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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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Tropical Storm 12
Plus moving in a boat and its wake with the river close to overtopping levees may not be a good idea right now.
What about all the vacation homes on the AL coast? Some of those were in bubble conditions, doubling from last year...
Where I live, we RARELY have rain.
Forget about storms.
I agree but we don't need a FREEPER preaching from the Mount letting us know what God had planned.
See: http://www.etherzone.com/2005/sent082905.shtml
The article is good for a much needed chuckle.
Sorry if this starts any trouble. That's not what I intended. Is anyone besides me a little surprised that things are continuing to get so much worse? I got the impression that the worst would be over when the storm passed. I didn't expect to see so much continuing devestation.
At the very beginning of his speech in San Diego. He really needs to go to Houston and take a military helicopter tour over the air and then back to Washington to oversee this thing.
Me too, southern Nevada.
…our Military has been working with "controlling the weather" for sometime…
It's just started, so be sure to check back in periodically for fun and frivolity! Those are the kinds of threads were you separate the cutely insane from the dangerously certifiable!
Check this out, Arizona:
USNORTHCOM (U.S. Northern Command) has established Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. as a federal operational staging area to expedite the movement of relief supplies and emergency personnel to affected areas.
Also, the USS Bataan (LHD-5), an amphibious assault ship, is on standby to provide assistance. It's carrying three MH-53E Sea Dragon Helos, each capable of carrying 55 passengers and 16 tons of cargo over 50 NM. (ref.)
No word on whether a carrier will be redirected to the area yet -- a la the tsunami -- although I have heard unsubstantiated rumors to that effect. However, the LHD class (which includes the Bataan, and the Kearsarge that was recently fired at in Jordan) is essentially a small aircraft carrier in itself. Hopefully this is just the beginning of major relief efforts
I don't know, but these 'holy rollers' in the threads of disasters get on my last nerve, I tell you.
I think the problem is that the roadways are impassible. There is no way for busses etc to go anywhere. IMO
I dont know much about hurricane andrew as far as the destruction.. How does this one compare.. This seems SO CATASTROPHIC.. LIKE #1 ??
Just imagine what would have been if not for this puff of dry air:
"But the storm actually turned out to be much less powerful than predicted. Meteorologists say a puff of dry air coming out of the Midwest weakened Katrina just before it reached land, transforming a Category 5 monster into a less-threatening Category 3 storm. "
Makes sense. It wouldn't make sense to bring in logistics and relief efforts by air right in the middle of the storm. A year from now, these people affected are still going to be picking up the pieces.
Uh, those ships fly the Liberian flags so they don't have to pay exorbitantly high port taxes. They're all owned by American companies.
I'd imagine every single one of them is booked and scheduled.
The Delta Queen steamship company has several boats that go up and down the Mississippi. They don't hold thousands, but they might work.
They're calling for everyone who has a boat to volunteer. Anything that floats could do it, plus the cruise ships have small boats that they could launch.
Some bigger boats have landing pads for helicopters...
"To: jeffers; conservative cat; the Deejay
I think you were spoofed, at least in relation to Iran.
See: http://www.etherzone.com/2005/sent082905.shtml
The article is good for a much needed chuckle."
You're right...on all counts.
I think that soldier ghosts can likely swim. :-)
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