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Posted on 09/02/2005 3:03:06 PM PDT by NautiNurse
I hate the President Bush bashing also, but It might be tough for some of the southerners to survive in some of the northern states.
A whole different world of atmosphere and temperature etc.
Does anyone have a link to any article that confirms prisoners were released from NO jails because there was not evacuation plan? Thanks.
AMEN
Yes the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief is a great organization to give. They get in there and get the work done without worrying about who gets the credit.
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Doctors fear dysentery in Mississippi shelter
Last Updated Sat, 03 Sep 2005 22:43:08 EDT
CBC News
Officials closed a shelter in Biloxi, Miss., on Saturday because doctors think more than 20 ill people there may be sick with dysentery from tainted water.
An additional 20 people in Biloxi, not staying in the shelter, were treated for vomiting and diarrhea.
The shelter, at a Biloxi school, has had no water or power since Katrina hit on Monday. About 400 people had been staying there, and doctors said some may have ignored warnings to stay away from water.
Some running water came back on late Friday, but it was not safe to drink or even to use to wash with, said Dr. Jason Dees, a volunteer working at the Biloxi Regional Medical Center.
Most of the patients were treated with antibiotics. About 30 were taken to a hospital in Mobile, Ala., while the rest were bused to a shelter in Thomasville, Ga.
Biloxi police Cpl. Kayla Robert said she had no idea what caused the illnesses.
"Who knows what they swallowed before they got here," she said. "Half of them were swimming in stuff that we don't even know what it was."
We're tough here. They can teach those northern states how to cook. I used to live in the midwest for a while, they could use the infusion of flavor. ;)
The next phase of this disaster is beginning. I pray that they can contain this.
I don't think they were released anywhere on purpose. They were evacuated/rescued.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050903/APN/509030751
In our Sunday School class today was a young woman who grew up in our church. She is retired Air Force, her husband is Firefighter in Biloxi. She said that she teaches now at some military base, and she tells her students to NEVER go to NO because it's not safe. Before the hurricane.
I saw Florida is setting up a tent city in the Panhandle and 2 hospitals as well. Source: (WESH.com). I think many states are getting involved to absorb the evacuees.
I once worked for a woman in northern Virginia for whom mild taco sauce was too spicy for her palate. I told her we used to joke about 'you know you're a yankee if...Heinz ketchup is SPICY!' and she pondered, then said, "you know, it is kinda."
:)
That is one of the benefits for us here in Texas. The culinary prowess of Cajuns is welcomed. We will see a fusion of food. Chili con Gator and mudbug taco salad actually sound good!
It's even worse than dysentery. There may be tens of thousands dead in the Greater New Orleans Area. 90+ degree heat with stagnant, chemical water. Potential disease is a problem while the bodies remain in the water and afterward when they pump that filth out (which could take up to two months). Since they cannot bury in New Orleans -- even with mass graves -- they have to remove them for burial elsewhere. I imagine there have been few greater breeding areas for a variety of deadly diseases in the history of the world.
I stand amended - lol
WWL-TV - showing footage of an old USAF UH-1 SAR chopper performing rescue, Miami-Dade Police Aerospatiale copter with a VERY large infrared/camera pod on its nose flying around surveying.
Live feed just showed a helicopter rescue of 2 males and their dog from a rooftop.
Now they are trying to lift out another man nearby.
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