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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.
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
Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger
More like 48. They started going in Sunday afternoon. Wet and hot and stinky is not fun.
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
Don't know, she was on phone. Now watching CNN.
SD
Well, that will generate a lot of sympathy for them, won't it?
So incredibly sad...
I can believe it. Local news does not get a punch nationwide. If the MSM ignores "Rumors" then the shepple go to sleep.
"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.
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That actually sounds like good news. Storm driven surge usually doesn't leave much standing.
Pre-storm estimates for this scenario - 10 weeks to six months.
it is real bad...
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.
"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.
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.
Re return estimate: Thanks. Nice screen name. And thanks for setting up these threads.
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.
One Helicopter and a few men to rescue all those people. Amazing courage.
sw
Fox just had on a reporter from Gulfport/Biloxi...and showed where whole 2 story townhome and condominiums were GONE...just wiped out.
Words fail me to respond to this.
Appreciate it and thanks.
"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.
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