Some good news
WWL
Updates as they come in on Katrina
09:15 AM CDT on Thursday, September 1, 2005
Tom Planchet
9:15 A.M. - Gordon Burgess, Tangipahoa President: Some electrical power throughout the parish
North Oaks Hospital is operating, part of Pontchatula is working, but Amite has no power
No loss of life due to the storm
Advises residents to stay out of the parish to allow all relief effort to go unimpeded.
one guy is cutting out bad on the radio
They are looking for confirmation that the first 10 buses has made it pass the toll booth area - not sure if he confirmed this yet or not.