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

[SE Mom]

FOX now- Rick Leventhal in Biloxi- UNBELIEVABLE- tidal surge damage

[ContemptofCourt]

Agree....I did not realize how many town were in that Parish....potential for huge loss of life.

[nicmarlo]

CNN should receive special accolades for helping these poor people.

And those who are looting should be shot.

They have completely disgraced the word "American."

[the Deejay]

Yes, I do think his name is RICK.

I was captivated watching and listening!

[Howlin]

I am almost positive I heard early on that the casinos moved their money out on Sunday.

[LibWrangler]

Slammed by runaway oil platform, Mobile bridge still closed

Associated Press


MOBILE, Ala. - One of Alabama's largest bridges, a key route for hazardous waste shipments along the Gulf Coast, remained closed Tuesday after a huge oil platform broke free of its moorings in Hurricane Katrina and struck it.
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/12509410.htm

[Torie]

I don't know how that is possible. That would mean the water is 14 to 20 feet above sea level.

[randita]

The cruise ships already come with their own tender craft.

Not to mention enough lifeboat space for everyone on board the ship. A tender could haul a bunch of lifeboats behind it and get some able bodied young fellas to volunteer to leave the stinking confines of the Superdome to row some folks (and themselves) out to the cruise boat. Or the tender could pull a few of the lifeboats out. Or maybe the lifeboats are equipped with motors - don't know.

If worse comes to worse, couldn't a bunch of inflatable rafts be air dropped in?

[technochick99]

STOLE GUNS & BULLETS! Now, THOSE A TRUE NECESSITIES! (/sarcasm)

Starting up on this thread too, huh? Since there are NO POLICE and civil unrest is present ---> breakdown of law and order, YES, I would take those too. (Of course, I would pay for the ammo later, and return the guns...) But maybe you can drop it on this thread, huh?

[LibSnubber]

Happy and relieved to share that hubby's side of family is finally able to call and will be showing up soon at relatives houses in TX and maybe some will come here - waiting to find out more.

Still waiting to hear something from my family (Metairie and Slidell).

[blu]

Thanks. For a person who hates driving over bridges (hard to work the pedals and the steering wheel with your feet off the floor and your hands on the ceiling ya know!) that was the longest bridge I'd even been on...it went forever!!

[Howlin]

It is bad.

[Pearls Before Swine]

If its a month in Jefferson, how long is the time out likely to be in Orleans Parish?

[RDTF]

I am riveted watching this rescue on Fox right now! I feel so much joy for these people. So many are not so lucky.

[jeffers]

"To: jeffers
The key right now, is how high the surface of Lake P. is relative to normal.

4.5 inches higher than normal, down from seven above at 10:30 yesterday. It may have gone higher the sensors went off line."

The 17th street Canal breach image indicated the lake side is still a little higher than that. Hard to tell but the water appears to be halfway up the boat ramp?, parking lot?

[sarasota]

The images I saw an hour ago showed total devastation in many areas. Shipping containers (the huge ones carried by semi's) were thrown inland, and they looked like a train pile-up. Buildings completely leveled.

[advance_copy]

That FNC video showed entire multi-story buildings that had just vanished.

[SE Mom]

Wow

[flutters]

From WWL: Jeff Parish President. Residents will probably be allowed back in town in a week, with identification only, but only to get essentials and clothing. You will then be asked to leave and not come back for one month.

[Spiff]

But Dog, what I am saying is even those of us who live down here knew of the possiblity but we thought NO had dodged the bullet. Alot of us were in the same position so you can hardly blame Shep. I don't like Shep but I won't call him a moron over that. He may be a moron for other reasons but not that.

First, I don't like Shep and I don't watch Fox News when his show is on. So, I'm not a fan.

That being said, cajungirl is right. All Shep had to go on was what he was seeing with his own eyes. He didn't see much damage in the French Quarter and it was not flooding yet. He heard about the slight jog the hurricane took to the East and knew it was not a direct hit. In the hotel, the middle of the aftermath of the hurricane, without power, water, etc., Shep didn't have the resources we have of live satellite and cable TV and 24/7 updates on the internet. I'm cutting Shep some slack on this one.