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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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"To: jeffers
They need to be rolling in trucks and busses to get the SuperDome folks out.
Set up tent cities in Memphis, Houston, Little Rock, etc and start bussing them out. They don't have homes to go back to, the city can't feed or clothe them. Once the evacuees are in an undamaged area, they
can get aid and hopefully contact friends or relatives for longer term shelter.
One more day of this dithering and the President will have to step in and put someone in charge of the entire relief effort. I expect real martial law or some FEMA approximation by Thursday."
The Dome is waist deep in water now, and forecast to be twice that by morning.
Helos and boats. If you have another idea post it, because the capacity is not there, not with everything else that's going on.
The generators should have had a MONTHS' fuel?
Have you ever run a generator system? Keeping fuel fresh is an ongoing problem for little-used generator systems. Merely a few days' worth of tanks is hard enough to keep fresh for an ongoing basis. A months' worth? You mean they have to have a 30,000 gallon tank, none of which can be more than a few months old?
Yes... I can see it now...
If this has been a fun thread for you, you have something wrong.
I suspect you are an employee of the governor. You have not read a thing here if you think what you posted.
Go have your beer with the refuges,,,liar.
They got evicted out of the hotel this morning due to the imminent flooding.... said they used candles, etc... to feed everyone and the piano player was playing stormy weather as they were leaving... they reported from atop a bridge somewhere today. When Rick Leventhal started describing all the damage in his native Mississippi Shep was moved to tears.
Historically barges loaded with rock and sunk have had some success in reducing flows.
That's what I meant. I wasn't bad mouthing the government (this time) We just have to be ready to take care of ourselves. It takes time for help to arrive.
3 of the 7 who insisted on remaining actually lived. Amazing.
Breaking News: Gunmen With AK-47s Fire at New Orleans Police Station
foxnews.com
That is so God can watch his favorite team, doncha know?
LOL
I think the Saints are going to be the San Antonio Saints this year....I heard that San Antonio has offered the Alamodome to them.
Sounds like the Fish and Wildlife director is the leader they need.
Seeing as there are 250,000 small boats within 4 hours of New Orleans (to say nothing of 5,000 school busses) , not very long.
There was an earlier report that 3 were rescued from there. Unless they were plucked out of the Gulf, there is still at least something there. But I'm guessing that it is much changed.
I also wondered why these pumps were not built on high stilts.
then you will watch the media blame Bush for shooting "poor looters just looking for food". no thanks. let Blanco give the shoot to kill orders.
I share your doubt.
However, given that state-level authorities are blowing this on multiple fronts, the choice may well need taken from them.
How do you get them out?
The water is still rising, and the thousands of souls in the Superdome are still swelling.
Keep us posted.
"Power has got to be the problem." Well, sorta. My understanding is that the emergency generators for the pumps are in sheds that were destroyed. Getting to them, getting them up & running should not be a long-term project, just a repair job.
How dare you lay claim to the worst Governor in history?
I'll take your Governor over Graft-Taft(tm) any day.
'night
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