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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

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To: RDTF

More like 48. They started going in Sunday afternoon. Wet and hot and stinky is not fun.


1,681 posted on 08/30/2005 11:24:24 AM PDT by oldleft
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To: jeffers

good post. never knew the proportions. we had a cistern for years in back yard. just poured in a bottle on occasion. great system huh? thanks jeffers


1,682 posted on 08/30/2005 11:24:25 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your s God is!)
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To: WoodstockCat

Don't know, she was on phone. Now watching CNN.


1,683 posted on 08/30/2005 11:24:26 AM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: SuperSonic
One man, who had about 10 pairs of jeans draped over his left arm, was asked if he was salvaging things from his store. "No," the man shouted, "that's EVERYBODY'S store." It sure would suck if the water rose and he was weighted down by ten pairs of soggy jeans.

SD

1,684 posted on 08/30/2005 11:24:28 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SuperSonic

Well, that will generate a lot of sympathy for them, won't it?


1,685 posted on 08/30/2005 11:24:31 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: Txsleuth

So incredibly sad...


1,686 posted on 08/30/2005 11:24:37 AM PDT by EX52D
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To: rwfromkansas

I can believe it. Local news does not get a punch nationwide. If the MSM ignores "Rumors" then the shepple go to sleep.


1,687 posted on 08/30/2005 11:24:39 AM PDT by Revel
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To: SE Mom

"To: jeffers

Basically he said everywhere you look is total destruction.

He went into the village and showed the insides of shops -doors and windows blown out- piles of debris everywhere.

If I see/hear more info on it I'll let you know.
"

That actually sounds like good news. Storm driven surge usually doesn't leave much standing.


1,688 posted on 08/30/2005 11:24:55 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Pre-storm estimates for this scenario - 10 weeks to six months.


1,689 posted on 08/30/2005 11:25:20 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: Howlin

it is real bad...


1,690 posted on 08/30/2005 11:25:33 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: Gone GF
That's what family and neighbors are for. What do you think people did in New Orleans before there was any such thing as FEMA, the Red Cross, the National Guard, 911, etc.?

I'm always amazed at the number of so-called "conservatives" who instinctively expect The State to take care of every aspect of our lives in difficult times like this.

1,691 posted on 08/30/2005 11:25:41 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
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To: cwiz24

"Worried that the Causeway Bridge may look undamaged, but may be invisibly structurally unsound."

I heard somewhere this morning that indeed, there are a few spots that will need repairing and will take a few weeks. Sorry, don't remember where I heard/read that, so take it for what's it worth.


1,692 posted on 08/30/2005 11:26:35 AM PDT by LibSnubber (Please ping me with any information on SLIDELL - missing half of my family)
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To: Rebelbase
From wwltv.com

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.

1,693 posted on 08/30/2005 11:26:46 AM PDT by WoodstockCat (Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!)
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To: NautiNurse

Re return estimate: Thanks. Nice screen name. And thanks for setting up these threads.


1,694 posted on 08/30/2005 11:26:48 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: All

Updates as they come in on Katrina

01:09 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 30, 2005


Tom Planchet



1:08 P.M. - "I'm very hopeful, with the devastation we've had, that the number (of deaths) will be much more reasonable than people think. There are not thousands of people floating around." -- Terry Ebbert, New Orleans' homeland security chief.


1:05 P.M. - (AP) -- With much of the city emptied by Hurricane Katrina, some opportunists took advantage of the situation by looting stores.

At a Walgreen's drug store in the French Quarter, people were running out with grocery baskets and coolers full of soft drinks, chips and diapers. When police finally showed up, a young boy stood in the door screaming, "86! 86!" -- the radio code for police -- and the crowd scattered.


Around the corner on Canal Street, the main thoroughfare in the central business district, people sloshed headlong through hip-deep water as looters ripped open the steel gates on the front of several clothing and jewelry stores. One man, who had about 10 pairs of jeans draped over his left arm, was asked if he was salvaging things from his store. "No," the man shouted, "that's EVERYBODY'S store."


12:55 P.M. - N.O. Mayor Ray Nagin says rescue operations with boats are continuing.


12:50 P.M. - St. John Parish hospital closed at this time. Water working but must be boiled. Parish president Nickie Monica asks residents who have evacuated to stay out. Good News, no major structural damage. Monica says schools and offices closed until further notice. He asks that St. John Parish be made a priority to be used as a staging area for other parishes that suffered worse fates. 911 not working...EMERGENCIES IN ST. JOHN PARISH...1-985-652-6338, 1-985-536-2112...west bank 1-985-497-3321.


12:45 P.M. - Reports of looting in downtown New Orleans of drugstores. Reports people rushing out with grocery carts of food, soft drinks and diapers. Ripped open steel gates at some Canal Street stores taking clothing.


12:44 P.M. - (AP) The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port did NOT suffer major damage as a result of Hurricane Katrina. And a port official says the flow of oil could resume within "a matter of hours" once its power supply is restored.


12:41 P.M. - Rescue efforts a priority. Clearing infrastructure to hospitals. Most streets blocked by pine trees. Slidell - A Hampton Inn on Old Spanish Trail with 20 feet. Fifteen feet of water downtown. One Slidell hospital had to be evacuated, the others are at maximum capacity.


1,695 posted on 08/30/2005 11:27:29 AM PDT by flutters (God Bless The USA)
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To: RDTF
I'm watching as well.

One Helicopter and a few men to rescue all those people. Amazing courage.

sw

1,696 posted on 08/30/2005 11:27:36 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: The Toll

Fox just had on a reporter from Gulfport/Biloxi...and showed where whole 2 story townhome and condominiums were GONE...just wiped out.


1,697 posted on 08/30/2005 11:28:05 AM PDT by Txsleuth (Arlington Texas --- Next home of the Dallas Cowboys...going more broke every second.)
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To: Alberta's Child; Admin Moderator

Words fail me to respond to this.


1,698 posted on 08/30/2005 11:28:09 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: john316

Appreciate it and thanks.


1,699 posted on 08/30/2005 11:28:15 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: SE Mom

"To: Howlin

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

Agreed. I did the math myself and posted the results last night and STILL don't believe it.


1,700 posted on 08/30/2005 11:28:22 AM PDT by jeffers
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