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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

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.

Sun-Herald Gulfport MS

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

Mobile Register via al.com

Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger

Lafayette LA Daily Advertiser

Pensacola News Journal


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricane; katrina; livehurricanekatrina; prayanddonate; tropical
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To: flutters
Everyone, PLEASE put aside any heartburn you may have and donate to the American Red Cross. They were first to Charleston after Hugo in 1989 and will be among the first to Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
2,461 posted on 08/30/2005 1:23:28 PM PDT by Doohickey (If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
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To: cajungirl

Just ignore. Some baiting going on I suspect.
FRegards


2,462 posted on 08/30/2005 1:23:28 PM PDT by beltfed308 (Cloth or link. Happiness is a perfect trunion.)
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To: All

Is it me, or is the Goddess of Stupid running amok today?


2,463 posted on 08/30/2005 1:23:29 PM PDT by najida (I run with scissors and I don't play well with others.)
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To: cajungirl
I don't know the LA politicians too well but so far they don't seem to instill confidence. No one seems to be in charge. Guiliani was out in front of cameras answering questions and giving updates as many times as he could during 9-11. There does not seem to be a grown-up taking control.
2,464 posted on 08/30/2005 1:23:32 PM PDT by Republican Red (''Van der Sloot" is Dutch for ''Kennedy.")
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To: Howlin

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.


2,465 posted on 08/30/2005 1:23:33 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: cajungirl

Have you got IDIOT problems again, CG? Need any help?
Got your six.

TAW


2,466 posted on 08/30/2005 1:23:50 PM PDT by Malichi (!)
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To: Lizarde

New Orleans isn't going anywhere....not that you'll ever see me living there.


2,467 posted on 08/30/2005 1:23:53 PM PDT by Boogieman69
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To: dirtboy

Thank you for that.


2,468 posted on 08/30/2005 1:24:01 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: Lizarde
there is no more big easy - period

I think parts of it will be back, such as the French Quarter. But large sections will need to be moved to higher ground.

2,469 posted on 08/30/2005 1:24:11 PM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: dirtboy

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 :)


2,470 posted on 08/30/2005 1:24:35 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888

Where's the financial aid from Congress?


2,471 posted on 08/30/2005 1:24:36 PM PDT by biker101
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To: dirtboy
How can a friggin' tourist town not have a plan in place to get stranded tourists out?

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.

2,472 posted on 08/30/2005 1:24:56 PM 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: beltfed308
Some baiting going on I suspect.

I've been here a long time, don't bait anybody. It's my opinion, but I'll drop it for now.

2,473 posted on 08/30/2005 1:24:56 PM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: MadIvan
"I for one was planning a trip to New Orleans later this year."

My son's college graduation present was a trip anywhere he wanted, and - to my surprise - he decided to tour the South by car. Started in South Carolina [flew there from Seattle] and ended up in New Orleans. Glad he got to see NO before the devastation.
2,475 posted on 08/30/2005 1:25:03 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: dirtboy
So you think it is smart for tourists to go to NO when there are no contingency plans to get them out during an approaching hurricane?

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.

2,476 posted on 08/30/2005 1:25:12 PM PDT by BureaucratusMaximus (The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.)
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To: Lonely NY Conservative

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


2,477 posted on 08/30/2005 1:25:12 PM PDT by bayourant
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To: Riverman94610

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.


2,478 posted on 08/30/2005 1:25:18 PM PDT by Trust but Verify (Get over yourselves!)
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To: Abigail Adams
I was wondering about the lack of accents, too.

New Orleans (creole) accents are different from cajun accents. Perhaps you are used to hearing cajun accents.

2,479 posted on 08/30/2005 1:25:37 PM PDT by Conservababe
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To: dirtboy

It's time to drop the subject, dirt. What you say makes sense, but it does nobody any good to keep saying it.


2,480 posted on 08/30/2005 1:25:39 PM PDT by r9etb
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