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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
Just ignore. Some baiting going on I suspect.
FRegards
Is it me, or is the Goddess of Stupid running amok today?
Two panels came off, one inspection hatch (and part of the fabric "skin") fell inside.
The dome is still structurally sound and the engineers (who were under the thing and still are) are not worried about it at all.
Have you got IDIOT problems again, CG? Need any help?
Got your six.
TAW
New Orleans isn't going anywhere....not that you'll ever see me living there.
Thank you for that.
I think parts of it will be back, such as the French Quarter. But large sections will need to be moved to higher ground.
We've cancelled two vacations due to hurricanes. We didn't go. It ain't rocket science. Of course, we also bought the travel insurance :)
Where's the financial aid from Congress?
Ever been trapped at an airport during a major storm?
New Orleans is a metropolitan area of about 1.4 million people. Add several thousand visitors at any given time. I don't care how much planning you do in advance . . . there is simply no way to move that many people out of a city without starting the process WEEKS in advance.
I had the "pleasure" of evacuating Manhattan during the blackout of August 2003. I was one of the lucky ones because in a matter of no more than 10 seconds I knew exactly what I had to do (I headed right for a nearby ferry terminal because I figured that the diesel-operated ferries would be running even if the electricity wasn't restored for hours or days). It took a long time, and lots of people ended up sleeping on the sidewalks outside the major train stations in the city -- but eventually everyone got home. A government can't possibly prepare to evacuate a major city in an orderly manner.
I've been here a long time, don't bait anybody. It's my opinion, but I'll drop it for now.
The government can't provide everything for everyone...thats part of the reason why some of us here on FR are conservative.
At any rate, when facing the possibility of on adverse event...like a hurricane...basic traits of human nature should take over (intelligence, responsibility, dilligence, common sense, etc. and appropriate actions are taken to preserve ones life) In other words...most grown-ups can handle it.
I have to admit and even as a Repub I have liked Blanco but her lack of public presence is infuriating alot of people here. In fact the total lack of information from the capitol is appalling
So do I, though I have only experienced it when I travel. I love the South, and when I retire (many years from now) it will be to GA or the Carolinas.
New Orleans (creole) accents are different from cajun accents. Perhaps you are used to hearing cajun accents.
It's time to drop the subject, dirt. What you say makes sense, but it does nobody any good to keep saying it.
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