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Katrina Live Thread, Part X
Various ^ | 30 August 2005

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.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricane; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; prayanddonate; tropical
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To: Alberta's Child

But if they had evacuated as many people as they could have, then they wouldn't be wasting this time going around looking for people.


1,481 posted on 08/30/2005 10:55:05 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: LibSnubber

I hope that's all it is...I don't know how I could broadcast with such gravitas while not knowing the status of my own family. She (and all other reporters) should be commended for their devotion to getting info out.


1,482 posted on 08/30/2005 10:55:07 AM PDT by cwiz24 (I worked very hard on this tagline.)
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To: rolling_stone

Thank you. It's good to not have to go through this alone.
LS


1,483 posted on 08/30/2005 10:55:08 AM PDT by LibSnubber (Please ping me with any information on SLIDELL - missing whole family)
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To: NautiNurse; All
Scarey part is, that pic is several hours old.

The engineers among us can provide the tech details, but all that water moving past the breached/ragged earth edges is just gonna make it worse as the day progresses.

Btw, someone else posted the original link to that pic.
I'd happily give 'em credit, but (typically) don't remember who and it was way upthread somewhere...

1,484 posted on 08/30/2005 10:55:13 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: LibSnubber
Can anyone give me any information about Houma, Louisiana, we have friends that own a nice restaurant in Houma, and would like to know the codition of that little town. Thank you very much..
1,485 posted on 08/30/2005 10:55:23 AM PDT by BooBoo1000 (Some times I wake up grumpy, other times I let her sleep/)
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To: Petronski

Just think of the raw sewage that will be floating around and getting into everything! No one should be out in it.


1,486 posted on 08/30/2005 10:55:24 AM PDT by Saundra Duffy (Never forget Terri Schindler)
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To: Alberta's Child

Alberta's Child posted:

"We may not have even seen the worst of it. With the remnants of the hurricane making her way up along
the west side of the Appalachian Mountains through Ohio, the storm run-off will be making its way down
the Mississippi for days."

I think it's important to note that I have not seen any reports of breaches in the Mississippi River levees. Right now this isn't important as the entire area is inundated, but if they hold, the levels in NO may well stay below those in the River in the coming days.


1,487 posted on 08/30/2005 10:55:44 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: Txsleuth

OMG, this is where they're bringing the rescued people, as well. They need to get boats there ASAP to rescue the rescued. God bless and protect these workers who are risking their lives to go find and save people.


1,488 posted on 08/30/2005 10:55:57 AM PDT by shezza (God Bless Our Troops)
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To: Petronski

LOL---thanks for the laugh!


1,489 posted on 08/30/2005 10:56:14 AM PDT by Txsleuth (Arlington Texas --- Next home of the Dallas Cowboys...going more broke every second.)
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To: easonc52
I was just watching MSNBC and saw footage of the beach area in Gulfport/Biloxi. I recognized the MS Power building. It is still standing but looks gutted on the garage/first floor level.
The building that is sitting on HWY 90 is a casino which would not have been anything more then a floating barge so it being in the middle of the road is not surprising...shocking but not surprising.
What took my breath away was the footage coming into Gulfport cause I know that was towards Long Beach where my dad's house is (or was perhaps).....my God. There is nothing...nothing. Not boards, not lumber....only slabs of concrete. You can not even see HWY 90. It looks like it is just covered in sand and dirt and debris. No wonder no one has heard from Long Beach. There is no way to get in there unless you fly a copter.
1,490 posted on 08/30/2005 10:56:27 AM PDT by 4everontheRight (Born/raised on MS beaches (SC now)...Criminals feed on the indulgence of society's understanding)
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To: dirtboy
Which means that everything that was in the sewer lines was pushed into the Superdome ahead of the floodwaters.

They have 48 hours to get everyone out of there. 72 max before serious disease outbreaks happen and folks start going insane.

WOW. It just seems to get worse.

1,491 posted on 08/30/2005 10:56:34 AM PDT by Black Tooth
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To: RDTF

(And then this morning when I was getting ready for work I saw Robin Roberts bawling on ABC. )


Robin Roberts is originally from that area...Mississippi, I believe. She played college basketball at Southeastern Louisiana Univ in Hammond.


1,492 posted on 08/30/2005 10:56:42 AM PDT by Not A Democrat
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To: NautiNurse; tomkat

Notice the car on the bridge? Supose it is moving?

I assume the breech is above the bridge in the picture where the white top of the levee is missing?

Doesn't look like a 3000 pound sandbag is going to do anything to slow that gash down unfortunately.


1,493 posted on 08/30/2005 10:57:07 AM PDT by IamConservative (The true character of a man is revealed in what he does when no one is looking.)
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To: RummyChick

So will the fundies - blaming it on Mardi Gras excesses. We are no different than the cave folk who blamed every natural catastrophe on human behavior or the whims of deities. Add global warming to that list, too.


1,494 posted on 08/30/2005 10:57:11 AM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: Steve_Seattle

They just need to get more people like Brit Hume. Brit is always professional. He doesn't get emotional, and he is always balanced. It seems like Fox could hire more people like him.


1,495 posted on 08/30/2005 10:57:20 AM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: jeffers

I don't think the Mississippi river is a worry. They have all those flood gates and the river is low now anyway.


1,496 posted on 08/30/2005 10:57:32 AM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: BooBoo1000
Can anyone give me any information about Houma, Louisiana, we have friends that own a nice restaurant in Houma, and would like to know the codition of that little town.

Houma made out okay. Mostly just minor structural damage and tree problems. I talked to my sister yesterday. It was scary but they lucked out big time. "Hot as Hell" after the storm they say.

1,497 posted on 08/30/2005 10:57:35 AM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Txsleuth; Torie
Bush needs to enlist Rudy Guiliani...he knows how to run a catastophe scene

At the very least, they should get the Disney people in there; they know how to move large numbers of people. :-)

1,498 posted on 08/30/2005 10:57:49 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: NautiNurse
Boil for one hour?

Okay - I've boiled a fair amount of drinking water in my time, and I'm not aware of anything that takes boiling for an hour to kill. Anyone know the purpose of this?

1,499 posted on 08/30/2005 10:57:50 AM PDT by lugsoul ("She talks and she laughs." - Tom DeLay)
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To: MplsSteve

The Corps keeps full time dredging equipment in the mouth / delta area because of shifting sand bars and shoals. With the storm surge, large waves and rain caused flooding there is a HUGE mass of sediment moving around right now. Moving ships in at this time may just mean more people in need of resque.


1,500 posted on 08/30/2005 10:58:00 AM PDT by El Laton Caliente (NRA Member & GUNSNET.NET Moderator)
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