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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: 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.


21 posted on 08/30/2005 1:38:32 PM PDT by dennis1x
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To: NautiNurse

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.


22 posted on 08/30/2005 1:38:39 PM PDT by Sleeping Freeper
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To: NautiNurse

Live New Orleans Tv -

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


23 posted on 08/30/2005 1:38:39 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: NautiNurse

New link for relief donations:

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


24 posted on 08/30/2005 1:38:40 PM 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: jeffers
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.

25 posted on 08/30/2005 1:38:43 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: dawn53

I agree.

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

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


26 posted on 08/30/2005 1:38:46 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: Howlin
OMG< the mayor is calling for a DAY OF PRAYER again.........she is a loon.

Unbelievable!

27 posted on 08/30/2005 1:38:49 PM PDT by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)
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To: NautiNurse

Anyone with live pictures?


28 posted on 08/30/2005 1:38:49 PM PDT by LowOiL ("I am neither . I am a Christocrat" -Benjamin Rush)
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To: NautiNurse

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.


29 posted on 08/30/2005 1:38:49 PM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: OXENinFLA; Dog Gone; Diddle E. Squat
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.


30 posted on 08/30/2005 1:38:54 PM PDT by Torie
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To: milagro



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


31 posted on 08/30/2005 1:38:59 PM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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To: NautiNurse

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.


32 posted on 08/30/2005 1:39:01 PM PDT by LibWrangler
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To: r9etb

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


33 posted on 08/30/2005 1:39:25 PM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg.)
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To: tomkat

I mean drinking water....


34 posted on 08/30/2005 1:39:32 PM PDT by brivette
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To: HapaxLegamenon

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


35 posted on 08/30/2005 1:39:32 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (I Support the President on Iraq and Our Troops; But 'll Freep Him In A Second for Illegal Alien Mess)
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To: milagro

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.


36 posted on 08/30/2005 1:39:46 PM PDT by dawn53
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To: Torie

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


37 posted on 08/30/2005 1:39:47 PM PDT by winodog (We need to pull the fedgov.con's feeding tube)
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To: NautiNurse

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.


38 posted on 08/30/2005 1:39:51 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (Check out my profile if you wanna buy a boat)
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To: cajungirl

Plague Soup


39 posted on 08/30/2005 1:39:55 PM PDT by najida (I run with scissors and I don't play well with others.)
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To: OB1kNOb; All

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.


40 posted on 08/30/2005 1:40:03 PM PDT by flutters (God Bless The USA)
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