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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: dirtboy
yeah, Im sure there was plenty of gas for 2000 buses to fill up.

This is a once in a century storm, you cant just get thousands of people on a buses, with long lines at gas stations onto already clogged freeways. Its easier said than done.

801 posted on 08/30/2005 9:26:24 AM PDT by Tiger Smack
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To: ContemptofCourt

MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 97-17-65. Looting.

(1) A person commits looting when he knowingly without authority of law or of the owner enters any home or dwelling, or upon any premises of another, or enters any commercial, mercantile, business or industrial building, plant or establishment, in which a normal security of property is not present by virtue of a hurricane, fire or vis major of any kind or by virtue of a riot, mob, or other human agency and obtains or exerts control over or injures or removes property of the owner.


(2) Any person who commits looting shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) years or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.


(3) The fact that a person may be subject to prosecution under this section shall not bar his prosecution or punishment under the statutes relating to larceny or burglary, or under any other statute or ordinance to the extent that such would otherwise be permitted in the absence of this section.


SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 2257.5; Laws, 1968, ch. 348, Secs. 1-3, eff from and after passage (approved July 11, 1968).


802 posted on 08/30/2005 9:26:26 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (I Support the President on Iraq and Our Troops; But 'll Freep Him In A Second for Illegal Alien Mess)
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To: STFrancis

Army Corps of Engineers attempting to drop 3000 lbs sandbags onto levee breaches...

Two dead in Superdome


803 posted on 08/30/2005 9:26:29 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: jeffers

Uh, it was reported up thread from the wife of an eyewitness - that is happening. The order was only given a couple hours ago.


804 posted on 08/30/2005 9:26:30 AM PDT by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor!)
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To: All

WDSU - There is a plan to try to seal the levy using helicopter drops of 3000 lb sandbags.

Sounds dicey to me, but I guess you gotta try.


805 posted on 08/30/2005 9:26:35 AM PDT by Smogger
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To: N8VTXNinWV

Ping


806 posted on 08/30/2005 9:26:37 AM PDT by shezza (God Bless Our Troops)
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To: Moose4
Agreed. Also remember that storm surge isn't driven solely by the wind, it's also driven by the barometric pressure; it's basically a "dome" of water that expands upward under the low pressure near the center of the hurricane.

95% of a given storm surge is simply water piled up by wind, only 5% is caused by the water doming up due to low pressure.

807 posted on 08/30/2005 9:26:39 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Tiger Smack
If they had legs and a brain then they could have walked from the Quarter to the dome.

And it now appears we have to devote resources to evacuating people from the Dome. The dome wasn't a plan - it was the only remaining option.

808 posted on 08/30/2005 9:26:51 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: jeffers

80% of NOLA underwater, 20ft deep in some locations.


809 posted on 08/30/2005 9:27:09 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: Tiger Smack

The could have taken them up to Jackson. It is only about 150 miles.


810 posted on 08/30/2005 9:27:13 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: dawn53
When they say canteens, they mean 53ft trailers, with fully functional kitchens and washing facilites. They do the best work, and are usually the first on the scene.

Those canteens can do 20,000 meals/day per canteen. So, it's not like a mom and pop operation.

811 posted on 08/30/2005 9:27:23 AM PDT by Maigrey (1-800-PrayerWarrior - Just a ping away)
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To: CajunConservative

Completely agree.

I need to run. Placemark & prayers.


812 posted on 08/30/2005 9:27:30 AM PDT by cgk (We'll have to deal w/ the networks. One way to do that is to drain the swamp they live in - Rumsfeld)
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To: BlueNgold

I'm glad to know that; thank you for answering.


813 posted on 08/30/2005 9:27:44 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: Tiger Smack
Tourists could have gotten cars to leave

I believe the reports said that there were no rental cars available. This makes sense - cars being available depend on cars being returned. If you had a car, would you return it? I've been in 'normal' situations when stranded overnight at an airport, and cars run out quickly. And, flights fill up quickly as well. I traveled for 8 years or so - you really have no idea how everything is 'just in time' in the travel industry.

814 posted on 08/30/2005 9:27:44 AM PDT by technochick99 (firearm of choice: Sig Sauer....)
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To: BurbankKarl

Everyone is NO should leave?


815 posted on 08/30/2005 9:27:50 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: jeffers

Tone down the language


816 posted on 08/30/2005 9:28:02 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: shezza

WDSU - Superdome is surrounded by a knee deep moat (3 ft) filled with human waste, gasoline, debris, and red ants!


817 posted on 08/30/2005 9:28:04 AM PDT by Smogger
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To: Tiger Smack
yeah, Im sure there was plenty of gas for 2000 buses to fill up.

Bus yards typically have their own gas pumps.

I'm tired of people making excuses for governmental incompetence - because we end up expecting nothing better. Most times it's annoying. In this case, it will be deadly.

818 posted on 08/30/2005 9:28:06 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: Heatseeker
He should probably avoid WDSU news personnel, who currently have a lot to say about his ilk.

Yep. I heard WDSU commenting on that!

819 posted on 08/30/2005 9:28:06 AM PDT by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)
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To: Tiger Smack

Quote: Nobody was stuck. Tourists could have gotten cars to leave, could have gotten a plane before the airport closed

Nope. All rental cars were taken and flights were full or cancelled.

Kinda like the fall of Saigon I reckon.


820 posted on 08/30/2005 9:28:06 AM PDT by superiorslots (Free Traitors are communist China's modern day "Useful Idiots")
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