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

Posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:04 PM PDT by 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


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: aftermath; hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina
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To: operation clinton cleanup

** MSNBC is reporting Anderson Cooper is in trouble!**

Missed it.... What did they say?


2,361 posted on 08/30/2005 7:15:44 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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To: cajungirl

Didn't get to say this earlier, but glad to see you're still here.


2,362 posted on 08/30/2005 7:16:05 PM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: Diddle E. Squat
There has been so much water driven into the area by the hurricane that it may indeed take a while for the lake, normally at sea level, to come back down to sea level.

To get to the bottom of it, we need to know at what level the lake would run off in the natural process. We don't know that, but I heard it can't go much above one foot of sea level before it does. I think we all would make great reporters!

2,363 posted on 08/30/2005 7:16:09 PM PDT by bjs1779
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To: NautiNurse
What is the final decision about that long broken bridge video we saw this afternoon?

I confirm it sure looks like it to me.. although its been 25 years since I have been across it.

2,364 posted on 08/30/2005 7:16:14 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: Cedar; Diddle E. Squat

She flat out said she received no warning about the hurricane (which is a lie), and they dilly-dallied about evacuation until Sunday or Monday.

See Diddle E. Sqat's thread on how "well" they are doing.


2,365 posted on 08/30/2005 7:16:20 PM PDT by mabelkitty (Lurk forever, but once you post, your newbness shines like a new pair of shoes.)
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To: Dog Gone
It simply can't be done, and there's no way to tell which houses belong to people who evacuated and who didn't.

They could use infrared to spot still warm bodies within some of the homes. Perhaps we can utilize detailed infrared satellite imagery.

2,366 posted on 08/30/2005 7:16:23 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: Diva Betsy Ross
I lived thru the LA riots and the looting is scary. It is gang members run amok.

The Korean liquor store owners knew exactly how to deal with the scum.

2,367 posted on 08/30/2005 7:16:25 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: operation clinton cleanup

What kind of trouble is Anderson Cooper in?


2,368 posted on 08/30/2005 7:16:34 PM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: Howlin

The update I posted a few moments ago said 60,000 were now in the dome and people are still being directed there.


2,369 posted on 08/30/2005 7:16:37 PM PDT by flutters (God Bless The USA)
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To: bayourant

Calling for a day of prayer is IDIOTIC when that is your only response to Larry King's question of what are you going to do tomorrow.


2,370 posted on 08/30/2005 7:16:39 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: mabelkitty
Trent Lott has to go on television to talk to the President because he no longer takes Lott's calls ; )

ROFLMAO.........well, it's his own fault: he did say he didn't have to work with Bush anymore, didn't he? And then he trashed him in that book!

Bush to Lott: Go to hell.

2,371 posted on 08/30/2005 7:16:41 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: Cedar

They are holding a press conference without the Governor saying Blanco is on national TV.


2,372 posted on 08/30/2005 7:16:43 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: nicmarlo
I posted this earlier and people thought I was blaming the residents of NO for not leaving. What I was questioning was the competency of the Mayor and the Governor. Why the heck did they not order BEFORE Saturday that people leave? I can understand people who could not leave still being there--but to me is is the heighth of irresponsibility for the Mayor and the Governor not to have put out an evacuation order much earlier than they did. Even a few hours could have saved many lives!

And to then blame the airlines? Aaarrgghh!!

2,373 posted on 08/30/2005 7:16:49 PM PDT by milagro
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To: tcrlaf
** MSNBC is reporting Anderson Cooper is in trouble!**

Did the prisoners get him?!

2,374 posted on 08/30/2005 7:16:55 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: apackof2
I read a comment that the SuperDome is flooding...true?


2,375 posted on 08/30/2005 7:17:07 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: cajungirl

"What I haven't heard discussed is the Louisiana politics here. The mayor of NO voted for GWB and came in as a reformer. He has been exposing the rotten core in the schools and alot of former politicos are being looked at."

Basically, 2-5 % here want to blame him because he's black.

He impressed me on WWL TV. Told a straight story I believe (for now). Tried to get helos to the levees, NG didn't respond well. NG later released BS generic statement.

We'll see what happens...

I don't think it's set in how many thousands may have died.


2,376 posted on 08/30/2005 7:17:17 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: operation clinton cleanup
MSNBC is reporting Anderson Cooper is in trouble!

Pot, kettle. Kettle, pot.

2,377 posted on 08/30/2005 7:17:28 PM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: aft_lizard

As I understand it, the President can call the Attorney General to federalize (nationalize) the state national guard. He can (and should) order them to go in and restore order under his command, as local folks are coming to the conclusion that the police in New Orleans are unable to control the rising looting and prisoner uprising situation. There is no shoot to kill policy on looters it seems (and one cannot expect it out of the politically correct 'leaders' we are seeing on TV), and in the streets it seems to become a circus, with now N.O. policemen being shot in the head by looters, regular citizens afraid to go out in the street, what's the next step. It is a shame a segment of our country has come to this, but federal troops have been brought in before to restore order and uphold the rights and safety of law abiding citizens. It won't get any better otherwise I believe.


2,378 posted on 08/30/2005 7:17:31 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (I Support the President on Iraq and Our Troops; But 'll Freep Him In A Second for Illegal Alien Mess)
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To: Howlin

Didn't Lott just lose his house? Thought I saw something on the MSNBC crawl earlier.


2,379 posted on 08/30/2005 7:17:33 PM PDT by Tuxedo (This space for rent.)
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To: bayourant

We used to live on Grand Cayman. In Cayman, when a hurricane is approaching, Cayman Airways ads flights. They evacuate tourists first, then residents if there is still time.


2,380 posted on 08/30/2005 7:17:35 PM PDT by dawn53
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