[cgk]

Updates as they come in on Katrina

12:31 PM CDT on Thursday, September 1, 2005

Tom Planchet

12:30 P.M. - WWL-TV: Charity Hospital is almost finished evacuating all their patients. Minimal food and water remains.

12:28 P.M. - (AP): Dozens of post offices were closed and mail service was suspended in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. But officials said they are working to get mail to people. Click here.

[WoodstockCat]

12:30 P.M. - WWL-TV: Charity Hospital is almost finished evacuating all their patients. Minimal food and water remains.

That leaves staff correct?

[Petronski]

12:30 P.M. - WWL-TV: Charity Hospital is almost finished evacuating all their patients. Minimal food and water remains.

Thank GOD for that! Those people volunteered, and they were in dire straits...it was Mad Max time outside the hospital last night.