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Posted on 09/02/2005 3:03:06 PM PDT by NautiNurse
< Sorry this is so long.....and maybe not the thread to post it on.....forgive me, I just wanted to tell what it is like. :-) >
Don't apologize. This is wonderful.
Beautiful account. Please share lots more.
People like you and other FReepers volunteering at shelters and opening their homes to the evacuees are what makes America great.
This is the perfect place to post it- and I agree- share more!
A flooded house in New Orleans is worth zero. It was totalled before the fire, so no coverage.
Your story is so wonderful to read. Thank you for volunteering and for telling your story!
thanks and do share more.
Yes, Kathleen, in honor of the esteemed Gov. Blanco!
Ya'll reporting on MSNBC and CNN have much stronger stomachs than I do.
I've sworn off their coverage for the duration..as Michael Corleone would say "you're dead to me now".
Sure like to hear more of HER stories. Not just "Katrina" ones, either.
Entergy to move corporate office to Miss.
9/4/2005, 5:53 p.m. CT
The Associated Press
CLINTON, Miss. (AP) — Entergy Corporation announced Sunday that it will move its corporate offices to Mississippi during the cleanup from Hurricane Katrina
"New Orleans is Entergy's home and we are absolutely dedicated to the city's reconstruction and resurrection," J. Wayne Leonard, the company's chief executive officer, said in a statement. "We intend to return home. Our ability to do that depends, of course, on a number of factors over which we do not have complete control."
Leonard said those include restoration of New Orleans' infrastructure, any repairs that may be necessary to the buildings Entergy occupied before Hurricane Katrina crippled much of the city on Aug. 29 and a return to order in the city after a week of violence and civil unrest.
The corporate offices will be located in an office complex in Clinton, located west of Jackson.
"Although we deeply regret the circumstances, Mississippi is proud to host Entergy's corporate headquarters, even if only temporarily," Gov. Haley Barbour said in a statement.
Leonard said Entergy employees who normally work in downtown New Orleans — including those on the corporate and transmission staffs — will either work in Clinton or in facilities around the New Orleans suburbs and company locations in Little Rock, Houston, Texas and Beaumont, Texas.
Entergy's utility-parent division includes the company's regulated utilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
No power, and the generator broke after a few hours (valve or something). But they have canned goods and a spring on the property (if the purchased water runs out).
They have a fan hooked up to a car battery for my ailing aunt to make her more comfortable. They're able to get into town, but gas is hardly available (wait in line to find out there's no more).
Main thing is they're alive and ok.
It's intended to humiliate the Bush administration, as it keeps the time elapsed since Katrina landfall, and therefore the extent of relief since then.
Mayor Orders Evacuation Of New Orleans As Katrina Approaches
"Mayor Ray Nagin ordered an immediate evacuation Sunday for all of New Orleans, a city sitting below sea level with 485,000 inhabitants, as Hurricane Katrina bore down with wind revved up to nearly 175 mph and a threat of a massive storm surge.
Acknowledging that large numbers of people, many of them stranded tourists, would be unable to leave before the eye of the storm strikes land sometime Monday morning, the city set up 10 places of last resort including the Superdome arena.
President Bush urged people living in the path of Katrina to take the storm extremely seriously and follow orders to evacuate to higher ground.
A day after declaring an emergency for Louisiana, Bush declared an emergency for the state of Mississippi.
"We cannot stress enough the danger this hurricane poses to Gulf Coast communities," Bush told reporters on his ranch in Crawford, Texas."
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Please continue to share your stories. I need to hear the good stuff once in awhile. I'm becoming frustrated with all the MSM bashing.
Insurance does not cover "civil unrest"
Arson, theft, looting etc during a declared state of emergency are not covered by insurance.
Remember the businesses in LA during the Rodney King riots? They were SOL.
There are insurance companies that will personalize P&C coverage for you but your run of the mill insurance company offers generic coverage. Read the fine print before you sign.
Reuters hired their latest reporters straight off DU.
ah, thanks...BTW..see you on the threads Tuesday..have you seen any schedule for the CJ funeral?
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