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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
USS Iwo Jima is decommmissioned, I think. It's probably a Tarawa or Wasp class ship.
I've already said I'm not gonna comment on it any more until after the evacuations are completed. But it cannot be forgotten afterwards, or else it will happen all over again somewhere else.
The coroner has advised to ignore the dead and focus on saving any survivors.
Um...is that really an issue? I mean, I have no first hand experience in aviation...but I know the sky is pretty damn big....lots of room up there.
That's the spirit!! Post a link when you git 'er done.
Will do, sorry, should have taken the time to find a better way to put it, but thought the filters would catch it.
Won't happen again.
How's the zookeeping business today? Looked like a rough day for you folks yesterday. Your efforts were appreciated.
Quote: Texas is close by and we are generious folk here. Finding temporary housing for 80,000 or 500,000 is doable.
Yep, Texas gets that many new illegals in one week anyway. You guys are pros at harboring new people.
Keep it clean ;0)
Shouldn't be a problem. If the weather is VFR (better than 3 miles vis and 1000' ceiling), the helos can operate on their own without talking to ATC. I'm sure the class B or C (whatever NOLA has) airspace is not being enforced.
The helos would have a common frequency to talk on so they can let each other know where they are and provide their own separation and traffic control.
I wish we would have a BLAME THREAD. I lived in new orleans 40 years ago and after Hurricane Betsy we all talked constantly of what would happen in a circumstance like this. Just like we talk about kwhat would happen with a bomb attack on a city.
I believe that nobody ever plans a good plan for something like this. It happens so rarely.
So, have a blame thread. I am not blaming anyone, just focusing on what can be done now.
But I understand a need to blame and be angry. I just get tired of reading it when what I want to know is the big picture and where my Sister is.
Thank you for the update!!
Again, Slidell is completely underwater.
After Hurricane Andrew, the Sheriff's LEO were living at what was left of the Holiday Inn because all their homes were destroyed. They let us take showers in their hotel rooms (and we shared some cold beers too).
Thanks much! You have my sympathy being in charge here today on this thread! :)
Link to donate, phone number given out on CNN not working:
https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp
They are saying all roads into Slidell are CLOSED. Two deaths being reported due to evacs. trying to return to Slidell. http://www.wwltv.com/
Oh just a little bit
Your efforts were appreciated.
Thank you
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