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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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He could contact the National Guard, explain the situation and ask what they suggest or if they can use him.
but you can drop foodand water on that bridge or close
20 Oil Rigs "MISSING" in the Gulf of Mexico...
Shell Mars is HEAVILY damaged..
OMG! ONLY Good News is the Oil Port is OPEN!
Anyone have news on the Oil Support Base at the very end of the Mississippi??
That is because the radio audience in Los Angeles heard that the looting was "The White Man's Fault" on KFI
I agree with you both, though yesterday I was told that I was totally exaggerating. At the VERY least, the priceless history of that city will be gone.
Where is he now? I would recommend he contact the nearest Marine unit and check in with them.
I looked at the USMC website and there is NOTHING about checkin procedures for people caught in this mess. 4th MAW/MARDIV websites are down.
NAVY TELEPHONE HELPLINE: 1-877-414-5358
This line will be staffed 24 hours by active duty Navy volunteers and will have connectivity with Navy, FEMA and other government agencies. They will try their very best to answer questions regarding the status of Navy family members, but please be aware that communication in the region is still inconsistent.
here you go
KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE
TELEPHONE HELPLINE: 1-800-435-9941
This site is intended for Air Force or military, DOD, government audiences only. It contains information for Hurricane Katrina Entitlements; Evacuation Allowances;
Tell him to check into the watch at the nearest Marine Corps post or station...
They will direct from there...
That's what I said he should do.
Frankly I'm surprised there's no guidance on HQMC's website.
Well if the Marines are like the Army you check in with your nearest recruiter if you cant connect to your home unit.
That's true, but the key difference is, with the WOT, it's wars, obvious and maybe not so otherwise, that happen far away. Once the tower rubble was cleaned up, people began to forget.
Here, people are going to see that it takes a while to rebuild, oh, say, I-10. It will be happening right under our noses and won't be so easy to forget/ignore.
That's true, but the key difference is, with the WOT, it's wars, obvious and maybe not so otherwise, that happen far away. Once the tower rubble was cleaned up, people began to forget.
Here, people are going to see that it takes a while to rebuild, oh, say, I-10. It will be happening right under our noses and won't be so easy to forget/ignore.
Ping to #6451. Everybody seems to be answering me now instead of you. :-)
Source please...
August 30, 2005
Marines rescue stranded hurricane victims
By Christian Lowe and Christopher Munsey
Times staff writer
Marines rescued more than 100 people stranded by the destruction of Hurricane Katrina Monday after tides and high winds pummeled cities along the Gulf of Mexico coast.
Leathernecks with the Reserve’s reinforced 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, based in Gulfport, Miss., navigated the debris-filled streets of Biloxi late Aug. 29, plucking dazed citizens from their battered homes.
About 130 people were rescued by the Marines, who drove two AAV7 Amphibious Assault Vehicles through the destruction.
The amtrackers took the flood victims “to a designated drop-off point where they were returned to safety by civilian authorities,” according to a news release from Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport. One amtrac in the operation rescued 100 people, making four trips with 25 victims crammed into the crew compartment, a Navy spokeswoman said.
Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalions 1, 7 and 133 — based in Gulfport — are clearing a 10-mile-long stretch of road to the nearby town of Pass Christian so civilian authorities could rescue stranded citizens there, the spokeswoman said.
The Marine amtrackers headed to the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport today for rescue operations there, but no further details were available.
Katrina pummeled the Gulf coast after it made landfall Monday, unleashing 145-mph winds and pushing a rain-fueled storm surge that broke through a levee protecting low-lying New Orleans. The break put 80 percent the historic city under as much as 20 feet of water, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people who had did not heed warnings to leave the city during the weekend.
Officials along the Gulf coast of Mississippi reported as many as 80 people killed by the storm in one county, a death toll that officials throughout the region say will likely rise.
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