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Posted on 08/30/2005 6:51:27 AM PDT by 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.
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
Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger
CNN has reporter on said that a man jumped in the SUmper Dome to commit suicide.
Prayers for your family members' safety. There is nothing worse than not knowing anything, followed closely being helpless to do anything about it. Hang in there.
These people should have been expending that kind of effort to get to higher ground. They'll probably pay for that lack of discretion dearly. All for some soggy clothing and jewelry.
I missed it. Why did she cut her off?
WWL reported five feet in the downtown area right now but water is still flowing into the city from the breech.
OMG!
No, its not. I remember them saying on the news before the storm hit that it was on relatively high ground. Look at an NO topo map. Its 5 or 8 feet above sea level--which is a ridge in NO. That means a lot of NO is much worse of--if there's 3 or 4 feet of water around the Dome, there's really deep water in most of the city.
What can I say? :-)
Yes. The man was playing Dominos, just stood up, told a couple of people below to look out, and just jumped to his death inside the Superdome!! How awful!
The LSU professor on WWL said St. Bernard Parish flooded to that depth in two hours yesterday.
He said the levees are 17 feet high, but the waves were 22 feet high.
Just the knowledge that I was trapped with no way to get to the outside would set my claustrophobia off in a major way.
well, that is better than what I thought it was...
Michael..your family will be in my prayers. I'm so sorry.
Just heard a story that the 17th street levee had just broken...any truth to this?
There is a huge difference between making disaster preparations and sending a man to the moon or fighting a major war. It's very easy to have a "can-do" attitude when you're dealing with something that doesn't have any cost limitations built into it. Disaster planning doesn't work that way, and in one odd respect you almost don't WANT it to work that way -- because entire cities could basically become uninhabitable if people are expected to evacuate the place several days before a potential catastrophe.
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html
Updates as they come in on Katrina
11:58 AM CDT on Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Tom Planchet
11:58 A.M. - Homeland security chief optimistic that 3,000 pound sandbags can plug 200 foot levee break at 17th Street Canal.
11:55 A.M. - Super Wal-Mart in Kenner open for supplies.
11:54 A.M. - Kenner mayor asking for more National Guard. Asks anyone with the guard to call 468-7200.
11:53 A.M. - Two dead in Slidell in rising waters after attempting to get back to their homes. The victims had initially evacuated.
11:52 A.M. - Entergy reports 1.1 million outages in Mississippi and Louisiana.
11:50 A.M. JP Sheriff asking anyone with a boat to bring it to Sam's Parking lot on Airline and Cleary to help with evacuations.
11:46 A.M. - (AP) The president asked individual Americans to get involved with the relief effort, suggesting anyone who wishes to help could call 1-800-HELPNOW, log on to the Red Cross Web site or get in touch with the Salvation Army.
11:44 A.M. - LSU becoming a major staging area for injured and evacuees. Campus allowing families of students to house with them. Making facilities available as "community responsibility" according to Chancellor Sean O'Keefe.
11:43 A.M. - Councilman Byron Lee of Jefferson Parish, "This is not life as it used to be. It's like a war zone."
11:39 A.M. (AP) - National Guardsmen brought in people from outlying areas to the Superdome in the backs of big 2 1/2-ton Army trucks. Louisiana's wildlife enforcement department also brought people in on the backs of their pickups. Some were wet, some were in wheelchairs, some were holding babies and nothing else.
11:35 A.M. - (AP) Downtown streets that were relatively clear in the hours after the storm were filled with 1 to 1 1/2 feet of water Tuesday morning. Water was knee-deep around the Superdome. Canal Street was literally a canal. Water lapped at the edge of the French Quarter. Clumps of red ants floated in the gasoline-fouled waters downtown.
11:28 A.M. - JP Councilman Chris Roberts: Three rescued from Grand Isle, according to Grand Isle Mayor.
11:26 A.M. - New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper evacuating offices.
11:21 A.M. (AP) - The White House says President Bush is cutting short his vacation to return to Washington to monitor the hurricane recovery efforts.
11:16 A.M. - Gretna Police Chief...some people south of Gretna Blvd. trapped in water in homes, waiting to be rescued, but believed safe. Several looters arrested, chief says about 50. Lots of debris, at least some structural damage in 95 to 98 percent of buildings. Water is off in Gretna due to barge that was hit and dumped diesel into water supply. Plenty of homes with structural damage...a few that have collapsed. As far as police chief knows, No deaths in Gretna, two minor injuries. Chief says looting has been mainly for groceries. Law enforcement given "whatever authority they need" to prevent looting of homes.
11:15 A.M. - Hospitals with no power and rising waters are bringing patients to the Superdome.
11:13 A.M. - Plaquemines Parish...if you are found on the street...will be arrested. Marshall law in effect. 60 percent of homes flooded. 50 people rescued.
I am still trying to understand what this levy breech means for N.O. It appears that lake P is draining into N.O. if so that may very well be a fatal blow.
Prayers for you and your family that they will be found okay.
Martial Law has been declared many, many times since WW2. Detroit riots, Newark riots, multiple LA riots, etc.
Listening to the cables, the reporters are just beginning to "get it."
Some of them are beginning to get quite edgy with the reporters in NO.
By tomorrow, there should be all out panic.
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