Katrina Live Thread, Part X

Various ^ | 30 August 2005

[Sax]

Me too. Looks like just over a dozen people on two separate rooftops. Doesn't look like they have anything, food, water, nothing and no way to get anywhere, everything in that neighborhood is 10 feet under water - without this evac they would really be in a bad spot. The water is partially over the rooftops.

Coast Guard is lifting them out in the winch powered basket one at a time - You can just imagine this going on all through the night.

[nicmarlo]

Would it be wrong to pray that a snake would? : )

[spectre]

I am so proud of these Coast Guard people. They are Heroes today for sure.

sw

[BurbankKarl]

22 people on roofs on Pear Street in N.O. from (17th Canal) rising floodwaters

[Howlin]

Disgusting.

[DollyCali]

you were one who continually told us the past few days about the reality of the aftermath of these storms. thanks. I am one of those who knows little (and didn't know what a "parish" was either)..

[nwctwx]

Yeah, I don't know what to think..

[SoothingDave]

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.

Do you expect everyone to fend for themselves, or for organizations like the Salvation Army to literally have an army with all of the necessary equipment to rescue and care for those flooded out?

Some things the state does because it is the logical actor. Large scale disaster logistics are one of them.

SD

[Velveeta]

+ praying +

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

LQ, who adores N.O., was considering retiring there, and whose heart is breaking in two right now.

: (

Thanks for the information, LQ. What a horrible thing this must be to go through. My heart is broken for the entire region. One of my best friends lives in Destin, Florida, and she has ridden out a bunch of storms since I've known her. This one is something else, however.

[RDTF]

I LOVE brave heroes :)

[jpsb]

"Okay. Touche"

Cool, the key was the levies, Levy hold things are manageable, levies fail big trouble. Some folks are comparing this to the great Galveston storm. Hard to argue against it, this storm has changed my mind about huricanes, 30' strom surge in Ms! One heads my way (Galveston Tx) and I am outta here.

[Alberta's Child]

I don't know what you're complaining about. People were told to evacuate the city. Many did, some didn't. The city did its best to accommodate those who couldn't leave, but they have no obligation to deal with those who WOULDN'T leave. Anyone who drove up to the Superdome in a car, for example (and there were many), should have been turned away and told to get the hell out of New Orleans.

[Howlin]

See it however you want; I'm not wasting time with people who are hell bent on revising the facts.

[mware]

Things like this bring out the best and worst in people.

For every looter there is another one like the lady interviewed by Jeff at the superdome waiting in line for 3 hours.

[cajungirl]

Wear boots and take a side arm if anyone does that,,it is a good idea however. The levee is safe. But there are wild pigs, snakes and a few dopers.

[sarasota]

Even barges were thrown inland in Biloxi.

[dirtboy]

Is Haley Barbour responsible for the idiots who were surfing the storm in Gulf Shores, or is Bob Riley responsible for the same type of idiots in Orange Beach? Of course not.

That's apples and oranges. Those people had the means to leave and chose to stay. Some 100,000 people in New Orleans did not have the means to leave, and there was no emergency planning to give them a way to get out.

[Txsleuth]

Okay....like I said to another poster...I probably missed the " instead of the '....but, 9 INCHES, compared to what we are seeing on the screen, does NOT seem ALERT worthy to me...sorry ya'll!

I will carefully watch my " and ' from now on.

[randita]

I find no malice and nothing that I would call negligence in the reactions and policies of those responsible for public safety. I see great amounts of negligence in those responsible for their own safety. There was time - the warnings were issued. Many people simply chose not to listen. So now we will help, and we will pray. And some, as always, will blame before they do anything else.

Amen to that. No need to blame the officials just because they're Democrats. In the end, people left who wanted to and people stayed who wanted to. And since we are America, we don't leave people to suffer the consequences of their foolish choices. We are compassionate and bail them out. It's what we do.