivage Hotel on its twenty to twenty-five foot mound still stands but I understand that they took water to
the second floor. The McDonalds down the highway is slab, columns and mansard roof with no walls or contents remaining. But some people only a few block inland are in better shape. Downtown Gulfport
was flooded but the structures are standing."

I suspect we'll eventually see official confirmation of a surge, or surge plus waves, in excess of 40 feet in the area of the Beau Rivage Casino.


586 posted on 08/30/2005 8:54:23 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: Spktyr

Last I heard, both Louis Armstrong International (KMSY) and Lakefront (KNEW) were closed to all traffic, flooded and unusable. Not sure if that's still true.

}:-)4


587 posted on 08/30/2005 8:54:54 AM PDT by Moose4 (Richmond, Virginia, where our motto is "Will Riot For Cheap Laptops")
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To: Peach
Everything east of the 9th ward is under 10' of water.

Not too much water damage on west bank.

Police concerned that they will soon run out of supplies....food, water....gas....

588 posted on 08/30/2005 8:55:04 AM PDT by ContemptofCourt
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To: cyborg

I saw him. That poor man was just at a loss. He even said so, that he was lost. I don't think he really meant location. I can't imagine living through that kind of horror to be faced with losing my wife on top of it.


589 posted on 08/30/2005 8:55:07 AM PDT by kenth (north Georgia mountains - prayers for all in the path of Katrina)
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To: Wolfstar

I'm speechless. That is an amazing report. It does sound just like Survivor.


590 posted on 08/30/2005 8:55:19 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: Wolfstar

Speechless.


591 posted on 08/30/2005 8:55:20 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: Wolfstar

WDSU just reported that looting is out of control. People are swimming into stores and swimming out with bags full of loot.


592 posted on 08/30/2005 8:55:33 AM PDT by Pete
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To: Spktyr

Can someone post a location for the bridge colloquially known as the "Twin Spans bridge"?


593 posted on 08/30/2005 8:55:35 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: Peach
I was googling and ran across this link. I wonder if these AquaDam thingies might work for patching the levee breaks?
594 posted on 08/30/2005 8:55:38 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: jeffers

WDSU - looting is out of control. People are swimming in neck deep water with bags of stolen goods.


595 posted on 08/30/2005 8:55:43 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: Tiger Smack

Dysfunctional as in "they're not working". The "new" higher capacity pumps that would work underwater were never installed due to NOLA corruption and are now underwater in a warehouse.

WDSU is confirming that martial law has been declared for the entire city.


596 posted on 08/30/2005 8:56:01 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: ohioWfan

People are looting groceries and other stores and then swimming back to where they came from. Freaking unbelieveable.

These levees are being breeched -- water is continuing to rise in New Orleans according to the Governor. Tells me that levees are in a precarious stage right now with breeches already happening.


597 posted on 08/30/2005 8:56:25 AM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: CajunConservative

The plan was to get everyone out by telling them to evacuate. But people don't often respond, either because they have no vehicle, no money, etc. Tragic beyond belief.


598 posted on 08/30/2005 8:56:25 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: Tiger Smack
What? The mayor and govenor and radio and tv stations all said GET OUT! What did you want?

There were 100,000 people without cars in the city. Planners knew this. There needed to be a plan in place to get school buses into the city and get those people out.

Now they'll have to be taken out by boat.

599 posted on 08/30/2005 8:56:30 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: Moose4
Meanwhile, WDSU just reported that "looting is out of control" and people were observed swimming in neck-high water with bags of looted stuff. *sigh*
600 posted on 08/30/2005 8:56:41 AM PDT by Heatseeker ("I sort of like liberals now. They’re kind of cute when they’re shivering and afraid." - Ann Coulter)
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