Katrina Live Thread, Part XI

Various ^ | 30 August 2005 | Various

[dennis1x]

by lake water she means ponchatrain.

this partisan ranting and raving against la/nola officials is getting tiresome and has to provide great laughs for the other side.

maybe this thread can stay on topic.

[Sleeping Freeper]

Question asked of the Governor. Is it weeks or months before they can move back in? Weeks before assessment... some homes may not be habitable structurally.

[RDTF]

Live New Orleans Tv -

http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_khou&props=livenoad

[eyespysomething]

New link for relief donations:

http://wsbradio.com/MARKET/shared/info/katrinarelief.html

[Arizona Carolyn]

This is what you asked for from the last thread: Their projections including losing refineries and offshore pumping and then China taking the opportunity to up the antie and buying oil Mid-Atlantic that Russia was sending to us (at a higher price), putting a dent in home heating reserves and a particularly cold winter without adequate oil supplies to get everyone through this.

Maybe they will re-show it -- pretty sobering. Bottom line is this is the kind of disaster China has been waiting to befall us to give them the upper hand in the energy markets.

[Howlin]

I agree.

"It Will Turn" seems to have been their plan.

They are not exactly the most inspiring "leaders" I've ever seen.

[the Deejay]

OMG< the mayor is calling for a DAY OF PRAYER again.........she is a loon.

Unbelievable!

[LowOiL]

Anyone with live pictures?

[popdonnelly]

Looks like the worst case scenario for New Orleans is indeed happening. The health hazards and other dangers will make the city untenable for weeks.

[Torie]

Just below that picture (reposted below) is the lock holding back the Mississippi from Lake Ponchartrain, the Lake 14 feet lower than the Mississippi. The question is, is or is not that lock still in place?

It appears to me that it is not, and that the Mississippi is indeed flowing into Eastern NO.

[SouthernFreebird]

Not everyone has the means to do so. Let's not blame them when you don't know their situation.

[LibWrangler]

They are showing video of some of the looters, and they are paying good attention to zooming in on their faces. Surely this will matter later. If these people are trapped and they are taking necessary supplies like food, diapers, water, I am sure we can all understand. If they are ripping off beer, tobacco, drugs, or nonessentials, or breaking into p eople's houses and taking personal effects, that is another story.

I am not quite sure how it is they are able to walk around unchecked, if most of the city is under water.

[Petronski]

The question involved what was in the water: is it a toxic soup?

[brivette]

I mean drinking water....

[AmericanInTokyo]

Is the Gov. on the verge of a breakdown? The cube-bound, TV deprived of us think so.

[dawn53]

I can understand why some people didn't evacuate. Maybe they didn't have cars. Many people depend on public transportation.

Maybe they didn't have money for gas, many people live paycheck to paycheck.

I heard one woman at the Super Dome say her car broke down as she was leaving town.

Maybe they were old, with no family, or infirmed, etc.

What they should have done, though, and didn't was to get to the Super Dome as instructed. Seems to me that would have saved a lot of search/rescue time, if more people had come to the Super Dome in the first place.

[winodog]

Heres some photos I dunno if we have seen all of them.
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/1756

[CJ Wolf]

I'd like to say some prayers for the souls lost and those trapped right now and that if they pump out the city, I'll be one of those toursist going to MARTÍ GRAU for the first time this year.

[najida]

Plague Soup

[flutters]

Updates as they come in on Katrina

03:25 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 30, 2005


Tom Planchet



3:25 P.M. - With conditions in the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans rapidly deteriorating, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Tuesday that people now huddled in the Superdome and other rescue centers need to be evacuated.


"The situation is untenable," Blanco said during a news conference. "It's just heartbreaking."


3:15 P.M. - Charity Hospital is out of commission and they are trying to evacuate patients, but it is hard to get there because rising water is surrounding the hospital. They will try to evacuate the patients to other cities.


3:13 P.M. - Governor Blanco: A lot of people have lost their lives, but we have no numbers because the priority is saving those who are alive so we don't have more casualties.


3:12 P.M. - Senator Vitter: Mayor Nagin's calm and control and command of the facts showed me that we have one of the best leaders in the country right here.


3:12 P.M. - Senator Landrieu - Scenes are similar to what she saw after the Tsunami.


3:11 P.M. - Senator Landrieu: Those who evacuated should be patient and thank God that they are okay because so many still need to get out.


3:09 P.M. - Senator Landrieu: Plenty of people still on rooftops in N.O. East waiting to be rescued. Every boat available is being used to try to save people.


3:07 P.M. - Governor Blanco: We are looking for ways to get people out of the Superdome and out of New Orleans said Governor Blanco as she tried to keep from crying.