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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.


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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: kingu
They couldn't catch any of the hundreds of buses that left the city?

What hundreds of buses? Bus service stopped on Saturday. The rest of you ideological comments about the evils of liberalism, and that is why these folks are poor, and don't have car, and are not self sufficient, is all quite fascinating, but the word I would use for bringing it up now, would get me banned, so I will just say, the comment is what causes "conservatives" to sometimes get a bad name, due to those with diplomatic skills of the level that you exhibit.

3,201 posted on 08/30/2005 8:41:31 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Ramius
Willie... this is not the time. Really.

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."

~ The Wizard of Oz


3,202 posted on 08/30/2005 8:41:38 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: MEG33

Someone clarify for me, please. But if rioting sets in earnest, can the Feds step in and call the shots?


3,203 posted on 08/30/2005 8:41:45 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Torie
I guess you're going to make me find that damn graphic.

While lake level may be sea level the river is higher than sea level. And if the industrial canal is breached which connects the river to the lake than it's possible that the river is now flowing in to St. Bernard and the lake at the same time.

3,204 posted on 08/30/2005 8:41:46 PM PDT by nunya bidness (Remember, they hated Him first.)
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To: Jeff Head
Now...it's not universally that bad...but the longer time goes on, the worse the overall water will be.

It is only a matter of time before one of the numerous fires ignites the chemical mixture that is forming on top of the water too.

Watch the helicopter videos, the oil and gasoline that is fbeginning to form on top of the flood waters is quite obvious.

3,205 posted on 08/30/2005 8:41:52 PM PDT by commish ((Montgomery, AL) Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: cajungirl
Ma'am, from all I've heard/read, the Dome's population has at least doubled in the past 24hrs.

The only ones who've left so far seem to be the looters workin' the swing shift...

  :-(

3,206 posted on 08/30/2005 8:41:53 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: FederalistPhred

seems to me they can get them out and to hell with where they go,,bus them up out of the flood area and drop them off. The locals will help. When a place is on fire, you don't consider where you are going to take people, you get them out.

I would go up on the miss river levee and walk toward Baton Rouge myself.


3,207 posted on 08/30/2005 8:42:04 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: mabelkitty
That was their plan. They knew all along all these people were going to die, and they've been spending all day long trying to point the finger at others to save their skin. They also are lying to the Federal government about the problem because the reality is this - any money spent to save NO was stolen. These politicians get it - someone is going down for mass homocide.

Agreed.

'Nuff said, too late to do anything for the poor souls in NO.

Prayers for all!

3,208 posted on 08/30/2005 8:42:05 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Blogger

But, we are not the ones in trouble.


3,209 posted on 08/30/2005 8:42:23 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: John Jamieson
I've got a waterproof 220V pump 150 feet down in my back yard. No long shaft. Power has got to be the problem.

If big things were made the same way as small things, they would be prohibitively expensive and inefficient. Making pumps that could function in a flooded city would certainly have been possible (simplest method being to build a waterproof wall around the pumping station, and using a small pump to keep it dry).

The bigger question, though, is what would be the purpose of spending even $10,000/pump on such an improvement? If the pumps are able to withstand a moderate rise in water level, a flood beyond that would suggest one thing: a breached levee. And if that happens, it doesn't matter whether the pumps are working or not.

Simply put: once a levy is breached, there is no possible amount of pumping that will prevent the waters on both sides from reaching equilibrium. Even if one had enough pumps to remove a foot of water per minute (that's 720 times what the NO pumps could do if working) it wouldn't take very many days before the levees were letting through more than that.

3,210 posted on 08/30/2005 8:42:25 PM PDT by supercat (Sorry--this tag line is out of order.)
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To: cajungirl

Has anyone heard anything else about water in the Superdome?


3,211 posted on 08/30/2005 8:42:50 PM PDT by pnz1
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To: randita

Nobody seems to know how many people are in the Superdome. First it was 30k, then 10k.

This is an unbelievable disaster and no one is in charge.


3,212 posted on 08/30/2005 8:42:50 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: NautiNurse

For the answer google Dunkirt.


3,213 posted on 08/30/2005 8:42:59 PM PDT by jpsb
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To: Alberta's Child; Petronski; bwteim; NautiNurse; cyborg
Well duh, Shep -- what do you think is going to happen when a body of water at a high elevation meets a city at a lower elevation?

LOL. Poor Shep. I think he's in shock. I thought I heard he is from that area (Miss?), it must be even more devastating to watch the ocean swallow it up. Even knowing it was built below sea level and this was a possibility. His kooky comments are endearing in a way.

3,214 posted on 08/30/2005 8:43:04 PM PDT by fortunecookie
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To: All
www.gulfcoastnews.com

New Database just given on Greta where people can register and post who they're looking for and people who are ok can register.

3,215 posted on 08/30/2005 8:43:08 PM PDT by STARWISE (GITMO IS TOO GOOD FOR THE 911 TRAITORS -- SEND THEM ALL TO EGYPT FOR QUESTIONING.)
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To: jeffers

Mayor on CNN said water and food is being provided at the Superdome.


3,216 posted on 08/30/2005 8:43:13 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: randita

The wire services are saying 10,000 at the Superdome. Have more people been taken there?


3,217 posted on 08/30/2005 8:43:19 PM PDT by JellyJam (Headline of the year: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
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To: conservativewasp

"You're absolutely right - but what of the generators? They had only less than a day of fuel?"

Yet more incompetence, how the hell would anyone let this happen? There should have been a months fuel available for pumps that were impervious to water, behind levees 30% higher that necessary. But the libs who run the show just want to create more dependence by giving unlimited handouts, rahter than protecting the city as they should. Typical.




No More Phone Calls Please - We Have a WINNER!


3,218 posted on 08/30/2005 8:43:21 PM PDT by spanalot
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To: spanalot

Dump rubble, big rubble, then sandbags, there's plenty of rubble at hand. fill it with cars, then sandbag.


3,219 posted on 08/30/2005 8:43:23 PM PDT by cookcounty (Army Vet, Army Dad.)
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To: Jeff Head

bbbbbttt.... the Governor said the water was clean (this afternoon in her news conference.


3,220 posted on 08/30/2005 8:43:28 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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