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Katrina Live Thread, Part XI
Various ^ | 30 August 2005 | Various

Posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse

The situation in New Orleans continues to deteriorate due to rising water levels and desperation. Search and rescue continues via boat and air. Authorities have announced the goal to evacuate all the remaining residents of NOLA. The New Orleans Mayor has reported numerous gas leaks throughout the city. Sporadic fires occurring. Attempts to evacuate hundreds of hospital patients from Charity Hospital and Tulane Medical Center are in process. Patients are being transported to other hospitals as far away as Florida.

The Army Corps of Engineers is at the NOLA levee breaks with current plans to drop 3000 lb sand bags in an effort to stop the flow of water. NOLA hospital evacuations continue for thousands of patients. Reports indicate all evacuees are being taken to the SuperDome, which is now surrounded by water. The generators at the Dome are now in jeopardy. The Governor of Louisiana has called for a day of prayer tomorrow...

Elsewhere, search and rescue continue in Mississippi and Alabama. Biloxi reports indicate catastrophic damage.

Links to various news and local government websites:

WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula has link to locate family and friends (very slow load)

2theAdvocate - Baton Rouge Includes Slidell, St. John Parish, St. Bernard Parish updates, and other locations.

NOLA.com

Inside Houma Today needing boats, volunteers, lists gas station openings, water, etc.

WALA Channel 4 Mobile, AL Includes links to distribution centers, Emergency Ops, etc.

Sun-Herald Gulfport MS Includes link to town by town reports

Gulfport News via Topix.net

WAFB Baton Rouge

Mobile Register via al.com

Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger

Lafayette LA Daily Advertiser

Pensacola News Journal

St Bernard Local Government

Streaming Video:
WWL-TV (via KHOU/Houston): http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/makeadplaylist.pl?title=beloint_khou&live=yes

WKRG/Mobile: mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518

WDSU/New Orleans via WAPL/Jackson: mms://a842.l1291238841.c12912.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/842/12912/v0001/reflector:38841

All are Windows Media Player links.


Related FR Threads:

FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread

Discussion Thread - Hurricane Katrina - What Went Wrong?!?

Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here

Looting Begins In New Orleans

Martial Law Declared in New Orleans


Due to the number of requests to assist, the following list of some charities is provided.
This is not intended as an endorsement for any of the charities.

www.redcross.org or 1-800 HELP NOW - note: website is slow
Salvation Army - 1-800-SAL-ARMY or Salvation Army currently looking for in-state volunteers - (888)363-2769
Operation Blessing: (800) 436-6348.
America's Second Harvest: (800) 344-8070.
Catholic Charities USA: (800) 919-9338, or www.catholiccharitiesusa.org.
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: (800) 848-5818.
Church World Service: (800) 297-1516 or online at www.churchworldservice. org.
Lutheran Disaster Response: (800) 638-3522.
Nazarene Disaster Response: (888) 256-5886.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: (800) 872-3283.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is accepting donations at its 3,800 stores and Web site, www.walmart.com.

Previous Threads:

Katrina Live Thread, Part X
Katrina Live Thread, Part IX
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: aftermath; hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina
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To: Alissa
Frankly, the looting is the least of New Orleans' problems.

If they've turned from looters into bands of killing marauders...there's a huge difference. If they start going into areas where there are people & taking possessions, raping & kidnapped, the looters should, indeed, be SHOT DEAD. Same goes for prisoners trying to escape. New Orleans is now a war-zone, not even as safe as Baghdad.

2,181 posted on 08/30/2005 6:54:45 PM PDT by madison10
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To: pbrown

That, unfortunately, is the only good thing about this disaster. It got her ugly face out of the media.

Sad...


2,182 posted on 08/30/2005 6:54:51 PM PDT by A.Hun (An armed society is a polite society)
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To: sassbox
Why do some people feel the need to vent their emotional frustrations on President Bush.

What the heck do liberals want him to do.

Get a coffee can, go down to New Orleans and bail water.

The man is doing all he can.

Cut him some slack.

The critical liberal democrats have known for years and years this catastrophe was coming and did NOTHING.
2,183 posted on 08/30/2005 6:55:05 PM PDT by OKIEDOC (There's nothing like hearing someone say thank you for your help.)
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To: RummyChick

"they don't have enough sand".


2,184 posted on 08/30/2005 6:55:05 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: Peach

< Why these women are even appearing on Larry King shows at this time is unimaginable. >


Lookin' for an easy interview?


