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

[jeffers]

Agreed.

I-10 is off the map into NO from the east in short term recovery efforts, but it does begin to illustrate the record surge.

[Dog Gone]

There have been several mentions of the declaration of Martial Law in New Orleans;

Haven't seen a link, but I saw it on both Fox and CNN.

[LibWrangler]

11:28 A.M. - JP Councilman Chris Roberts: Three rescued from Grand Isle, according to Grand Isle Mayor.

[Heatseeker]

Official via WWL-TV: water plant is working, just no distribution. Pumps (in Jefferson Parish I think) now working.

[Frank_Discussion]

I thought the Superdome was being evac'ed?! What's going to happen if they stack it full of people and the flooding continues?

[NittanyLion]

Unfortunately, too many folks only know how to say why something cannot be done, instead of just working through it and accomplishing something, even if it only gets you 80 percent there. Because now the evacuation process is much, MUCH more difficult - and the clock is ticking before fresh water runs out and diseases break out.

Yep. So now we're deploying limited resources to evacuate 100K people, when we should've been directing those same resources at far fewer people. It slows down the overall effort, because SAR folks are spread too thin.

[mware]

John explained to me what he was referring too. I sent my apologies for my post.

[ladyjane]

Last night there was a long discussion about that video, the Winn Dixie looting and looting in general. It got VERY heated with a few freepers saying it was justified. A number of people got sent to the corner.

[bwteim]

For those able, here is request from Houma Today

http://www.houmatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=weather02

August 30. 2005 12:44PM

Help needed and free water available

HELP NEEDED

Got a boat? Volunteers with boats are needed to help with relief and rescue efforts in flood-stricken New Orleans. Call organizers at (225) 925-7500.

Civic Center volunteers: Volunteers may be needed to help staff the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, which was preparing to handle potentially hundreds of refugees from New Orleans. Watch houmatoday.com for further announcements, as plans were tentative earlier today.

[LibWrangler]

It was linked in this thread earlier. It is confirmed.

[oldleft]

The post was about party affiliation, and who cares at this point?

[watchwoman]

Well said!

[Jim Noble]

if WE, sitting here at our keyboards days in advance, can figure some of this stuff out, why in the world can't the people who are PAID to figure this stuff out can't figure it out.

The municipal officals of NO (and it's not just NO) are usually amiable boobs, experienced in saying "yes" and it getting the money later from others.

This disaster could have happened in any major city which did not have Rudy Giuliani and his crew running it.

If Boston could get Cat V hurricanes, you would have seen the idiot Menino babbling while the Back Bay and Fenway disappeared beneath the waves.

The people who are PAID to figure this out are the wrong people, and it's the fault of the voters.

[mhking]

This is now a Okalahoma station leading me to believe the Jackson station may have been knocked offline.

Sounds like it - I'm looking for another link...

[Heatseeker]

Further to my last: Jefferson Parish official says no one allowed back in before Monday AM.

[King Prout]

thanks for that info.

[Quilla]

So glad to see you posting. Hope your family and friends fare well through this incredible event. God bless you all.

[Types_with_Fist]

Switching to WWL-TV.

That feed has been fading in and out but you can still get the gist of what's going on. BTW, I'm not sure who provided the link farther back but... thank you!

[Hildy]

Whew...I tried calling and couldn't get through. Thanks for the update. The guy on FOX was just reporting from Vicksburg and said it was pretty bad so I got scared again and tried calling, again. This is just horrible.

[cajungirl]

I can't explain it,but looting and its rights and wrongs just doesn't hit my radar this morning. I really don't care.

This is shocking, this entire thing, it is just unbelievable.