Katrina Live Thread, Part XI

Various ^ | 30 August 2005 | Various

[Coldwater Creek]

Have you ever been on hot concrete in 90+ weather and no water. My guess is that there are a lot more just like him.

[BurbankKarl]

Bourbon and Canal....store fire.

[dfwgator]

I expect we will see a huge improvement in the next 24 hours now that Feds have taken over

I pray it isn't day late and dollar short.

[afnamvet]

Martin Nelson, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center, said the northern part of the eyewall came ashore at Grand Isle, about 97 kilometers south of New Orleans, at about 5 a.m. (local time). It was moving northward at 24 kilometers per hour.

Does this help?

[pies]

Obviously you know nothing about dehydration and children. That child needs help and soon.

[colorado tanker]

This just makes me ill. I swear I'll never complain again about having to shovel out of a three-foot blizzard.

[Peach]

Yes, sir, the boys are back in town.

I felt such a sense of relief, I was able to leave the house for the first time since Monday afternoon. And I kept hearing Cheney during the 2000 election saying "Help is on the way".

[BurbankKarl]

Mayor Says Thousands
May Be Dead in New Orleans

Wall Street Journal

The full scale of Katrina's devastation remained elusive and yet clearly appeared to be far worse than what authorities had been prepared to deal with. New Orleans, a major American city with a population of half a million has effectively been abandoned. Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Ray Nagin said hundreds, and maybe thousands, of residents have died, and Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has ordered a full evacuation of the city. Ten of thousands of refugees still need to be evacuated, but the city, now largely under water, looks be unlivable for weeks if not months to come.

[sinkspur]

are people/businesses without flood insurance going to set fire to their places?

The Quarter is such a volatile place; everything is so close together.

Remember Grand Forks, ND in 1993? The city flooded from the Mississippi overflow, then a fire in one of the buildings spread and destroyed everything that the flood didn't.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Islamic extremists rejoiced in America's misfortune, giving the storm a military rank and declaring in Internet chatter that "Private" Katrina had joined the global jihad, or holy war. With "God's help," they declared, oil prices would hit $100 a barrel this year.

Interesting how both Islamic and Christian extremists think God is using hurricanes as bowling balls to smite America.

[Diddle E. Squat]

I think that angry lady on CNN had some good points, but I bet you $1 million that she voted for Blanco.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Last post:

To: Guenevere
G. all you other wonderful folks, it is so nice that you
 are concerned about us, this is something we will never
 forget. As I always say, we got the best cyber
 neighborhood in the world right here on ATRW.

179 posted on 08/28/2005 3:29:51 PM PDT by gulfcoast6 

[Coldwater Creek]

Gulf Port and Biloxi as well.

[dfwgator]

I think a lot of our priorities just got rearranged.

[gopwinsin04]

Humanitarian C137's now landing at Louis Armstrong International Aiport.

[Mr. Jeeves]

The sicko extremists sure gave Katrina a pretty low rank.

Well, you know what they think of women. If it had been "Joe", they would have made him a General. ;)

[dfwgator]

, but this whole event is going to make Shep Smith a different man.

I think pretty much everyone in this country is going to be different because of this.

[BurbankKarl]

President Bush looks out the window of Air Force One inspecting damage from Hurricane Katrina while flying over New Orleans en route back to the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005.

[IamConservative]

Besides the good citizens, looters not withstanding, there goes about the only thing worth saving in New Orleans - the Quarter.

[Cboldt]

I could NOT believe the that official who wouldn't talk to Shep, on national TV, no less. Wouldn't look at him, wouldn't answer him. I was astounded.

Deer in the headlights. I wonder if she has a comfy place to hang out while the city drowns, or if she has suffered a personal loss in this.

It's way to easy to be critical. She's likely a public relations assignment, and has no direct ability to cause resource delivery. This is a huge disaster. Obviously, the coordination is lacking, and the lack of coordination is not a surprize.