Katrina Live Thread XII

Various ^ | 31 August 2005 | Various

[BurbankKarl]

http://www.tsasw.org/qso/healthandwelfare.asp

fill this out and hit send.

[mewzilla]

Cartoon's probably syndicated. By Jim Borgman, I think.

[Mad Dawgg]

Got a link to any of that info? I did a google and came up empty!

[BurbankKarl]

U.S. Navy sailors, assigned aircrew duties with Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15, load Meals Ready to Eat and bottles of water, provided by the State of Louisiana, into the back of an MH-53E helicopter, in Jefferson, La., during the second day of the Hurricane Katrina's relief efforts, Aug. 31, 2005. The squadron, based out of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, is currently embarked onboard USS Bataan now underway about 80 miles off the coast of New Orleans. The Bataan has been tasked to be the Maritime Disaster Relief Coordinator for the Navy's role in the relief efforts. U.S. Navy photo by Lt.j.g. Sammy Brake

[Jrabbit]

I think it's nearly impossible to get info from Slidell. I do know that the Oak Harbor neighborhood is flooded....and some neighborhoods are practically destroyed.

[Tarheel]

Gov. Blanco is a former teacher!

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Nope...but the guy who posted that did it on this thread, but didn't quote sources. So take it for what it's worth.

I suspect it was all part of a larger appropriations bill...but I wasn't living in NO then so didn't pay it any mind..

[Doe Eyes]

told that because they didn't come from the "dome" in NO and were not expected, they could not go into the Astrodome (sp).

They got into the Astrodome.

[shezza]

There's enough sewage floating in the streets of New Orleans. You should stay out of the cesspool.
(That said, Secret Service, are you listening?)

[BurbankKarl]

A U.S. Navy SH-60B Seahawk, assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 49, takes off from Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., Sept. 1, 2005, to provide support for the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific is supporting the relief efforts by sending eight helicopters and two C-40 "Clipper" aircraft to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., to support search and rescue and logistics missions in the aftermath of the disaster. Official U.S. Navy photo by 2nd Class Petty Officer Michael Watkins.

[Mad Dawgg]

"Nope...but the guy who posted that did it on this thread, but didn't quote sources. So take it for what it's worth..."

I swear I found that by link on this thread to another on FR dealing with this story. But I am not have ing luck finding it.

[pollyg107]

Try the links at the beginning of this thread. WLOX, Nola.com, Sun Herald, Clarion Ledger. All of them have places where you can search by name and post a request for information. I just found out that a lot of the people I've been looking for are in Houston. Out of several hundred, 36 are still unaccounted for, but I hope they're okay and just unable to communicate.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It might be related to this study:

March 13, 1998

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: John Hall

Mississippi River levee public meeting scheduled
Environmental report to be discussed

NEW ORLEANS --

Visit our Website: www.mvn.usace.army.mil FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Hall, 504-862-2201 March 11, 1998

NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting in Baton Rouge on March 31 on an environmental report concerning major improvements to Mississippi River levees.

The Corps of Engineers invites all interested people to use this opportunity to ask questions or express views on the report, prepared by the New Orleans, Vicksburg and Memphis districts of the Corps of Engineers.

Event: Public meeting Sponsor: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 Time: 7 p.m. Place: State Archives Building, 3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge

The environmental report -- formally known as the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Mississippi River Mainline Levees Enlargement and Seepage Control Berm Construction - has been distributed. The three-volume document is available for public review in these libraries in the New Orleans District area:

ð Baton Rouge: (1) East Baton Rouge Public Library, 7911 Goodwood Boulevard. (2) State Library of Louisiana, Louisiana Section, 760 North 3rd Street. ð Donaldsonville: Ascension Parish Public Library, 500 Mississippi Street. ð New Orleans: (1) New Orleans Public Library, 219 Loyola Avenue. (2) Library, New Orleans District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 7400 Leake Avenue.

The levee improvements involve an ongoing project of raising deficient levee sections and controlling seepage between Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Venice, La. The draft environmental impact statement will cover the remainder of the project beginning Oct. 1, 1998. The cost for the remaining work is $650 million.

The draft supplemental environmental impact statement was a component of a consent decree between the Corps and several environmental groups. The decree resulted from a lawsuit filed by the the Mississippi River Basin Alliance, the Sierra Club and others, challenging the Corps' levee-improvement plans. Changes made as a result include, among other things, a reduction to 4,800 from 11,600 acres of the bottomland hardwood areas from which material would be borrowed to strengthen the levees. Borrow areas would total 16 acres in the New Orleans District, which begins at Old River, near Morganza, La.

The Baton Rouge meeting will be the last of six. Others are being held in Cape Girardeau, Mo., March 16; Blytheville, Ark., March 17; Greenville, Miss., March 18; Lake Providence, La., March 19, and Natchez, Miss., March 30. -- 30 -

ADDITIONAL CONTACT: Patty K. Elliott, 601-631-5053 Vicksburg District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/releases/levees.HTM

[Doe Eyes]

I need the link to the thread on Free Republic that shows Clinton Cut the Levee budget during his term.

At this point, the most important thing is to blame this on Clinton.

[Tarheel]

Thanks--Cinncinati Enquirer.

[theophilusscribe]

This it?


Bill Clinton did not sign for the improvements & money requested by the Army Corp of Engineers & LA to make them. Source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474591/posts?page=77#77
THE REQUEST WAS DENIED BY WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON. For those interested in the details, they are available in the FEDERAL REGISTER as a matter of permanent record. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474414/posts