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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
Now I know those pumps aren't normally under water but they COULD BE, witness right now.
Perhaps it's too simplistic but the pump that brings me water hangs right in the water. So it is possible, No?
But hey, it's too late now.
Aren't you in Baton Rouge? How are things there?
Whoops - meant Weeks Bay, the second time.
Ambulance crews are missing. Those first responders are true heroes. In every sense of the word.
Been watching those houses burn in NO in close neighborhoods with no way to put them out, could easily jump to entire neighborhoods.
Southern Baptist food kitchens were some of the first to show up. They were trying to figure out where to start cooking and distributing food.
Broadwater Beach Hotel, Mary Mahoneys?
"Yesterday Rush was P***in' and Moanin' about all the erroneous "doom and gloom" predictions."
Nobody should be making political hay out of this disaster...on either side. Rush can be an idiot at times. I suspect he'll be a little more subdued today.
Katrina is not a political issue. It is a natural disaster. All sniping, from either side, should be promptly repudiated by all sensible human beings.
The rumor is that Riverridge is damaged, but apparently somewhat less damaged than other areas.
Are there any streaming stations in New Orleans?
I think another problem is that the pumps are ELECTRIC. No electricity = no pumps.
Let me add my thanks to those from others to you for running this multi-thread on Katrina. Good work. And thanks to JR and the tech team for keeping the servers up and running with all the repeated refreshes. FR in a situation like this is probably the best news aggregator around.
Biloxi links at top of thread.
"What I don't understand is I have a pump that works under water."
Your pump probably runs on electricity. If the electricity is off, your pump won't work.
The large pumps on the levees, however, run on Diesel, for the most part. Diesel engines don't run underwater, either.
It's a real problem.
Here are some community-minded citizens in NO doing their part to 'recover.'
http://www.nola.com/hurricane/katrina/pdf/083005_a19.pdf
"Did anyone see the clip last night of Chris Matthews calling the gulf coast "The Redneck Riviera?"
Not to excuse that a-hole Matthews, but even the folks who go there (primarily Gulf Shores AL) call it that - and proudly.
Yep, I remember Ken "The Snake" Stabler used to call it that also.
BREAKING- Marshall law has been declared IN NOLA- per FOX
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