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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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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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I'm afraid that if action is not taken SOON, like getting them out or using some massive pumps, they will drown. Disease is going to be more than rampant.
We need to get Texas, Arkansas, Georgia national guard or cops in fast. This is one case where a lot of bodies would go along way.
Didn't say they weren't doing anything productive. Far from it. But, they weren't working on the levees because it was dark. Seems real lame to me.
Superdome
Miss Marple posted it in 4311 of this thread.
.. and I am Spartacus
Great story, and thanks for the fresh set of streaming links.
Viewing the breaks in the levees this morning makes me think there is nothing much they can do now as the levees continue to break in more places. --- You may be right. They HAVE to get them fixed however.
I heard the same news (radio report) - busses being sent to transport the folks in the Superdome to the Astrodome.
Been thinking about this all night last night...Wouldn't it be better to just get everybody out? Surely they could then be transported anywhere in the country.
My prayers are with everybody affected by this. It seems almost as if everybody is paralyzed right now. I thought at first they were sending 37000 national guards and I thought, finally. Then I heard it was only 3700. All I can think of is those poor people stuck in attics and on roofs.
It's not lame. There's no way those helicopter pilots could safely work in close quarters in the dark.
New Orleans is a great place to visit. Short time ago they were showing that the western part of the city is now taking on water as well.
Army Corps of Engineers won't commit to days or even weeks to get these levees fixed.
***St. Tammany Parish officials want to inform families that, to their knowledge, ALL emergency personnel who stayed behind in the storm are okay, but are unable to communicate and will call their families as soon as they can.***
Then it looks like it's about time to implement it.
;-)
The folks in the Superdome will not drown. I don't have the exact height numbers, but the building sits up on a concrete platform, so even if the streets around it flood much worse than they are now (2-3 feet last I heard), they'll still be dry. Now that doesn't help people that may be stuck in other parts of the city...we have to pray that the water rises no further, that Lake Pontchartrain has drained all that it's going to drain into the city, and that the levees on the Mississippi River (which is considerably higher than the lake) hold and don't flood the city from the south.
}:-)4
They are saying on CNN right now that pumping will not do much -- considering breaking down some levees that protect the city from hurricanes to allow the water to drain out.
And this brings up another issue.
They evacuate the Super Dome and the hotels, but will the looters voluntarily evacuate too. You'd think without food, sewage or water, they'd want to leave to, but I bet not.
They'll hang around just like sewer rats.
They're going to need an armed presence on the street, that's for sure.
THAT is anmazing.
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