2,185 posted on 08/30/2005 6:55:12 PM PDT by GOP_Proud (Those who preach tolerance most, have the least for my views.)
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To: Petronski
How about Ma Blanco, though? "Well, these are the things I worried about all day. It's hard to fathom."

Can you believe this woman? She's a model for how to heighten anxiety. I heard her say "We're trying to figure out what to do" in regards to how to get people out of the Superdome.

It's time to get somebody in there who knows something about logistics and get this hand-wringer off the air.

2,186 posted on 08/30/2005 6:55:22 PM PDT by sinkspur (We who have been given much must help those who now have nothing.)
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To: Peach

These two women are useless.

Bring us a man to run the show, a general or Rudi. I swear, I like it better when men are in charge but Maggie Thatcher would have been good.


2,187 posted on 08/30/2005 6:55:27 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: tcrlaf
Governor blaming AIRLINES for not getting people out on Sunday Morning??

The same governor who's own solution was to pray that the winds die down?

The same governor who said "We can make this a good experience?"

2,188 posted on 08/30/2005 6:55:35 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: RummyChick

Makes sense; she blamed the airlines and FEMA earlier for closing the airport down too early. And what is she doing sitting on LKL for an full hour? Blame everyone except herself. She really is in a tough situation, but sitting on TV for an hour isn't showing much leadership.


2,189 posted on 08/30/2005 6:55:51 PM PDT by Laverne
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To: RummyChick
That BI^& Governor blaming Army Corps Of Engineers for not acting fast enough.

Now they have to spin it. This is terrible.

2,190 posted on 08/30/2005 6:55:55 PM PDT by bjs1779
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To: Conservababe

Hello - the freeways are UNDER WATER, how do you think they are going to land a plane? Not to mention wires, bridges, abandoned cars, etc. What sci-fi movie have you seen lately?


2,191 posted on 08/30/2005 6:55:59 PM PDT by nuclady
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To: Jedidah

I still think it's appropriate for him to say a few words in a special address. Don't think that's too difficult.

No reason to argue over it though. Matter of opinion.


2,192 posted on 08/30/2005 6:56:03 PM PDT by Cedar
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To: bjs1779
I wonder if NO is really more like a muffin pan than a bowl, at least near the bottom. Some of this water may be being around in circles?
2,193 posted on 08/30/2005 6:56:47 PM PDT by John Jamieson (Hybrids are a highway around CAFE, that's all they're good for.)
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To: jeffers

If we could only drop Micheal Moore and Ted Kennedy in the levee breech we could save the city. Maybe those two could finally be of some use.


2,194 posted on 08/30/2005 6:56:47 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (WHEN JANE FONDA STARTS HER TOUR, LET ME KNOW WHERE SHE IS)
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To: cajungirl

Bring us a man to run the show - WTF? The problem isn't that they are women, it is that they are lefty liberal losers who didn't do enough to evacuate the city.


2,195 posted on 08/30/2005 6:56:55 PM PDT by KillBill
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To: madison10
New Orleans is now a war-zone, not even as safe as Baghdad.

Unfortuntely I am afraid you are right...

2,196 posted on 08/30/2005 6:57:03 PM PDT by apackof2 (In my simple way, I guess you could say I'm living in the BIG TIME)
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To: Dog Gone

The female reporter on CNN (the one that's been so good, think her name is Jeanne) made a point today.

She had waded over to the Super Dome from her hotel in knee deep, then thigh deep water.

She commented that as reporters they were used to visiting Third World countries and were fully vaccinated for diseases such as Typhoid, but the regular NO folks that were wandering around weren't and it was just a matter of time before disease struck.


2,197 posted on 08/30/2005 6:57:19 PM PDT by dawn53
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To: Tuxedo

You know, I could swear I heard that only 3,000 people were in the Dome that first night and that there are 10,000 now.

Could I possibly be wrong.

But you're right, the numbers do not jive.


2,198 posted on 08/30/2005 6:57:24 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: nuclady

are there ANY roads passable into new orleans now?


2,199 posted on 08/30/2005 6:57:29 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: hole_n_one

Don't be so sensitive. I don't want him anywhere near the place. What he's doing now, providing behind-the-scenes leadership, is the right thing to do. Watching him on TV isn't going to make me feel any better, and it for sure isn't boing to make the refugees of New Orleans, or Biloxi, or Gulfport feel any better either.

Like him or not, President Bush is the man when the chips are down.


2,200 posted on 08/30/2005 6:57:29 PM PDT by Doohickey (If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice...I will choose freewill.)
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