Katrina Live Thread, Part XI

Various ^ | 30 August 2005 | Various

[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.

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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

[Peach]

The FEMA director didn't know he'd be dealing with several feet of water and road that are not passable.

That being said, I wish all these people would shut up, stay off television, get together at a command center and figure out a plan.

As tomkat said earlier, no one who needs information about boiling water, etc., can hear them anyway.

[Mo1]

". OK, do it. and start running transportation of all kinds from NO to that location.

They need to pull school buses and any other buses in the neighboring area not effected by this storm and start busing people out of there

[BurbankKarl]

FEMA is getting good experience for a possible nuke attack on a city...those TOPOFF drills dont cut it.

[flutters]

And just where in the heck do these people think they are going with their loot? They are going to have to be evacuated, probably in military trucks, along with the rest of the city. Don't these people have pictures, important papers, heirlooms, something that they'd want to take with them other than silly Wal-Mart stuff?

[Types_with_Fist]

What are you people basing this "200 or so" number on

Reuters, at least, reported "hundreds dead" in Biloxi. Bodies everywhere, according to others about Biloxi-Gulfport. There's no way to know anything about New Orleans yet but it isn't looking real good.

[hole_n_one]

They'll have deaths on their hands at the Dome within 48 hours at this rate -- and that's no exaggeration.

There doesn't seem to be any way to get them out.

It's become a tomb.

[pnz1]

I am a little confused. I see reports that there's going to be 5-15 feet of water into NO from the lake by tomorrow, but then the Mayor expects the city to be functioning in 4 weeks?

[RobFromGa]

great news!!!

[Conservativehomeschoolmama]

Thanks Woodstock....it's going to be a LONG prayer night.....

[John Jamieson]

Could have, Should have. What's with the quote?

[PhiKapMom]

I am with you -- wouldn't have needed the Mayor or anyone else to tell me to leave. I would have been gone on Friday if I lived below sea level.

[supercat]

A sh*thole, for sure, but the matters of water and food can be handled directly. The matter of toilets is less tractable, but likewise can be managed.

Couldn't the toilet problem be managed somewhat by feeding everyone MRE's? From what someone else posted, they produce less waste than many other types of food.

[STFrancis]

If you happen to see a number for them again could you ping me with that please?

Thanks...

[Wild Irish Rogue]

FOX reporter- NO police Lt told him that the city has deteriorated into a 3rd world country.
Yahoo- French Quarter a war zone.
MSNBC- Armed " civilians " roaming around French Quarter.
Molly Henneberg of FOX and her crew are stranded somewhere- and will hunker down for the night.

[eyespysomething]

LOL, if you're going to go to the trouble to have a conspiracy web site they could at least spell Reagan right!

[spanalot]

"I'm not appalled that failures happen, I'm merely amused when people find them somehow unusual."

Is that your reaction to the fact that NO is literally drowning in the next 2 hours with 9' of water coming in?

You're AMUSED that I find it unusual that there is no lock on a canal that runs thru NO and has miles of suspect levee?

Say Good Night, Gracie

[va4me]

How would that have changed anything

Restoration of marshlands would provide a great deal of additional protection to the city.

[pies]

Did anyone else just hear the 2 callers on MSNBC? They are members of the group that gives the haunted history tours. One is in an apartment in the french quarter. Water is rising; people are walking around the streets below her apartment with guns. Her boss called next, he is in his home, is upstairs with 2 ft of water (toxic soup, he said) in his downstairs. Sounds very nervous. Knows about the evacuation order but as he said and I think most of us realize, there really is no way out of there. My God, this is so awful.

[conservativewasp]

Somebody needs to move the mayor's office to the Superdome for the duration.

[txdoda]

I think we'll be lucky if it doesn't top 1000.

Me too....we haven't even heard from many areas out of NO.

I did hear officials from Plaquimine Parish have said the gulf has moved 40 miles inland there.

Plaquimine Par. lies to the south of NO.