Katrina Live Thread, Part XI

Various ^ | 30 August 2005 | Various

[NautiNurse]

The situation in New Orleans continues to deteriorate due to rising water levels and desperation. Search and rescue continues via boat and air. Authorities have announced the goal to evacuate all the remaining residents of NOLA. The New Orleans Mayor has reported numerous gas leaks throughout the city. Sporadic fires occurring. Attempts to evacuate hundreds of hospital patients from Charity Hospital and Tulane Medical Center are in process. Patients are being transported to other hospitals as far away as Florida.

The Army Corps of Engineers is at the NOLA levee breaks with current plans to drop 3000 lb sand bags in an effort to stop the flow of water. NOLA hospital evacuations continue for thousands of patients. Reports indicate all evacuees are being taken to the SuperDome, which is now surrounded by water. The generators at the Dome are now in jeopardy. The Governor of Louisiana has called for a day of prayer tomorrow...

Elsewhere, search and rescue continue in Mississippi and Alabama. Biloxi reports indicate catastrophic damage.

Links to various news and local government websites:

WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula has link to locate family and friends (very slow load)

2theAdvocate - Baton Rouge Includes Slidell, St. John Parish, St. Bernard Parish updates, and other locations.

NOLA.com

Inside Houma Today needing boats, volunteers, lists gas station openings, water, etc.

WALA Channel 4 Mobile, AL Includes links to distribution centers, Emergency Ops, etc.

Sun-Herald Gulfport MS Includes link to town by town reports

Gulfport News via Topix.net

WAFB Baton Rouge

Mobile Register via al.com

Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger

Lafayette LA Daily Advertiser

Pensacola News Journal

St Bernard Local Government

Streaming Video:
WWL-TV (via KHOU/Houston): http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/makeadplaylist.pl?title=beloint_khou&live=yes

WKRG/Mobile: mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518

WDSU/New Orleans via WAPL/Jackson: mms://a842.l1291238841.c12912.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/842/12912/v0001/reflector:38841

All are Windows Media Player links.

Related FR Threads:

FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread

Discussion Thread - Hurricane Katrina - What Went Wrong?!?

Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here

Looting Begins In New Orleans

Martial Law Declared in New Orleans

Due to the number of requests to assist, the following list of some charities is provided.
This is not intended as an endorsement for any of the charities.

www.redcross.org or 1-800 HELP NOW - note: website is slow
Salvation Army - 1-800-SAL-ARMY or Salvation Army currently looking for in-state volunteers - (888)363-2769
Operation Blessing: (800) 436-6348.
America's Second Harvest: (800) 344-8070.
Catholic Charities USA: (800) 919-9338, or www.catholiccharitiesusa.org.
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: (800) 848-5818.
Church World Service: (800) 297-1516 or online at www.churchworldservice. org.
Lutheran Disaster Response: (800) 638-3522.
Nazarene Disaster Response: (888) 256-5886.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: (800) 872-3283.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is accepting donations at its 3,800 stores and Web site, www.walmart.com.

Previous Threads:

Katrina Live Thread, Part X
Katrina Live Thread, Part IX
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

[Conservababe]

Thanks to the President's leadership, FEMA was authorized to preposition relief assets.

Relief is one thing...rescue is another.

[ken5050]

Both the governor and the mayor will be found sorely wanting...La would have been in good hands had they elected Bobby Jndal governor..

[bjs1779]

No, and some poster said Lake Pontchatrain is still 4 feet above sea level at its center,

And I heard some poster say it was 4 inches above normal. We are at an impasse..

[oceanview]

why not? are you saying the waters are too shallow to approach the levees.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Someone famous said something like, "water is an irresistible force." One can not just "plug" problems like this. As you point out, plugging buys you nil when it continues to flow over the entire bank.

Can dredgers and barges get to those points?

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It takes a little time...the gulf waters nearby are probably still a bit high, too.

[LenS]

Plug it with what equipment? The barges that Katrina smashed and drove ashore everywhere? The ships that the companies would have sailed to Texas to avoid the storm? Plug it with what staff? The employees that evacuated when the mandatory order was given?

Imagine if all but one bridge and all the tunnels in NYC had been knocked down on 9/11. Now clog every street in Manhattan with debris and then flood most of them. Next turn off all the electricty, gas and water on the island. Have every ferryboat sunk or sailed away to Philly for safety. Finally, have thousands of people trapped all over Manhattan who need rescue and evacuation. How quickly would have large amounts of aid and workers have come?

[dfwgator]

Governor Barbour basically told President Bush that it's much too early for him to come to Mississippi.

[cajungirl]

If the city is underwater, does the Mayor get paid? And by whom?

Actually this mayor is better than most, he came in and has done some good things I hear.

[Dog Gone]

I'm not terribly worried about the levees on the Mississippi. They're awfully big and the river really isn't pushing the banks.

I'm not sure it really matters, though. The damage has been done. What I thought was going to happen the day of the hurricane happened the next day instead. The city will be uninhabitable for weeks at best.

And when people try to live in uninhabitable areas, they die. So the main question is how or if you can get these people out. The window for this is not long. You can't live in the attic or on the roof of your house in the hot Louisiana sun without water for a week, that's for certain.

This is going to get far more ugly in the next few days.

[tcrlaf]

Governor blaming AIRLINES for not getting people out on Sunday Morning??

Mayor looking to blame ANYONE ELSE for thier failures??

I think these 2 and the DNC talked today....

[madison10]

My sister is safe. Hundreds of trees down on her place, power lines down, no water, no phone. Her hubby is guarding the place and watching the animals, the llama survived the storm, and she is in BR but exhausted.

The llama is in the bedroom exhausted? Poor thing. Does it sleep in the bed or on the floor? ;)

[sarasota]

I've got friends headed into Northern Wisconsin today and tomorrow. Are the shortages so serious that they might have problems finding gas along Interstate 35?

[bjs1779]

Just heard on CNN, water still rising...

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Oh, what a good analogy!

[texpat72]

If he did go right now, some people would be crying "photo op"!

[steveegg]

Foti used to be the New Orleans Sheriff.

From the way he was talking, I'm glad that it's "former".

[spunkets]

"This Mayor is not very reassuring. Saying the next highest priority this morning was to put in the sandbags but doesn't know why it didn't happen. Will check and find out why. Unbelieveable."

You got that right.

There's a commerial out on TV in the miswest for Vonage DSL. It has different scenes os morons screwing up. The background music is appropriate to all those clowns(D) in LA.

Whooo Hooo!
Whooo Hooo Hooo!
Whooo Hooo!
Whooo Hooo Hooo!
...

[nicmarlo]

chief m.o. of Rats: pointing fingers at anyone but themselves.