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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: jeffers

Ted Kennedy wouldn't work. He apparently floats in water.


2,241 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:13 PM PDT by nhoward14
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To: cajungirl

I'm ashamed of these women. They make all of us look bad.

I know that freeper women, faced with this, would NOT be on television. These people should all be talking to EACH OTHER, not Larry King.


2,242 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:14 PM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: Torie

2231.


2,243 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:16 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: LenS

We need for footage of the brave folks going into the Dome with hope on their faces and pride in their heart.
The media is letting America down again.


2,244 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:23 PM PDT by mabelkitty (Lurk forever, but once you post, your newbness shines like a new pair of shoes.)
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To: spanalot
"Right so its alot easier to plug the canal at the lake - it appears to be about 75' wide."

I have a good image here that says the canal is ~the size of the breech, 200' according to reports.

2,245 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:30 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: Howlin
Just heard on CNN there are an estimated 60,000 in the SuperDome.
2,246 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:34 PM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

"Still something about GA gas prices not quite right. We have the lowest (or close to it) gas taxes in the nation."

We've always had low gas prices here in NJ, also. Last week it was $2.50 here in south Jersey. I just filled up 1/2 hour ago....$2.59 at Hess. The gas station attendant....for all those who don't know we can't pump our own gas in NJ, told me it's going up to $3.00 on Friday.


2,247 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:35 PM PDT by toldyou
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To: Yellow Rose of Texas

How do they use the Cruise Ships? I assume they come up the Mississippi (lake is too shallow), then how do you get from the Dome to the River if there is nine feet of water there? Airlifting is the only way I see it, but so many people... And the city is a bowl, so the water needs to be pumped out (pumps are dead) or evaporate.


2,248 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:37 PM PDT by Tuxedo (This space for rent.)
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To: All

Not sure if these updates have been posted, but it's a good catch-up:

8:04 P.M. - Mayor Nagin: Unhappy that the helicopters slated to drop 3,000-pound bags into the levee never showed up to stop the flow of water. Too many chiefs calling shots he says.


7:59 P.M. - Mayor Nagin: Pumps at 17th street canal has failed and water will continue pouring into the city. Nine feet of water is expected on St. Charles Avenue that will be nine feet high. Water is expected to spread throughout the east bank of Orleans and possibly Jefferson Parish.


7:39 P.M. - WWL-TV's Karen Swensen - Algiers has downed trees and power lines but for the most part no water in homes. Some roof damage to some homes.


7:35 P.M. - Swensen: Camps on Highway 11 in Slidell are gone.


7:24 P.M. - John Marie of Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office: No one is allowed back into parish. Marshall law in effect. Forty-seven people were rescued by parish officials Monday and several dozen were rescued Tuesday.


7:22 P.M. - Marie: Belle Chasse suffered severe damage. South of Myrtle Grove completely under water. There are some, though unknown number, of dead bodies.


7:20 P.M. - Marie: Those rescued are airlifted to parish's highest point at the levee, dropped there with food and water and then the National Guard picks them up and sends them to the Belle Chasse auditorium. No looting reported.


6:41 P.M. - Efforts to stop the levee break at the 17th Street Canal have ended unsuccessfully and the water is expected to soon overwhelm the pumps in that area, allowing water to pour into the east bank of Metairie and Orleans to an expected height of 12-15 feet.


6:39 P.M. - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Senator Trent Lott is urging President Bush to visit Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, telling the president -- quote -- "the people of Mississippi are flat on their backs. They're going to need your help."


6:05 P.M. - Thomas: Saw at least three dead bodies during his rescues. Whole families were among those rescued.


6:04 P.M. - Thomas: Most sobering moment - being told to leave the dead bodies, because there are people to rescue.


6:03 P.M. - N.O. Councilman Oliver Thomas: "What you see on TV, you have no idea what the level of devastation and frustration is on the street."


5:57 P.M. - Jeff Parish schools chief Dianne Roussel says two months is probably "optimistic" to get schools back and functioning.


5:49 P.M. - (AP) WASHINGTON -- The Navy is sending three ships to the Gulf Coast with water and other supplies for those hit by Hurricane Katrina, but officials are urging service members not to try to return to their military bases in New Orleans.


