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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.


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


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: steveegg

But don't you go with the "worst case scenario" and have a plan blueprint?

Sorta like when you're late and you think you might be pregnant?

Or if you are a lousy cook, having a fire extinguisher under the sink?

NO officials have known for 200 years that the MS river is on one side and Lake Ponchartrain on the other - those levees were clearly "at risk" as were the pumping stations.

Having a back up plan is not rocket science.


6,301 posted on 08/31/2005 3:03:06 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Newbie, PhD. Tenure allows you to stay put - NOT evict others.)
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To: jhny7
Good news.

One little Rock Tour Company, is sending their entire fleet of buses down to New Orleans after they got a call from Washington for help.

Other's surely got the same call?!

sw

6,302 posted on 08/31/2005 3:03:41 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife;ALL)
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To: NautiNurse

I have learned via private email that freeper Timeout is okay, but without power.

Someone else on these threads, earlier in the week was asking about her. I can't remember who it was.


6,304 posted on 08/31/2005 3:04:13 PM PDT by Iowa Granny (Hippies - take a bath. Ted Kennedy can lead you to water.)
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To: Iowa Granny

It was me!


6,305 posted on 08/31/2005 3:04:41 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: Iowa Granny

That is wonderful news! Thank you for the update.


6,306 posted on 08/31/2005 3:05:02 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: IamCURIOUS_fellas

Why dont you go back to DU.


6,307 posted on 08/31/2005 3:05:14 PM PDT by mware (Atlantic County, NJ Heart of the Pinelands.)
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To: mware

The governor does remind me of a 7th grade teacher who has lost control of her classroom.


6,308 posted on 08/31/2005 3:05:37 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: 76834

Saying it - and doing something about it are two different things.

I don't know if she could actually give a shoot to kill order regarding looters - but maybe she should do so anyway.

If it stops a few homeboys from looting because they're worried about a getting a load of buckshot, maybe it's worth it.


6,309 posted on 08/31/2005 3:05:59 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: IamCURIOUS_fellas
I think Cheney's parents are long dead.... If you want to talk about looters, start at the top.

I think I speak for most when I say, "huh?"

6,311 posted on 08/31/2005 3:06:27 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Types_with_Fist

check his sign in date.


6,312 posted on 08/31/2005 3:07:08 PM PDT by mware (Atlantic County, NJ Heart of the Pinelands.)
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To: MplsSteve

Reason for the "cautiously optimistic"

We shall see.


6,313 posted on 08/31/2005 3:07:15 PM PDT by 76834 (There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.)
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To: Burpinflyz
Maybe the Venezualians should raise their prices some, and quit driving as well. They pay eleven cents per gallon.

Living in a rural area some of us have to get behind the wheel once in a while... what we need is for Los Angeles to continue their subway (they stopped further construction to the best of my knowledge), Las Vegas, Phoenix and other large cities need to consider mass transit systems. Without mass transit you are not going to get people out of their cars... heck in NYC WITH mass transit you still have choked roads throughout the city, but when I visit I prefer the subway for the convenience.

6,314 posted on 08/31/2005 3:07:25 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: mware

Why dont you go back to DU.
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I'm not welcome there as I am not welcome here because I speak my mind and don't cow tow to the Borg mentality.


6,315 posted on 08/31/2005 3:07:42 PM PDT by IamCURIOUS_fellas
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To: NonValueAdded

Could you please tell me how you are listening to WDSU? I have not been able to get any of the links to work in the last couple of days.

Thankyou.


6,316 posted on 08/31/2005 3:07:50 PM PDT by Revel
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To: IamCURIOUS_fellas

With comments like that no wonder you are not welcome here.


6,317 posted on 08/31/2005 3:08:45 PM PDT by mware (Atlantic County, NJ Heart of the Pinelands.)
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To: mwl1
. I am saying that you reap what you sow in the karma and circularity of life. We gave license to a sexual predator and chief executive officer who committed perjury and obstruction of justice; and the nation yawned. That breeds consequences for any nation from the fortunes of Providence IMHO.

Not IMHO. God doesn't work that way. He allows things to happen to the good and the bad, then separates the wheat from the chaff at the end.

I have a real problem with well-meaning people applying God's judgment where they think it ought to be applied. That inevitably means they apply it to those whom they think deserve a little punishment in this life.

Punishing people is way above my pay grade.

6,318 posted on 08/31/2005 3:09:24 PM PDT by sinkspur (We who have been given much must help those who now have nothing.)
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To: IamCURIOUS_fellas

It's kowtow, not cow tow. Or is spelling part of the Borg mentality as well?


6,319 posted on 08/31/2005 3:09:45 PM PDT by linear (Repeal the Second Law of Thermodynamics!!)
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To: IamCURIOUS_fellas

You really need to go back to "sleep" for another few months, troll.


6,320 posted on 08/31/2005 3:10:00 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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