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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.
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
Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger
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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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.
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Democrats are by default detached from reality. Another case in point is the bolo tie wearing scumbag Democrat Governor here in Montana.
"Has anyone else noticed that virtually every anchor talking head refers to the water as "dissipating" as if it's going to flow uphill?"
I've noticed it a couple of times. Truly make me wonder how these people filling these high profile jobs can be so ignorant or just senseless.
The scapegoating thing did get to me...I am not looking for a scapegoat..hindsight is always 20/20..but it IS a leaders responsibility to lead...the mayor needed help and he is getting it...but a leader needs to show strength, will, anger when necessary and preparation for the evacuation of his or her city....EVERY MAYOR has this responsibility.
The we-have-to-find-somebody-to-blame whiners ARE getting annoying, aren't they? Free Republic seems to have become Ground Zero for a bunch of Monday-morning quarterbacks who know DICK about New Orleans to complain that people are blaming a person (Bush) for a hurricane, then turn right around and do it themselves where Democrats are involved. All interspersed with snide comments about how they don't want their tax dollars going to people who obviously should have known better than to ever live there in the first place.
Maybe it's politics.... several of these people HAVE suggested that Freepers who aren't signing on to the Nagin/Blanco witch-hunt -- because, well, it's stupid, unfair, and pointless -- must be closet Democrats.
Ironic, as these same people are turning FR into more of a mirror of DU all the time.
-Dan
"To: Tiger Smack
Tiger Smack - I realize you are a very knowledgeable person so maybe you know the condition of my mother's house in Metairie. It is on Catherine Avenue near the Cleary/Clearview/Airline Highway area?"
Metairie is expected to flood to a depth of 9 to 15 feet over the next 8 hours.
....Riding in to save the day aboard a Swift Boat.
"A mandatory evacuation in a major US city is a significant order to give. They did it, and were as blunt as could be that people needed to leave."
Yeah, they did it: Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. AFTER the President of the United States called them up and told them to do it.
Good lord. Will someone please correct Howlin on his "facts," I am too utterly sick of this conversation to do it. God bless New Orleans. Many prayers for the people stuck there, God give them strength.
'night.
How many of these people are going to be without an ID????
Thanks for your information.
I will say that liberal San Francisco, California was pretty darn civil during the 1989 earthquake. There was no looting. Everyone was very patient when driving around the area when stopping at lights. The damage was much less, but the people around the Bay Area were really great during the earthquake.
I don't understand the people doing the looting. What scumbags.
Mindboggling.
This just posted 20 minutes ago:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1473894/posts
the looting video is beyond ridiculious....cleaning out the entire walmart...loading up their kids with cd's and sneakers and laughing while doing it.
If there was any sanity business men would pull out of that "disadvantaged district" and never return..
let the thugs take the city bus 25 miles to shop if they can't respect their own community better than that
Accountability is the crux of responsibility. You cannot have one, without the other. Every action has a reaction. And every inaction, has a reaction as well.
It is you who is dead wrong.
The mandatory evacuation order was given at around 10:30 a.m. Sunday monring.
And everybody HERE knows it.
Goodnight all. Last update post from me. If no one else posts them, I'll do it in the morning. Prayers for all.
Updates as they come in on Katrina
12:19 AM CDT on Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Tom Planchet
12:17 A.M. - Emergency search and rescue phone lines for those in distress: (225) 925-7708 | (225) 925-7709 | (225) 925-3511 | (225) 925-7412
To inquire about those in the area who did not evacuate: American Red Cross, (866) 438-4636.
12:12 A.M. - Info on parish and road access:
St. Charles: Only St. Charles parish residents can return to their homes. There is no power, low fuel and no food. If you must return home, please bring supplies with you. Hwy 90, I-10, Hwy 3127 and Airline are all open. However, there is water on Airline near the St. Charles/Jefferson Parish line.
Terrebonne: No road closures. Use Hwy 90 or the Sunshine Bridge.
Lafourche : As of 2 p.m. Monday, the curfew was lifted. Go directly to your homes. Hwy 1 is closed between Golden Meadow and Grande Isle.
St. James: Open to residents only.
St. John: Open to residents only. You need your ID.
Jefferson: You can return Monday with your ID. You will be allowed to collect your belongings and will not be allowed to return for a month.
Orleans: Closed. The Highrise is not safe to cross. Many parts of I-10 are flooded.
Plaqeumines: Closed.
St. Bernard: Closed.
St. Tammany: I-10 and the Twinspans are destroyed, but the Hwy 11 bridge is intact.
Washington: No information available. Lines are busy!
Tangiphoa: No information available. Lines are busy.
Other road information:
--Hwy 90 between Lafayette and St. Charles Parish line/Lafourche parish line is open.
--Hwy 308/Valentine, south of that area is closed.
--Hwy 3185 (Thibodeaux Bypass) is closed.
--La Bourg Larose Hwy is closed.
11:28 P.M. - (AP) LAFAYETTE, La. -- Parents who had to evacuate because of Hurricane Katrina will be able to register their children for school in Lafayette Parish starting tomorrow.
Burnell Lemoine, deputy superintendent and chief academic officer for the Lafayette Parish School System, says registration ends Thursday and parents will be contacted Friday to let them know what school their children should attend.
He says students should be in classes by Tuesday. The children will be assigned to current schools depending on where they are in homes or shelters.
Heard on local news that LSU will be FEMA's headquarters.
Some other updates:
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html
Highlights:
FEMA bringing 2,000 officials to town. Bringing in food, water, ice, tarps. Setting up offices where you can get grants and loans.(perhaps not the most immediate of needs...)
3000 rescued to date
Nine feet of water is expected on St. Charles Avenue (still no idea on the accuracy of these numbers, but St. Charles Ave doesn't appear to get below sea level, and the 9' number is coming from multiple sources, but could originate from a single bad source)
I think I posted those numbers at 2pm to Free Republic....sheesh
12:17 A.M. - Emergency search and rescue phone lines for those in distress: (225) 925-7708 | (225) 925-7709 | (225) 925-3511 | (225) 925-7412
Well, most of us will just have to take your expert opinion about DU.
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