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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
You can't fix a leak like this until the water stops rushing in. I would guess that even 3000 pound sandbags will do nothing but get washed away.
Oh, I am just tired and shocked.
AFAIK, there was no "plan" in place for the four years I was in grad school in Pensacola, either -- other than my own "load the cat in the car and drive north" plan.
You are correct. Natural Gas is another problem. Port Fourchon, LA is one of the MAJOR pumping stations in the USA. The gas fields south of Grand Isle, LA are one of the two largest in the nation.
This is erily close to the special FX (Fox) showed this summer about what would happen to this country should this very scenario happen.... This isn't going to be a pretty winter if the other half of their scenario comes to fruition.
Tom Planchet
3:25 P.M. - With conditions in the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans rapidly deteriorating, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Tuesday that people now huddled in the Superdome and other rescue centers need to be evacuated.
"The situation is untenable," Blanco said during a news conference. "It's just heartbreaking."
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html
Well, now the governor is going to evacuate everybody left in New Orleans!
The Tulane hospital has lost almost all it's power. They are losing backup generator power; evacuating patients now.
My contingency plan when vacationing is to be aware of approaching hurricanes and get myself out.
I'm a news nut and knew what was up and never would have guessed that storm would really pass thru FLA and keep going to NO.
My deepest sympathies go out to you and all the people in that region. I can't believe this has happened.
I think tourists should boycott NO untill there is a plan in place to evacuate them in case of an emergency. Otherwise, it won't get done.
You make an excellent point about not having plans to evacuate tourists. All I can say is I"m glad I saw NO three times in my lifetime.
After seeing the I-10 bridge that is in tatters (how's the East-West interstate? I hadn't heard anything on its condition), and wondering how long it will be until they can fix the levee, I am seriously starting to wonder if the city will become a ghost town for a while, maybe even a long time.
They can't begin to rebuild until the water dries up, and how long will that take? How long will it take to rebuild the bridge? Power will be out for weeks, they're saying; people can't live without power for that long.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on this, how long it will take before they can even begin to rebuild?
Malacoda: "There's no plan to get my ass out of PHILADEPHIA if something bad happens!"
dirtboy: "Philadelphia isn't below sea level in hurricane country."
You're right, dirtboy....no hurricanes. Only Philadelphia has been threatened by terrorists for years. I'd say Malacoda has reason to be concerned.
New Orleans is coming back it looks devasted but once the pumps are in there and with the other plans to breach the levee alot of that water will be gone quicjer than u think. Mardi gras will be on schedule this year for worried souls
No doubt. Say what you will about her, NO is probably her heart and soul, and now it's devastated beyond anything she could have imagined. It is a funeral.
No,it wasn't a problem for me.I just picked up that vibe.You imply that it was all in my paranoid imagination.
I just don't think so.Yet anythings possible,I guess
I've seen some pretty stupid posts here and there (and they were usually by the non-emoters)
Perhaps because she's remembering that SHE didn't do anything to prevent this.
At this point, we should be blaming this on the Democrats.
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