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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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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.
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Hearing conflicting reports on time of presidential speech... can anyone say with certainty 5 pm EDT?
Like the Senators & Congresspersons from Alaska? What a great idea!
Assuming that there is a dentist office intact.
You think Texas will want all them hardheaded coona$$es who don't know when to get out of the way? Maybe they'll take Shreveport, though...
Labor Day weekend travel restriction?
He's begging for Bush to bring in the military to restore order to downtown New Orleans.
Are all evacuees headed for the Dome, these guys were headed south?
Children Of Hurricane Refugees May Enroll In Texas Schools
Gov. Rick Perry announced Wednesday that Texas school districts will enroll children of Hurricane Katrina refugees sheltered within each district.
Perry made the announcement during a ceremonial signing of an eminent-domain bill passed during the recent Legislature.
Perry and Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco agreed Wednesday to a plan that would move at least 25,000 Hurricane Katrina refugees from New Orleans to Houston.
Most of the refugees are sweltering in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.
The plan calls for them to be moved to Houston's Astrodome, where they would be sheltered temporarily until better accommodations can be found.
.“In the face of such tragic circumstances, we all have to pull together so these families have as much normalcy as possible during these difficult times,” Perry said.
Perry said the Texas Education Agency has been directed to provide all needed support for districts having to absorb the additional children from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
He said Texas wants to do all it can to comfort children who have "almost overnight been uprooted from their daily routines."
The TEA said the refugee children can qualify as "homeless" and may enroll without proof of residence.
“I want stranded families to know the doors of Texas’ public schools are immediately open to your school-aged children,” Perry said.
“I also want school leaders to know that we realize this will put a strain on their capacity, so I have asked the Texas Education Agency to work them to make sure they have the textbooks they need, funding for transportation and the free-and-reduced lunch program and class size waivers as needed.”
I'm kinda wondering why no one is pushing all the lost boats out................................ it seems that oodles of boats got washed ashore
Assuming dental records are available (probably not) and assuming they have the means to rapidly match hundreds of teeth against thousands of dental records.
I'd like it limited to that :-)
Then how in the hell do they do it in England?
Just when you think the Left can't sink any lower, they surprise you.
Can't they use DNA if there are relatives available for comparison? I would imagine a lot of dental records in the affected areas might be gone.
There's not going to be time for any of that in this one, I fear. If reports are true and we're talking "thousands" in MS and Louisiana -- while rescuers have trouble even getting through for days -- we are looking at mass burials.
LOL!
The Dome was the plan.
I was watching CNN and Cindy Sheehan's commercial ran. She came off as completely and ridiculously self-absorbed. Then, they get back to the coverage and show the heroics of the National Guardsmen that Cindy Sheehan so obviously hates. The contrast could not be more stark.
The Coast Guard guy on Fox is saying that they go their orders SUNDAY AFTERNOON!
I would think technology would allow for taking a DNA sample from the corpse, tagging it and keeping track of how the body was disposed and handle the ID matching after the fact.
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