5:46 P.M. - Four confirmed dead in St. Tammany. One died in traffic accident, one died after he stayed and a tree fell and trapped him in his home. Two others died by unknown reasons.


4:42 P.M. - (AP) Electric companies from around the country are rushing crews to the hurricane-ravaged South. They will help restore power to an area so devastated that it could be weeks or even months before the lights come back on in many places. David Botkins, a spokesman for Dominion Virginia Power, says 200 workers are headed to Louisiana and Mississippi.


4:40 P.M. - (AP) State officials say they are working on plans to evaucate inmates from the Orleans Parish prison and the Jefferson Parish jail. Both facilities face a threat of flooding.


The state Corrections Department is trying to figure out how to transfer 4,000 inmates from the New Orleans jail and another 1,000 from the Jefferson Parish jail in Gretna.


The inmates would be moved to state prisons including the highest-security at Angola. Corrections spokesman Pam LaBorde says it's quite a logistical situation to accomplish.


4:23 P.M. - Jefferson Parish officials say schools could reopen two months after Labor Day.


4:21 P.M. - WWL-TV Reporter quotes officials as saying there may now be 60,000 people in the Superdome and that more people are still being urged to go there.


3:59 P.M. - WWL-TV reporter Jonathan Betz reports widespread looting and WWL-TV cameras showed people walking out of Canal Street stores with racks of clothes and electronics. Some looters concentrated on basics and supplies, while others made no secret of their desire to get what they could.


3:53 P.M. - N.O. Mayor Nagin: Priorities - 1. Rescuing people. 2. Fixing levee breaks. 3. Taking care of refugees in Superdome and hospitals.


3:43 P.M. - Senator Vitter: New Orleans will "absolutely" be rebuilt.


2,249 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:39 PM PDT by flutters (God Bless The USA)
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To: NautiNurse; Alberta's Child

Don't forget Alberta's Classic comment.

" If Shep would just go home and try to fill the north half of his bathtub, he'd understand what the hell is going on in New Orleans right now."


2,250 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:42 PM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: cajungirl
In general I do believe men do this kind of thing better. And these two are proof of it.

Agree

2,251 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:42 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: Laverne

"she blamed the airlines and FEMA earlier for closing the airport down too early."

Back in 1992 my husband and I flew out of Nassau on 8/16, at 6am the day of/before Hurricane Andrew hit. The rain was already starting to fall in the Bahamas and we were in a smaller plane (4 seats across). We were on our planned flight, but it was the last one off the island from what I heard.

I don't know when the airport was closed before Hurricane Katrina, but they may be right about the airport closing too early seeing as the hurricane was only a few hours out when we left Nassau...

Just an observation...


2,252 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:47 PM PDT by LibertyRocks (Praying for those hurt by Hurricane Katrina)
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To: RummyChick
Governor..what are you going to do ..She said...call for a day of prayer.

Unfrickkin believable.

2,253 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:52 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: Peach
I'm ashamed of these women. They make all of us look bad.

Yes, they do! Incompetent!

2,254 posted on 08/30/2005 7:02:53 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: cajungirl

I think it's because they're libs. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.


2,255 posted on 08/30/2005 7:03:02 PM PDT by GOP_Proud (Those who preach tolerance most, have the least for my views.)
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To: rolling_stone

It pretty much matches articles that were written at the time. But as we all know, history keeps changing everytime somebody rewrites the history to make it more sensational.


2,256 posted on 08/30/2005 7:03:03 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (WHEN JANE FONDA STARTS HER TOUR, LET ME KNOW WHERE SHE IS)
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To: cmurphy
Katrina on the other hand killed less than 200...

Er...

2,257 posted on 08/30/2005 7:03:05 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Violence never settles anything." Genghis Khan, 1162-1227)
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To: apackof2; Howlin

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

WHAT!!!!, she actually said that?!

---Yes. And she just spent about an hour face time with Larry King.


2,258 posted on 08/30/2005 7:03:07 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Txsleuth

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2,259 posted on 08/30/2005 7:03:17 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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