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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
A series of post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi movies where society cannablized itself after nuclear attacks.
Is there a way to get a couple of cruise ships or large ferries into the port?
mark
Praying for all those affected and all those helping.
You're welcome!
I've got to tend to agree.
I think of looting as a dry-land, out of power type of event.
This is a bit different is some cases. If the area of town is completely cut off by water, it's not like the store's inventory is not going to be written off.
It is a survival there right now until the water recede.
In areas where that's not the case then it's just plain theft in my eyes.
the reason I asked: there are a couple of fair-sized necropoli right on top of the Quarter. some of the dead might be -ehrm- "wash-outs".
Yeppers. I'm in Elvisville, hangin' out on the north side.
Somebody needs to smack you upside your head. Do you have a clue how hard it is to empty a city? NO because it never has been done in America before. So STFU
Your post is another sad example of the precipitous slide of FR.
Not any more.
If they aren't allowing media helos over the city it's to avoid outright panic.
Things must be even worse than we're hearing. Much worse.
Post-apocalyptic thriller: Mad Max.
Thank you so much for all this work... thank you for keeping these threads going. Never in my my wildest dreams would I have imagined that we would be on DAY THREE of a Hurricane Live Thread...
Just a guess...maybe because rescue choppers need the airspace to get people off of roofs and out of trees?
Army Corps of Engineers attempting to drop 3000 lbs sandbags onto levee breaches...
Two dead in Superdome
What happened did they miss and hit them?
I'm guessing that the tower at Armstrong International is unmanned.
Dunno if it's a true report or not, but it would be entirely possible to block off the interstates at the state lines, and only allow essential traffic to pass. It would make a great deal of sense to block off I-10 in that manner, for example, in order to quickly get logistical stuff in from TX.
Many have small boats throughout the area. I assure you... some are looting with their boats and pirogues.
The Texas Rangers put up a roadblock at the Texas, LA border yesterday, as the La. troopers dont have the manpower
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