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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.
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
Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger
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.
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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.
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We won't know the total death toll for DAYS, maybe weeks.
"I think we're past plugging holes"
I am afraid you are right - and its sad to think that the euphoria of yesterday afternoon has turned to tragedy with the levee failure today.
CNN's Aaron Brown: The President has finally decided to pay attention to the situation.
Well, yes, clearly the mayor and governor's inability to quickly act proactively and make decisions made this worse. Plus either an insufficent pre-strike evac plan or failure to effectively implement some of it (or likely both.) How exactly did they expect tourists to get out? No evidence of any plans for that, or at least no signs of implementation of such. I bet you are correct, and she didn't call the airlines. This wasn't the usual hurricane situation, and most knew that if the hurricane continued on its predicted course, it would be far worse than 9/11. An extraordinary request of the airlines on her part should have been a no brainer.
Nearly 4 decades of warnings, predictions, and knowing this would happen, yet they were still woefully unprepared. Known to all that evac would take 48-72 hours, yet no mandatory call until 24 hours were left, no mandatory shut down of nonessential businesses on Saturday night and Sunday, on and on and on.
The blame game is going to be ugly and the LA politicos are pointing their fingers right at Bush.
And your larger point is...?
Let me guess ..
No I will wait to see if you have anything behind your, uh "interesting" post
We just disagree.
I just watched a news video of a helo fly over for maybe twenty minutes on the live feed from chanel 4 WWL which is coming now out of Baton Rouge. <> They are doing a conference now...HERE
The video of the water and wind damage was phenominal. Huge effort to clean up and repair that...when they can get to it, and there is no telling when they will get to it.
Thye are saying that over 3000 were rescued today.
I pray that they can get to more.
60,000 in the SuperDome? WHere and how are they going to take care of that many?
Generally speaking, you are correct. However, there are women out there who are strong and level headed and think quickly in a crisis. Unfortunately, Dem women are less likely to be that way.
"To: jeffers
http://www.nola.com/hurricane/popup/nolalevees_jpg.html"
Sorry, all out of stars, and the other half of the case won't last long either.
Nice try though.
I'm with you on this. Those people in the superdome are sitting ducks.
Damn them all.
hey, they've been oppressed!
(that's what one looter actually said!)
Therefore they can take life saving neccessities, like malt liquor, sneakers, and big tv's.
Worst part is watching the parents teach the children, they had video of a dad loading up his kids with smokes...
sad, sad situation......
Though I doubt that this was quite the hell that Bush wished for him.
Predominate ethnicity of the NO looters?
Black,for the most part.Why does that surprise you in a city that is overwhelmingly black?
or are you trying to get another point across about this particular ethnicity that goes beyond the current news?
He is running low on potato chips and gas... and does not know where he will sleep tonight (yeah, right!)
I admit her foirst interviews have not been great I think fatique but gosh and I love GWB but his performance in first few public monents after 911 wasnt stellar but once he got his footing he was spectuclar I am giving her pass for a bit since alot of her plan does seem to be working seeing it on the ground here as to evacuees. I do think Baton Rouge does need to be more public though.
So it's the airlines fault that the Governor and Mayor didn't round up every bus in Southern LA and send it to NO to evacuate people?
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