Katrina Live Thread XII

Various ^ | 31 August 2005 | Various

[CWW]

Venezuela owns CITGO.

[BurbankKarl]

500 eggs, 60 men in blue

Thursday, 4:25 p.m.

By Eva Jacob Barkoff
Staff writer

NEW IBERIA -- Around 5 a.m. today, Mary Tripeaux received a call that members of a search-and rescue-team from Phoenix, Ariz., were on their way for breakfast at Victor's Cafeteria on Main Street. Soon the crew arrived and filled themselves with coffee, grits, biscuits, bacon, potatoes and sausage -- and more than 500 eggs.

"There are 180 eggs in one case and we went through at least three cases," Tripeaux said. "And by around 9 a.m., we had run out of sausage. They had eaten it all."

After breakfast, about 60 men in blue uniforms from Phoenix's Urban Search and Rescue Team held a meeting under a gazebo across from Victor's to go over final details of their mission. They wouldn't discuss details with a reporter.

The men had arrived in several trucks and two 18-wheelers filled with equipment. Also along were three Labrador retrievers.

"We have a lot of equipment here to try and do what we can to help," one of the men said.

Before leaving for New Orleans, he reflected on breakfast at Victor's and concluded: "That was the best meal we have had in 48 hours."

[Woodstock]

Scanner say one hospital in Lock-Down - vacinity under a codename - confirmed location

[Amalie]

Thanks for the link. Ping post 5743

[76834]

Admit I could be wrong and probly am but that is what I understood from a thread last night.

If you find out for sure please FReepmail me.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I didn't know that...I will think about where I buy gas from now on...

[cgk]

Updates as they come in on Katrina

04:59 PM CDT on Thursday, September 1, 2005

Tom Planchet

4:58 P.M. - (AP): The New Orleans suburb of St. Bernard Parish is little more than "water, water everywhere" with a few rooftops sticking above the floods of Hurricane Katrina, a government official who escaped the devastated region said Thursday. Click here.

4:50 P.M. - Rev. Jesse Jackson: "We cannot turn on each other. We must turn to each other." Jackson said he'll be in town as long as he can; maybe five or six days. He asked people to help one another, calling the aftermath of the disaster "a great faith tester."

4:49 P.M. - Red Cross official: This is the largest humanitarian relief project going on in entire nation.

4:47 P.M. - ST. PAUL (AP): A Minnesota manufacturer of power generators is lengthening its shifts and expanding its work force to crank out more machines needed to bring power to victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Coleman Powermate of Springfield has already added 20 workers and is looking for more skilled welders, assemblers and metal fabricators to keep the plant running for 22 hours instead of the usual 18.

Plant manager Paul Klimek says the company wants to double the generator output.

Klimek says the demand is endless and every truckload of generators the company producers is heading south to the hurricane area.

The company makes 5,000 and 6,000-watt generators that can provide enough power to run household appliances.

4:45 P.M. - (AP): In a dramatic turnabout, the United States is now on the receiving end of help from around the world as some two dozen countries offer post-hurricane assistance. Click here.

[Smogger]

WWLTV: Police and Fire Department cannot extinguish fire at the Oakwood Mall. There is no water pressure. Looks like a total loss.

[tcrlaf]

Scanner- "Difficult" situation with some 773rd soldiers....

Need contact with command...

Thoreau hospital..

10 Guardsman locking themselves in this hospital overnight...

[cgk]

Thursday, September 01, 2005

A warning from LSU4:57 p.m. Reacting to reports of limited disturbances among Hurricane Katrina victims at a large Baton Rouge shelter, Louisiana State University Chancellor Sean O’Keefe has ordered doors locked at LSU buildings and urged students and others to remain inside. Some campus workers said O'Keefe's campus e-mail, sent at mid-day, reflected anxiety about the presence of large numbers of New Orleanians in Baton Rouge. His directive came amid major problems with looting in parts of the New Orleans area since Katrina ravaged that city on Monday. “There have been confirmed reports of civil unrest in the Baton Rouge area this morning. These incidents appear to be confined to specific areas in the downtown Baton Rouge area and specific locations around the community,” O’Keefe’s e-mail said. “At this time, local law enforcement are reported to have the situation contained,” the chancellor said, but added that to ensure campus safety “we have instructed that all buildings on campus be locked and we ask that occupants remain indoors.” The e-mail also said that for those “who would feel more secure in their homes, we urge that you leave campus in an orderly fashion. Please be aware that these incidents of unrest in the community make travel an unknown risk at this time.” LSU administration officials weren’t immediately available to elaborate on concerns expressed in the e-mail.

[Woodstock]

At least this hospital has guards.

[tcrlaf]

No Limo Available for Jesse Jackson Transport

[jhny7]

synopsis of the day just got in

[steveegg]

WWL - Rice says all hurricane aid offers from other countries will be accepted

[CWW]

I just found out that little fact about CITGO a couple of weeks ago. Vote with your feet.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Gas gouging....

http://www.energy.gov



Spread the word.

[sodpoodle]

Is this the same military not allowed to recruit on College & high school campii? The same military that treats Gitmo and Abu Graeb prisoners so mean?


Dang!

[Woodstock]

Good for us to accept help.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Touro Hospital...