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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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No offense, but I don't have time to read your posts over the last four days, but I will say this: what refugee camps could possibly be set up that wouldn't have been completely destroyed by the hurricane? In essence, the Superdome and the other 10 emergency shelters *were* the refugee camps, and with the whole city under water, that's about as far as it could go anyway. If you mean outside of New Orleans, well, FEMA was "on the line" well before the storm hit. I remember the director clearly stating "we are ready to handle the situation, whatever it is." Now I didn't take that to mean "everything will be okay," of course, but it did tell me that they did have everything in place to respond, whatever that was. And they are still saying that. So what gives with blaming it all on the city?
Saints to go to San Antonio
Wednesday, 12:50 a.m.
The Saints will fly to San Antonio following their 8 p.m. Thursday game at the Oakland Raiders and will make it their home base for the immediate future, said director of media and public relations Greg Bensel.
Several teams and communities offered assistance, but Saints owner Tom Benson has long-standing ties to San Antonio, his second home. The team evacuated to San Antonio before Hurricane Ivan last year.
The Saints are planning to practice in San Antonio until their season-opener Sept. 11 at the Carolina Panthers.
Where they will play the home opener, against the New York Giants on Sept. 18, is uncertain. General Manager Mickey Loomis and the NFL are looking into potential sites, and that would include college stadiums.
PS. I do it here for free too.
In my book, to heck with the sugar cane, lets save the city! Anybody know what he might be talking about. I'm Googled out. If they flood the city in order to save some slug or farmers incomes, somebody ought to get hung!
That is how I see it and call it.
here's the post that said Hwy 90 INTO Houma (Terrebonne Par.) was open.
also has em. phone nos.
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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.
3,717 posted on 08/31/2005 12:28:18 AM CDT by flutters (God Bless The USA)
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This post is pretty sad.
I'm praying to Saint Anthony.
Lake would only come down to sea level and stop. No crops left anyway.
Oh, I remember people talking about that back then! Because somebody said "NHC finally caught up."
Dan,She helps much with these threads.
That doesn't make sense to me, because "downstate" from Ponchartrain is New Orleans. I'm sure if there were any quick fix like that they'd have done it long ago. But in any disaster, the rumors will fly.
Office of Emergency Preparedness: 225-389-2100 or 225-922-0332U.S. Coast Guard: 225-925-7708, 225-925-7709, 225-925-3511
Office of Emergency Preparedness: 225-389-2100 or 225-922-0332
U.S. Coast Guard: 225-925-7708, 225-925-7709, 225-925-3511
225-925-6626 rescue phone
(800) 229-8191 red cross
(504) 658-8700
(800) 229-8191
Pulleaze, uninformed, hyper-reality, Cindy Sheahan, DU troll-type BS.
Because FEMA doesn't have anything at all to do with EVACUATIONS?
Hey, feeling's mutual, C-YA! :)
Baton Rouge would have been perfect as the refuge. Right next to the capitol, along with Alexandria, both of which were anticipated to be just outside the bubble, as of Sat Am. When a place is headed for destruction, one doesn't place folks in the bowl of the destruction. One gets them out, and does it with public assets, trains, planes, boats and buses, all of which were inoperative as of Sat AM. Then after the bullet was dodged, the deer in the headlights continued, from top to bottom. There was a lack of intensity. It was too slow. It is still too slow. The whole thing is criminal. Heads should roll.
Get me banned. I stand by every word.
Check out the charts on page 7 of this PDF file:
"Tidal Flux Variation in the Lower Pearl River and Lake Pontchartrain Estuaries of Mississippi and Louisiana" http://hydroacoustics.usgs.gov/reports/turnipseed_hmem2002.pdf
Likewise.
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