Does anyone have info about Slidell, LA? We have family there that no one has been able to contact or even find how the town made out other than taking a hard hit.
Look at my post #25 on this thread...
No, no one has heard much of anything. They're calling Slidell a black hole. No communication of any type, not even ham radio is coming out of there.
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Haley Barber, MS: for missing fly members call 601-359-7017
Reporting more dead. Said 80 dead (don't know if they meant 80 more dead or total so far). A whole apartment complex in MS was destroyed and swept away.
Slidell suffers extensive flood damage; Mandeville, Covington wind damage, power loss
09:45 PM CDT on Monday, August 29, 2005
Northshore Bureau Chief Mike Ross says information from the Northshore has been sparse because there is no communication available from that side of the Lake.
He emphasized that no residents are being allowed back in to St. Tammany and anyone attempting to return is being stopped by law enforcement.
He said a handful of angry residents were seen at most exits – unhappy that they couldn’t go home.
St. Tammany Parish officials asked those reading about the situation on the Internet to warn relatives not to return at this time and no certain time has been set at which they would be allowed back.
The visual inspections of Ross and his photographer Mike Bland showed that Slidell has probably endured massive storm surge damage.
He said Lake Pontchartrain overflowed its banks and had chest-deep water from the Lake to the Old Spanish trail exit.
“You can’t tell where the Lake ends and Slidell begins,” he said.
St. Tammany Parish officials plan to send boats into the area Tuesday to assess the damage and look for survivors.
In Covington and Mandeville, there was extensive wind and tree damage and power was out to every place he went.
Mike Ross said more information would be available Tuesday.