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

[U S Army EOD]

Used to do that in Eastern Pakistan all the time, normally did in 300,000 or so.

[cajungirl]

I assume it was I10 and later saw the pic and noted you could see land at the end. I still wonder.

[Doohickey]

You know you're in trouble when the politicians start resorting to honesty!

[RobbyS]

Somewhere Abraham Lincoln is smiling. He heard such stuff. as this.

[bjs1779]

Well put. Some seem to think that all we need is Bruce Willis to kamikazee an ocean liner into the dike breech to save the city

In my day, it was Chuck Norris who could stop all Iranians in their tracks : )

[milagro]

I caught that diss too--boy it ticked me off!

[section9]

Uh, with all due respect, thousands of our troops have extensive police and civil affairs experience having learned it the hard way at the University of Al Anbar Province. The 101 has been there, as has the 82nd, as has 2nd Marine Division. Naturally, these units would be subordinated to sheriff's deputies, but they are not ignorant of police procedure and would act according to strict ROE.

Basically, you'll need to establish a firm hand NOW and going forward as water recedes and you establish order. However, no one has considered the probability of another Gulf tropical system paying the northern Gulf area a visit come late September. That's what really has people concerned I'll bet.

They need to get everyone save official business people out of NO asap.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[SE Mom]

I'm sitting here 15 minutes later still trying to grasp what I heard the Governor of Louisiana say to Larry King:

If that Army Corps of Engineers would just hurry up and get the levy blocked, then we could starting getting things done...

[spanalot]

Rain runoff is not the big problem - the River will conly crest 1' higher in next 5 days.

These levee breaks and the failure to HAVE A PLAN to plug them will increase the cost 100 fold - in $ and lives.

[dawn53]

He's not in NO, he's in Biloxi or Gulfport.

[steveegg]

I'm with you on this. Those people in the superdome are sitting ducks.

With one difference; ducks are designed to float.

[madison10]

I don't want to impeach Bush. Not even close. But right now many if not the majority of folks in this country are displeased with Bush. If he comes across as unconcerned about New Orleans it will turn so much public opinion against him that I really fear what the consequences will be. I hope that doesn't happen but he's on thin enough ice as it is right now.

So they're displeased. Guess they won't reelect him again. Stop panicking. He's not unconcerned...he's just not itching for a photo-op like a certain President of the past.

[Rennes Templar]

Aaron Brown on CNN just reported that President Bush is returning to DC from vacation, then said, snidely, "Its good to know the White House is paying some attention."

[Peach]

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

Respectfully, that's just BS. Most of us blame him because het met with lawyers to determine whether he had the legal authority to order a mandatory evacuation. It took the president to get him off the dime.

[apackof2]

Blanco is armchair quarterbacking with this gratuitous shot at the airlines.

Looking for someone to place blame to deflect from her own incompetence

[r9etb]

Let me tell thats been a big topic of discussion among alot of us. We could not believe how early the airlines canceled flights. There will be an investigation of that.

Let's be realistic, though ... nobody in their right mind would be flying planes into the hurricane area, so you're left only with the planes currently on the ground at the time. What's that ... 20 or 30 planes, because NO is a destination, not a hub.

At most you're going to get a few thousand people out (and they did), and most of those are people who were at the airport to begin with. You wouldn't be able to touch the main body of people still in the city.

No, the only way to get a bunch of folks out quickly would have been by packing them onto trains, and that clearly did not happen.

[Rose in RoseBear]

And how are the men who work for these "seaborne private companies" supposed to get their ships to the levee? You know, those ships that were sent out to sea to avoid the hurricane that just went by?

And not that Katrina didn't rearrange the Mississippi River channel, or anything. And, of course, noone knows what debris is stuck in the Delta mud. Nobody's had the chance to map the changes in the river, but those ships should come right on up the channel. Who cares if they tear up the bottoms of their ships? Why, maybe those ships would wind up smashing into the levee! That'd help!

And I'm sure the divers can't wait to jump off into that nasty water! </sarcasm>

Water makes everything more difficult, especially when all the necessary equipment is under the water. Going in without prior knowledge and proper planning is potentially worse than not going in at all.

[hole_n_one]

What kind of trouble is Anderson Cooper in?

The FNC's Shep Smith, CNN's Anderson Cooper and NBC's Brain Williams are in the NO ........

They are stuck in French Quarter or the Superdome.

They have no way out.

Shep Smith looked scared to death during 4:00 pdt report.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Yeap, finally paying attention... to the point he encouraged them to evacuate NO. Whatever MSM!!!!!

[LenS]

Nope, all problems should be solved in 23 minutes (the length of a sitcom). Any more time than that, and someone should be fired.


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