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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
Did the road still go out to the west end?
Nothing wrong - I love animals as much as the next - and the dumb beast(s) deserve our help. I thought this particular thread [now in number X] was to give out news on impact on people about their homes, friends, and families - who don't know what is going on.
They are saying the causeway is "passable" and, in fact, not harmed. This is the other lake bridge over Ponchatrain and toward MS. I saw the video. It's almost a total loss.
Wow. I'm sorry for my ignorance, but is that the main route out of the city?
Why can you not understand that what you see on TV from the NHC is for public consumption for people watching on TV not for those that have to lead the Evacuation? I told you before that as an example During Hurricane Andrew while the Tv stations who normally overhype the crap out of everything(especially miami TV Market) were underplaying any threat, we were getting the Notification from the State EOC to Mobilize ASAP. A lot of freepers were a lot more reliable than what you saw being reported by the NHC. We have a plethora of highly educated freepers that were doing a great job of predicting where it would go and how bad it would be. If you hire idiots through crony-ism and corruption like what happens in Louisiana, you do not have competent employees to handle such an astronomical job. Competent also means taking the advice of EOC to order mandatory evacuation in the most susceptible areas. I do not expect you to know any of this before, but get real,now you know.
Your call, but I'd let it go, Dave. Most here know where you're coming from, but you can spend every second you have addressing those who don't get it and still not change their minds. My policy is to say it once, and if they don't get it then, whatever follows is on their head.
I looked at that and got sick to my stomach, and I shouldn't be shocked at what flood waters can do.
Have you slept yet?
City of New Orleans has not responded since daybreak...that is what they are saying on the shortwave....USCG is in charge of the boats and evacs...
"You cannot provide for the victims within these city limits."
Everyone says it was I10 out of NO not the causeway,,it just looked exactly like the causeway to me.
Hey... what happens to Tulane University and all the kids who were starting school this week? Many were bused to Jackson, MS... but they thought this time yesterday that this was going to be short term -- before the levies started to break.
Bookmark!
Ducking out for a moment to get some lunch. Not much work getting done today, I'm afraid...
Anybody who was watching the models Friday afternoon even would have known NO was in serious danger.
Nothing's worse than the bridge going into Charleston from Mt. Prospect. Yikes. Have they rebuilt that thing yet?
Please ping me with a short and sweet text synopsis of the FEMA statements if you have time, will you?
Sounds like a semester off.
Plus closure of the Port of New Orleans for the forseeable future. It might have to be rebuilt in a wholly new location, along with most or all of the city (call it New New Orleans).
Please ping me with a short and sweet text synopsis of the FEMA statements if you have time, will you?
I should have never started as I had already made that very distinction earlier. So, yes, let's all drop it.
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