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Posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse
They should be. So far my confidence isn't very high. :-(
WWL just showing live footage of the hospitals, they are overwhelmed.
Where is St. Bernard Parish relative to New Orleans?
}:-)4
I'm not yelling at you. It is so frustrating to be sitting here and not being able to do anything. I want to get in my car, buy all the water I can find between here and there and just go.
Oh yeah, and my gun.
Diabetics will start dying today, imo. No refrigeration or medication available. The elderly, if they are dehydrated in this heat, are in serious trouble.
It's not more than 48 hours before disease sets in with that water.
Meanwhile, the Governor attended a prayer service. She should be coordinating with doctors and buses and getting those folks off the bridges and getting them hydrated and fed.
A Jefferson Parish deputy sheriff, whose father just called the Glenn Beck radio program, said the looting gangs are using snipers to keep police at bay.
Sounds like the LA and NO administrations were right on top of this one, no?
CNN: Airport now being used solely for relief supplies. Officials say routine commercial and general aviation traffic will not be flying in and out until November.
East. They got hit with the east side of the eyewall (before Mississippi did). It should be no surprise now that it washed away.
How are people getting dialysis? I have a s-i-l who goes 3X a week and would be very sick after 1 or 2 missed treatments.
Wonder how many meth users have lost their supply?
That is a scary thought. It is one of the scariest scenarios I can think of. Psychotic is the descriptive term I use.
Same thing during the NYC blackout 2 years ago. Looting after dark was a major concern of officials. Fearing the worst, everyone walked miles to get out of the city and make their way home before nightfall. Thankfully the looting never happened and people helped co-workers and neighbors get through it all. I'm just focusing on the looting aspect -- there is, of course, no comparison between the blackout and the hell the people of the Gulf coast are suffering through right now.
You're welcome!
It sounds like the French Quarter is basically lawless right now, one armed personel carrier is not going to cover an entire metro city.
THANKS AGAIN!!!! We will see you next time.
Maria
Aha, I like your take.
I am just feeling extreme dread for what is in the future down there for all those people............. no "hysteria" here.
Thanks for your reasonable observation.
:-)
I think the ACLU lost. They were suing, IIRC, because they said the Salvation Army was not non-profit...tough luck, because the SA truly is a non-profit, religious organization--similar in beliefs to Wesleyans & Nazarenes. The upper eschelon does NOT skim money from donations, or takes very little.
Now back to your regularly scheduled Hurricane Update Thread.
WWL-TV: Gas prices expected to be raised to 50-75 cents per gallon by this weekend north of the Mason Dixon line and 1.10 to 1.25 in the South.
WWLTV has done yeoman's work getting the info out - all the while, they are in the same situation as their neighbors. Kudos to them all.
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