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

[Types_with_Fist]

Saw that. What was that about? She said "my God" and yanked off her headset.

[Petronski]

Wait for the disease indeed. Old-fashioned wrath-of-God stuff like typhus and dysentery and giardia and cryptosporidia.

Good Lord!

[BurbankKarl]

There are none...there is no power...the Mobile AL scanner, Gulfport scanners were both off last night....

I couldnt find a N.O. scanner online BEFORE the storm...and I have reports that the system isnt working that well as it is.

[jeffers]

flutters posted:

"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. "

Outside of the White House, FEMA, a few here and not many others, the scope of this has yet to be comprehended.

The media is just now figuring out that the bullet New Orleans "dodged", hit the Mississippi shore. They have yet to grasp that it then ricocheted back and is now in New Orleans again.

Be prepared for shocks today and tomorrow. Try to keep a positive attitude. No matter the damage, fear and panic will not help. This is the United States, and we will see this through.

[Steve_Seattle]

"The weather coverage on FOX has always been terrible, their coverage of this storm could be the beginning of the end of their supremecy in Cable News."

Fox is in trouble as long as it continues to allow Shepard Smith to cover major events. They should sack him and hire John Siegenthaler away from MSNBC.

[LibSnubber]

Anyone watching the livestream of WWL? It appears that Sally Ann Roberts, one of the anchors, has had her own emergency. And is walking off the set. God be with them. Please keep me posted of any Slidell news, please...

[cwiz24]

I guess her sister called about something important...hope evrything's OK with her family.

[Dog]

Can I get a link to that coverage?

[dirtboy]

What is your opinion about the helicopters dropping 3,000 pound sand bags on the levee...will it work/help?

Basic hydrology indicates that by the time they get the sandbags in place, the lake and city water levels will have just about equalized.

Fixing the breech only allows pumping to begin at some point in the future. It will not halt complete flooding to lake level.

[easonc52]

Oh No! My dad was supposed to leave Long Beach and go to Hattiesburg...I have heard nothing from him since Saturday

Prayers for your dad.

All I'm going on is that Howlin spoke with onyx ealier (who is ok thank God), and onyx indicated that - Lots of trees stripped and down, but no major damage. at least at her house; she said Hattiesburg is devastated, according to the MS radio stations.

My dad couldn't get ahold of his sisters, but found out they survived (in Purvis, 12 miles SSW of Hattiesburg). Not much info other than a couple trees hit the house, but the important thing is they're alive.

Hope you here from your dad soon, but realize communication is difficult now.

[Types_with_Fist]

http://www.wwltv.com/.

[cwiz24]

http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_khou&props=livenoad

[Txsleuth]

Fox was interviewing Douglas Brinkley, who wrote John Kerry's biography...

He said his house and his friends houses by Tulane University, are fine...no damage.

[NautiNurse]

Per St. John Parish President via WDSU: St. John Parish: No major structure damage. Power not restored. No telephone service. Boil water order in effect. All schools and public offices are closed until further notice. Asking that St. Johns Parish be put on the priority list for power restoration so the location may be used as a relief command post/staging center. Hospital is closed. Curfew 7P - 6A

50-60% of homes with some minor damage (shingles/siding)

[SE Mom]

I'm thinking the same thing...Galveston 2005.

CNN is now showing Bay ST Louis...phenomenal..

[BurbankKarl]

Checking there is a report on radioreference.com, that the New Orleans area trunked system is down...which would explain why news is scarce.

This person quoted Fox News.

http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20149

[jimbergin]

Yes, I am watching it. It did not look good for her. Our prayers must be with her.

[EBH]

http://www.wwltv.com/

[rwfromkansas]

I presume even if they start now, it will take hours to get it truly plugged.

As fast as the water is rising, it won't make much of a difference whether they fix it or not.

Didn't we know about this since the middle of the night? Why was nothing done?

[ladyjane]

Keep watching the world. One of my side concerns is that an enemy (foreign or domestic) will try to pull something while we are justifiably gazing at our national navel.

My fear as well.