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

[hole_n_one]

Shep Smith said he was stuck in NO.......

No way out.

[kristinn]

CNN, MSNBC and the FNC have gone into their nightly re-run mode.

They just don't get it.

I was shocked the broadcast networks weren't live tonight with coverage. I was also disappointed the president didn't address the nation tonight. This is a national catastrophe.

[Will_Zurmacht]

i think we're getting a very sanitized version of things....

but can't say as i really blame them.

[Howlin]

It's those big words like "how" that seem to stymie them.........LOL.

[fatima]

STARWISE :)He sounds like Clinton to me.

[nunya bidness]

I give up.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Shhhh. It got dark. We cannot show (shudder) human bodies being recovered. Think of this: YOU are stuck in a sh!thole full of moccasins, gators, and freakin fire ants. The media dolts show up with @$$loads of food, under-armed security and bright lights attached to generators (that they keep re-fueling). Now, I am not excusing lawless behaviour. The prosecution should begin as soon as food, water, shelter, law and order are re-established. Odd that privilege evaporates.

[Arizona Carolyn]

They are talking on the Olderman rerun (sorry I watched the aerial tour and haven't switched yet) that a pawn shop full of weapons was looted in Biloxy.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I think ya'll are trying to tell me something about Shep??

[stlnative]

There is a lot of confusion about which bridge is out.
The bridge that they are showing on the news is the I-10 bridge.
The super long Causeway that runs down the center of the lake is fine.
It is the shorter I-10 Twin Span Bridge that is damaged. (on the right/east side of the lake)



Twin spans, levee breaches the priority

Tuesday, 5:55 p.m.

The I-10 Twin Span Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain, which links Orleans and St. Tammany parishes, didn’t fare well in the hurricane.

An aerial view indicates about 40 percent of the structure is damaged, with sections missing or knocked askew, officials said.

Mark Lambert, chief spokesman for the Department of Transportation and Development, said the bridge sustained more damage to its east-bound lanes than the west-bound ones. He said a structural examination will to be done in the next few days.

One option under consideration is to repair the least-damaged westbound lanes first -- possibly by using some of the more structurally-sound segments from the east-bound ones. Lambert said that while getting the bridge fixed is a high priority, it is not the state’s top priority.

Plugging breaches in the levee system in New Orleans -- along the 17th Street Canal and the Industrial Canal -- come first, he said.

Even if the bridge is repaired, he said, "there is nowhere to go'' since streets and neighborhoods on both sides of the span are flooded.

"Stopping the levee breaks is the No. 1 thing now,'' Lambert said.

[pnz1]

To a little one like that, the guy in the flight gear probably is pretty scary.

[MarMema]

I have been angry all day at the lack of action being taken for the people in the superdome. Then the governor goes there (she said) and comes out in a press conferences saying they have to be evacuated, but they have no place to put them.

Just what this governor did all day is beyond me. Someone needs to send her the rest of the way into la-la land and take over.

[shield]

I found the mayor to be another rat idiot...making that really stupid comment...

[steve86]

I understand about fuel 'treatments' but forgive me if I place little faith in them.

Well, if you have the budget for new fuel every few months, great. If the treatments are good enough for TVA they're good enough for me and my little generators and truck engines.

[STARWISE]

I believe every single resource: FEMA, seabees, Corps of Engineers, contractors .. every single possible consultant and engineer is primed, is there and on this problem like white on rice. This sub sea level location, the lake, and the LEAK must be just a bugger to which to engineer a solution.

You have to know, and I do believe, they're trying everything under the sun to try to block that breach .. sinking barges .. calling experts from around the world .. brainstorming .. everything they can think of to prevent more water from seeping out.

It's a lethal combination of circumstances. There's water everywhere and nowhere to put it. The leak has to be sealed...but the solution is elusive, while the clock is ticking and people die. It's just deadly .. .. God help them.

[OKIEDOC]

Keith Doberman is a futz, smug elitist @$$hole.

Sorry, but thats my opinion of this scumbag, biased reporter.

[Arizona Carolyn]

We've already discussed this earlier today... I guess they are all foreign registry and we can't comandeer them... Personally, I think it's the dream solution.

[Types_with_Fist]

I read this AM that Houma was asking for volunteers with small boats.....

Well alright! I know many there who have boats. Like I said, I can't believe they would do nothing. The state reps are useless and that mayor is... well, out there.

[Trust but Verify]

I'm trying to be patient, but I really think he needs to get more out front on this. Whoever has been in charge to this point has fumbled badly. It's time for decisiveness and action. Listening to the mayor of NO and the governor of LA, it's clear they are not up to the task.

[toldyou]

Job well done!