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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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Tropical Storm 12
Okay, I take back my wish that those looting just to steal drown.
Fire ants. Large balls of fire ants, down their pants ten seconds before they realize they're there. Then they can drown.
OK, that's huge (and hugh). The last I saw their website, they had no ETA for getting MSY up and running again. If the highways between Kenner and New Orleans are passable, they'll finally have an ability to begin to deliver large-scale aid in, and get people out.
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Govenor Blanco on WWL-TV: 'Stopping the looting is important, but the highest priority at this point is saving lives.'
Thanks for the good news.
The Red Cross, NOT, I repeat, NOT the Salvation Army were the "thieves" during the Sept. 11 recovery. The Salvation Army is (shhh, don't tell anyone) a church organization.
Salvation Army is the charity we picked too.
Also their CEO's are not paid huge salaries like some of the charities, and you won't find them on TV touting their own worth at every opportunity (it seems to me news coverage where Red Cross officials are interviewed is turning into one big commercial for the Red Cross.)
Anything to make Bush look inept.
Wouldn't it be very interesting if a forced detox got a whole bunch of them off of the junk? It's hard to see blessings in all of this, but that could be one.
Updates as they come in on Katrina
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html
Enough.
I've said it before on these threads: I'm not so sure that these particular folks have been "civilized" at all. I would be surprised if 10% of these looters had grown up with a father in the house.
I don't know about you, but if were a resident of St. Charles Parish, and I found looters in my house, I'd shoot them on sight.
Were the looters in St. Charles Parish or on St. Charles Street in New Orleans? I didn't even know there *was* a St. Charles Parish.
}:-)4
Bummer...... put some ice on it.
Relax for a moment please. I backtracked the threads.
Nautinurse wrote:
"Please - take a moment to think through the hysteria."
Not YOUR hysteria. It is a bad situation. PERIOD. Let's keep focused on getting news out.
Probably St. Charles street, I'm guessing.
I'm sure this has been discussed, but they have GOT TO GET THE PEOPLE OFF THE OVERPASS!!! This is crazy! LA officials, especially NO ones, are acting as if they are surprised the damn place flooded. What the hell is going on?!?!
Too bad there's no ice with the power out. They can't even do that.
This really brings home the scale of what we're talking about here, from WWL's blog (which has been GREAT):
"9:46 A.M. - CNN: Commercial flights coming out of New Orleans International Airport could resume in two months."
TWO MONTHS before commercial flights could leave MSY. Wow.
}:-)4
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