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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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961 posted on 08/30/2005 9:46:27 AM PDT by eyespysomething (What disgusts me the most is how other GStar families have had their wounds ripped back open! FU CS)
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To: BureaucratusMaximus
They are saying media helos arent allowed over the city....WTH is going on? This is ridiculous.
Thats bugging me to...most of the footage they are showing is from yesterday...just gives me an ominous feeling.

C'mon, people. Don't you think it's probably more important to keep the sky above the city available for rescue helos instead of having them compete traffic-wise with news choppers? I know we all want to see some pictures, but let's not second-guess decisions like this when lives are at stake.
962 posted on 08/30/2005 9:46:38 AM PDT by TheCornerOffice
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To: LibWrangler
Mobile, AL: "It's bad. Thousands homeless."

Have we heard from blam today?

963 posted on 08/30/2005 9:47:28 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: cmurphy

You're all heart.


964 posted on 08/30/2005 9:47:37 AM PDT by Born in a Rage
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To: IamConservative

My understanding is that they are earthern which makes a breech even worse as they will start getting larger. Cannot imagine a 200 foot breech.


965 posted on 08/30/2005 9:47:48 AM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: CajunConservative
I hope they run Blanko and Nagin out on a rail. Their lack of leadership and delaying telling people to leave is criminal

I hope they're criminally charged.

966 posted on 08/30/2005 9:48:02 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: LibWrangler

Thank you so much for your reporting, LibWranger. You are doing a fantastic job and I pray it's keeping your mind off your worry about your family. We appreciate your efforts very much.


967 posted on 08/30/2005 9:48:05 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: SandyInSeattle

I recall seeing two NSA "RO-ROs" across the river, back when I was a hatch-clerk in the PoNO

I dunno if they are still there. been 12-13 years.


968 posted on 08/30/2005 9:48:07 AM PDT by King Prout (and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
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To: BlueNgold
I agree. I am particularly worried about the situation in the Superdome, which is already reported to be "miserable". I fear things could spiral out of control there very quickly.

I hope some operation is being planned or underway to get those people out.

969 posted on 08/30/2005 9:48:17 AM PDT by Heatseeker ("I sort of like liberals now. They’re kind of cute when they’re shivering and afraid." - Ann Coulter)
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To: eyespysomething

Local reporter on who is in New Orleans,,she sounds terrible. Says water is rising fast, rapidly. Three breaches in levees. She says devastation is terrible.

This is incomprehensible.


970 posted on 08/30/2005 9:48:21 AM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: dirtboy

I was in an evac where our facility had approximately 240 highly skilled (translation, can't walk) patients to evacuate. On school buses. In 90 plus degree heat. They were duct taped to the seats because it was the only way to keep them from hitting the floor.

Our staff attended Fema planning meetings for a year, with all the other LTC facilities in the area. And in the facility, we met, planned and planned and planned. And planned. And then prayed real hard.

NOTHING went as projected. Not one damn thing. We evaced (for a hurricane that didn't even come near) and lost 8 patients in transit...I MEAN IN THE FIRST 4 hours! (not yelling, sorry).

Gee, considering they were on those buses for almost 8 hours, prrior to even leaving, no surprise.

Just about every facility that evaced lost anywhere from one to 3 patients. Then you heard horror stories of people dying on the highway and family sitting with the bodies for hours until someone could come. It was pure 'effin' hell.

I've never been so scared or hopeless or near the end of my sanity as I was then.

Granted, my story is just a tiny snapshot in what goes on. And what is even more ironic, when it was all over, we had these folks from the outside acting outraged about 'why didn't you do this or that!' I had one woman at church rage at me that we used duct tape on them! She said "Couldn't you have gone to the store and bought velcro?" ARGH!

Well duh, we didn't know at the time we needed to do this or that. It's one of the many reasons I now work in a different field of my profession. And why I will never evacuate again.

In the end, we had a lot of CYA from the embarrasseed local FEMA folks trying to act like no one attended meetings etc. Boy did we clean their clocks on that one!

Ack!

Rant over.


971 posted on 08/30/2005 9:48:31 AM PDT by najida (I run with scissors and I don't play well with others.)
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To: jpsb

Looks like there was a time delay on that bullet.


972 posted on 08/30/2005 9:48:35 AM PDT by Kewz1
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To: TheCornerOffice

Why were media helos allowed to fly yesterday but not today?


973 posted on 08/30/2005 9:48:35 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: NautiNurse

Noted. 12 to 14' is the normal depth of the lake, Katrina put it higher. How much depends on how deep the surge was, hence my interest in those figures.


974 posted on 08/30/2005 9:48:49 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: BurbankKarl

I've been bopping in and out of these threads for the last few days.

You said there was rioting? Where? At the Superdome? What caused it?

I'd appreciate any info you can provide.


976 posted on 08/30/2005 9:49:27 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: King Prout; KJC1

I saw somewhere that if you sprinkle detergent on the fire ant raft, the surface tension will be disrupted, and they will drown. Time to act!


977 posted on 08/30/2005 9:49:36 AM PDT by Pyro7480 (Dies irae, dies illa....Rex tremendae majestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, salva me!)
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To: CajunConservative

Are these folks Democrats or Republicans?


978 posted on 08/30/2005 9:49:47 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: dirtboy

The runoff into the lake and down the Mississippi will continue for days. They should be dropping rafts and paddles, dropping three thousand pound sandbags ain't gonna get the job done with a breech two city blocks wide and water seeking the bowl. The dearth of evac planning and foresight is damn near criminal here.


979 posted on 08/30/2005 9:50:02 AM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: NautiNurse

Do they know why?


980 posted on 08/30/2005 9:50:05 AM PDT by nwctwx (Everything I need to know, I learned on the Threat Matrix)
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