Katrina Live Thread, Part X

Various ^ | 30 August 2005

[NautiNurse]

Catastrophic damage occurred to Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Major bridges are destroyed. Mobile AL suffered its worst flooding in 90 years. In New Orleans, a large section of concrete levee broke last night. Water continues to rise, threatening, among many things, Tulane Hospital with 1000 patients. New Orleans officials: Do not attempt to return to the city at this time if you evacuated. It is too dangerous.

Sun-Herald Gulfport MS

WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula

Gulfport News via Topix.net WAFB Baton Rouge

Slidell, Mandeville, and Covington Updates Warning: website is overloaded due to heavy traffic

Mobile Register via al.com

Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger

Lafayette LA Daily Advertiser

Pensacola News Journal

[apackof2]

TX troopers sealed off the border yesterday

Thanks for the information...has this ever been done before in the US?

[PhiKapMom]

That last shot at Texas was out of line. People from this part of the Country give more than others when a tragedy strikes any of our neighbors. Take your immigration comments and go find another one of many threads.

[stlnative]

I think Katrina has already gave them their "fine" - they no longer have a home, any personal belongings - maybe even "fined" with the death of a relative or they no longer have a job.

[cajungirl]

Good idea,,,we need three or four threads. One for blame, one for engineering and dam info, one for comfort and one for the picture now, what is open, what is underwater, etc.

[Not A Snowbird]

Looting food and hardware doesn't bother me.

Looting grandma's jewelry and TV set does.

[mhking]

Wow! They're sending the USS Iwo Jima?

I don't have confirmation on this yet.

[TXBSAFH]

Prayers from TX.

[KJC1]

WDSU reported an hour or so ago that Tulane Medical Center was going to be moving patients to the Superdome because the flooding would be causing the generator to kick out. The reporters also said that all of the hospitals in New Orleans were operating on emergency generators.

[Peach]

Conditions didn't deteriorate in the sky. I could see if LE needed to use those media planes, but that's not happening.

[Mo1]

Thanks for the update

Stay safe, Onyx

[Abigail Adams]

It has been reported from several sources that Slidell was badly hit.

[Peach]

Thanks for the update on onyx.

[Howlin]

Evacuating a couple of million people from a major metropolitan area is no easy feat -- and is damn near impossible without starting weeks in advance.

Actually, all the plans that have been worked up say it can be done in 72 hours.

That is, of course, if you IMPLEMENT the plan.

As far as I can see, the NO plan was "It Will Turn."

[Smogger]

They would have had to drag me kicking and screaming into the Superdome. Get myself trapped in there? No way.

I have to agree. It's easy for people to sit here and say if they were poor and living in a home somewhere they would abandon their meager belongings and wander over to the Superdome, but I can't say that I would.

[the Deejay]

Well, whatever ships we have available
should be sent to NO. It's imperative
to get people outta there & off to
FL/NC/anywhere else.

[NautiNurse]

cajungirl - we are elated to know you are safe.

[EBH]

Live stream now from http://www.wwltv.com/

[ContemptofCourt]

wwl-tv

[El Laton Caliente]

I've seen speculation by the Army Corp that it could take weeks to months to remap and dredge the Mississippi River channel after this is over. And "over" includes the flood coming down the Mississippi that hasn't happened yet. It is possible that the mouth of the river has moved as this is the kind of event that does it.