Superdome - Currently, there are 20,000 at Superdome. 10,000 original and 10,000 rescued. Have been talking to Houston. Going to AstroDome, will be staging area.
Talked to White House - Bush will calling her soon. She has talked to WH folks. She has asked for all help for today.
Says they need to free up national guard for security. Asking military to help with evacuation.
Time is of the essense.
Handing off to others for details...
FEMA bringing in military. Don't know how many troops are coming in.
There are 23,000 at SuperDome. They are figuring out how to get them from SuperDome to AstroDome. They have a plan to do it. Have some access issues due to water.
They will be using buses beginning this morning - buses on the way to SuperDome.
No end date on offer from Houston for AstroDome.
Military spokesman says USS Bataan and associated landing craft are in operation in the evacuation
Convoys are enroute to Superdome to begin evacuation
Fascinating presser update for the hospital evacuations. Patients are being airlifted from NOLA hospitals to the airport for triage and staging. Case-by-case, will be transported to other hospitals.