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

[cwiz24]

I don't mind the getting emotional part. It makes it real. It's human nature.

[Torie]

My guess is that the water will not rise any further. Everything below sea level is under water, and the water in NO is even with the water in Lake Ponchartrain. Canel street is about at sea level, rising to five feet in the last few blocks near the river, although the topo maps are 20 years old, and NO may have sunk a bit.

[NautiNurse]

Thanks-added that link for the next thread

[TonyInOhio]

I think it's important to note that I have not seen any reports of breaches in the Mississippi River levees.

One of the LSU professors on WWL earlier said the Mississippi levees have held, and he seemed to think that they were not in danger.

[mhking]

8000 people died in galveston....anyone thinking this will remotely approach this is wrong..

I pray you are right, but I'm not as confident of that as you obviously are.

[Frank_Discussion]

Glad to know I'm not alone in that concern. We have to trust that our concerns in other situations are being met and defended.

[AppyPappy]

So will the fundies

Feel free to gag yourself.

[areafiftyone]

I even ended up watching Anderson Cooper's coverage yesterday. I hate to say it but CNN has been on the ball. Fox News better pick up or they are going to be overtaken!

[markman46]

I saw that as well,they also showed a flooding model they worked up

[mvpel]

breech: 3 : the part of a firearm at the rear of the barrel

BREACH 2 a : a broken, ruptured, or torn condition or area b : a gap (as in a wall) made by battering

A friend who used to live in NOLA reports that the breach pictured above may be in one of the canals used to pump water out of the city, if his memory serves.

[jeffers]

Thx.

[Torie]

If what I say is true, dropping sand bags on the breaches in the levees is a waste of time, and asinine.

[cajungirl]

Did the governor say boil for an hour? If she did, don't listen, she is kind of dumb.

Did anyone see the reporter, I think from CNN, at Jackson square talking about how Andrew Jackson helped liberate the city of NO from the French?

My husband looked at me and sort of chuckled.

[Quilla]

I'm feeling guilty about being high and dry in Nevada.

I know exactly how you feel. I'm feeling a little guilt myself. My father is from Franklin, LA and attended Loyola. He has always maintained an apartment in the Garden District and we visited New Orleans several times each year until he died in 1998. I've only been back once since then as it's been a bit painful to recall all the wonderful times we spent there. He left me the apartment and after watching all this devastation, pain, and personal loss, I don't have the heart to ask how my place is faring. It is so insignificant is the whole scheme of things.

Praying right along with you.

[NautiNurse]

Boil for one hour

Don't think there would be water left in the pot after an hour. Maybe that's the subtle message of the order.

[mware]

Jeff was denied access to the supedome.He rode out the storm at the W (JW?) Merriott, I think

[r9etb]

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?

Perhaps it's a way to boil volatile chemicals out of the water, but that sounds sketchy to me. Sounds mostly like a way to run out of fuel more quickly.

[luckystarmom]

Do you think there will be that many lives lost?

Physically this is just damaging, but I wonder about the fatalities. I hope people got out and are safe.

Of course, the true number of fatalities won't be known for months. People will die of diseases/starvation during the aftermath.

[Sleeping Freeper]

My brother in law's home flooded in Albany, GA a few years back, under 5-6 feet of water. The water stood for a few days and the entire neighborhood was condemned. I can't help but think there are going to be a lot of people if not most in N.O. that may have to think about relocating. As the LSU guys said a few minutes ago... "we're not talking days or weeks,... much longer". It will be months and possibly years before some areas are habitable, and most homes will need to be rebuilt that are under water.

[samantha]

You are exactly right. Mobilization happens with one phone call from those in charge that begin making preparations as soon as a potential storm is days away. Those in Broward County in 1992 plus City, County, State Supervisors were notified by around Noontime on Saturday while the Media still had it as not a threat. The Storm came in at around Daybreak on Monday Am almost 48 hours after we began Mobilization. There would have been many more lives lost than there were if so called responsible people had dropped the ball.