Katrina Live Thread, Part X

Various ^ | 30 August 2005

[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

[buickmackane]

Well, here's the other side of the casino coin. The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana has stepped up nicely with their relief efforts at Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana. See this link:

http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050830/NEWS05/50830001

[Alberta's Child]

If insurance fraud is really a problem, then there are plenty of things the insurance industry could do before they simply stop selling insurance.

New York used to have a serious problem with old buildings being burned to the ground by landlords who wanted to collect an insurance settlement. The insurance industry put an end to that by changing the way they paid their claims in all cases. Instead of paying cash for these claims, the insurance companies would work directly with contractors to rebuild the destroyed building. So instead of getting an $800,000 cash settlement, these arsonist landlords got new buildings.

On a very general note, the one basic weakness of almost any kind of insurance is that it introduces a "moral hazard" into people's lives -- in which they do things differently than they would otherwise do (take more risks, attempt fraud, etc.), simply because the insurance coverage is there. Imagine how much safer we'd be on the road if we all drove brand-new cars with NO insurance coverage!

[jpsb]

If lots of flood waters are headed toward N.O. the levies above N.O. will be breeched to keep the water from reaching N.O.

[aft_lizard]

Lets not argue on the aspects of free money.

[Trust but Verify]

I understand that, but what difference does it make? They aren't going to have any customers, anyway. They aren't going to be collecting their precious dollars from casino operations for a long time to come.

[Abigail Adams]

I am wondering how they are going to evacuate all the people in the dome. It's a huge number of people.

I hope they can get to everyone trapped in their homes. I hope people don't start going hungry or thirsty. Time is of the essence.

[jeffers]

Thanks, but I'm looking for a location for the Twin Spans bridge...what highway iot carries and where it sits.

[rwfromkansas]

Could that actually cause more damage?

[jeffers]

Thanks, but I'm looking for a location for the Twin Spans bridge...what highway iot carries and where it sits.

[LibWrangler]

20 police officers trapped on top of a building.

Roofs gone, debris, water everywhere, downed trees and lines, fire.


"Worse than our worst fears-devastation overwhelming."

[wildcatf4f3]

"Never attribute an evil motive when simple incompetence will suffice as an explanation"---heard that once and it helps me stay sane

[sarasota]

Why yes, I do.

[HankReardon]

Or re-establish and build poor houses for those who cannot or will nor for whatever reason house themselves.

[roses of sharon]

How do you get that streaming? I can't seem to hook up from their site.

Thanks.

[Ingtar]

Which units? I know we have a supply unit here in Memphis.

[ContemptofCourt]

Looting of drug stores now...theorizing that drug addicts are needing their fix.

[Abigail Adams]

What coverage are you watching? Link? Thanks!

[dirtboy]

and Im saying that most people affected are poor, didnt want to leave.

You are wrong. 100,000 people couldn't leave. Even a bunch of tourists were stuck - you think they wanted to be staying there? It wasn't about heeding warnings - it was about failing to adequately plan.

[superiorslots]

Quote: He says its starting to be like on the Survivor TV show where people are making alliances with other people they think can survive this



GIVE ME A BREAK!!. These people watch way too much TV. Rescue craft will be picking up and delivering food as I type. National guard is on the way.

This is not some fricken african sh*ithole country. It's the USA

[Coldwater Creek]

In this day and age, with all of the technology, tv, newspapers these people should never of had to wait until it was too late.

The mayor or governor should have had volunteers going house to house and ordering people to get in their cars or on buses or whatever, but they could have gotten all of them out.