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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: Pyro7480; MediaMole

Bottom ones are tourists I bet.


3,401 posted on 08/30/2005 9:12:49 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: MediaMole

Very graphic illustration of media "word" shaping.


3,402 posted on 08/30/2005 9:13:09 PM PDT by WVNan
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To: MediaMole
One more day of this dithering and the President will have to step in and put someone in charge of the entire relief effort. I expect real martial law or some FEMA approximation by Thursday.

You're one of these FReepers who happen along and opine utter garbage, and hope and pray daily that President Bush mucks up or fails.

3,403 posted on 08/30/2005 9:13:16 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Liberalism is a form of insanity)
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To: OKIEDOC

You got that vibe, too. Not that it was that hard to pick up on.


3,404 posted on 08/30/2005 9:13:27 PM PDT by Trust but Verify (Get over yourselves!)
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To: John Jamieson
By turning key, and driving down I-10 to Super Bowl exit, loading up with people and heading to a shelter outside NO. They just have to do it.

Question is, is I-10 open west from the SuperDome?

3,405 posted on 08/30/2005 9:13:33 PM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

National Guard is there now..I think just getting from one place to another is so difficult right now that expecting anyone to "step in" and stop the lawlessness is a bit optimistic.


3,406 posted on 08/30/2005 9:13:36 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: Arizona Carolyn
Shep was moved to tears.

Did his eye liner run?

3,407 posted on 08/30/2005 9:13:40 PM PDT by Nov3 ("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
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To: Howlin
There is something missing from this video which I'm sure authorities would be very interested in.........

Casualties.

Any images of floating bodies have been edited.

Eyewitness accounts say that the entire region is inundated with corpses.

3,408 posted on 08/30/2005 9:14:01 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: Brimack34
INteresting...wonder how close in a cruise ship could come?

Some of the cruise liners now hole 5,000 or so...they could sustain life easily...with private toilets, kitchens made for huge crowds, etc. Interesting idea...living on a cruise liner while the temporary land housing is set up.

For sure...a lot of people not used to working are going to have rely on themselves, maybe for the first time in their lives.

3,409 posted on 08/30/2005 9:14:21 PM PDT by Republic (Michael Schiavo comes to mind...ulitimate control is never relinquished with ease)
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To: BurbankKarl

Emergency personnel take Donnell Williams off of a helicopter as he cries after his family was rescued from their home in New Orleans, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005.

3,410 posted on 08/30/2005 9:14:22 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Pyro7480

Which hack? :-)


3,411 posted on 08/30/2005 9:14:28 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: BearWash

I understand about fuel 'treatments' but forgive me if I place little faith in them. In my opinion it is simply better to have good fresh fuel than to trust some treatment to last some number of years.


3,412 posted on 08/30/2005 9:14:35 PM PDT by Ramius (Blades for war fighters: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: hole_n_one

You are right.


3,413 posted on 08/30/2005 9:14:35 PM PDT by mabelkitty (Lurk forever, but once you post, your newbness shines like a new pair of shoes.)
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To: MediaMole

the black guy must be desperate...he's got diet pepsi.....

seriously though, if i were in his situation i might even drink pepsi, as I'm sure all the Coke products would be long gone.....


3,414 posted on 08/30/2005 9:14:47 PM PDT by Will_Zurmacht
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To: BurbankKarl

Those are scared babies. Hopefully tonight they had a hot dinner and are asleep in a nice , comfortable bed.


3,415 posted on 08/30/2005 9:15:05 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Howlin

That's a good question.

It has to be done, though.


3,416 posted on 08/30/2005 9:15:06 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: Howlin

Olbermann


3,417 posted on 08/30/2005 9:15:06 PM PDT by Pyro7480 (Dies irae, dies illa....Rex tremendae majestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, salva me!)
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To: flutters

Man ... God help them all.


3,418 posted on 08/30/2005 9:15:19 PM PDT by JellyJam (Headline of the year: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
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To: Torie

I understand that I-10 west may require a detour on US 90. I-10 east is busted.


3,419 posted on 08/30/2005 9:15:28 PM PDT by John Jamieson (Hybrids are a highway around CAFE, that's all they're good for.)
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To: oceanview
I wonder if there were any cams left running on these hotel/casinos that captured this storm surge coming in.

If there were any working, I doubt the media the images were recorded on are in any condition to replay them.

3,420 posted on 08/30/2005 9:15:33 PM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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