Anyone heard anything about Slidell?
what do you want to know
WWL-TV just now reported that Slidell is as bad as the worst of New Orleans. Last I heard downtown Slidell was under 15 feet of water.
Communication is impossible to Slidell. Flooding but not destroyed is what I heard.
The problem here is there are so many places, it is impossible to keep up. And comprehend.
mewzilla posted: "Anyone heard anything about Slidell?"
Here you go:
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/083005/new_surge001.shtml
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http://2theadvocate.com/stories/083005/new_surge001.shtml
Emergency workers save residents off rooftops after water rushes homes
By SANDY DAVIS
sdavis@theadvocate.com
Advocate staff writer
LACOMBE -- A 15-to 20-foot tidal surge swept over the northeast shoreline of Lake Ponchartrain at the tail end of Hurricane Katrina on Monday, devastating portions of Slidell, Lacombe and Mandeville.
"I pray to God that everyone made it through this nightmare safely," said Lacombe Alderman Joe Impastato. "But we won't know the answer to that until some of the roads are cleared and the flood waters go down."
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The Northshore also had no water, no electricity, no land telephone lines, no cell-phone access and sewers were backing up.
"The damage is just unbelievable," said Debbie Hall, an emergency medical technician and dispatcher for the Lacombe Fire Department. "All we can do is hope and pray everyone is all right."
Hall said emergency officials in Slidell had their hands full.
"There are buildings in the downtown area that are under water," she said. "The damage is horrific. We have never had a storm like this at least that I can remember."
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City of Slidell:
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWL082905ross.86c6840.html
Lake waters are beginning to recede. Water is still standing from Fremaux Avenue southward. The City of Slidell Police Department and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s office are using boats to rescue citizens stranded by flood water. The City experienced major flooding from Gause Boulevard south. STAY OUT OF THE PARISH. There is major tree and power-line damage city-wide. All major arterial roads are impassable. (excerpt)