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Katrina Live Thread, Part XI
Various ^ | 30 August 2005 | Various

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.

NOLA.com

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

Gulfport News via Topix.net

WAFB Baton Rouge

Mobile Register via al.com

Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger

Lafayette LA Daily Advertiser

Pensacola News Journal

St Bernard Local Government

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.


Related FR Threads:

FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread

Discussion Thread - Hurricane Katrina - What Went Wrong?!?

Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here

Looting Begins In New Orleans

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.

Previous Threads:

Katrina Live Thread, Part X
Katrina Live Thread, Part IX
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: aftermath; hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina
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To: Abigail Adams

The have a couple of hundred buses that will be available to get the people out of that dome, and drive them to the Astrodome in Texas...

First problem, though, is how to get the people from the dome to the buses....

Gov. Perry of Texas said that the Astrodome would be temporary and that he and others in Texas are arranging long-term places for people to stay...


4,961 posted on 08/31/2005 9:42:13 AM PDT by Txsleuth (Arlington Texas --- Next home of the Dallas Cowboys...going more broke every second.)
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To: Lizarde
ok that does it - I just burst into tears - that's a sight

Drat! I can't see it! I offered up the boss's TV to the next down in the chain of command so that she could keep up with things while the boss is out of town. I should have kept my mouth shut.

4,962 posted on 08/31/2005 9:42:19 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: gopwinsin04
Looters commandeer a forklift at a Rite Aid to get into the pharmacy.

So nice that with these "people" their first thoughts are about their fellow citizens... many of whom are dying as we speak. Just imagine if all this energy were put to good and decent use. Some lives might be saved. Geez.

4,963 posted on 08/31/2005 9:43:31 AM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: steveegg

Brett Favre press conference on now.


4,964 posted on 08/31/2005 9:43:45 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: Cboldt

I don't think NO will ever come back. There might be a French Quarter and some hotels, but I think its days as a major city are finished.


4,965 posted on 08/31/2005 9:43:46 AM PDT by linear (Repeal the Second Law of Thermodynamics!!)
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To: Peach

Maybe she thinks it will help her in the next election.


4,966 posted on 08/31/2005 9:44:13 AM PDT by queenkathy (Dear God, I have a problem; it's me.)
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To: Txsleuth

We agree...."God helps those who help themselves"...Get a backbone and get to work....

IMOHer very public display is a bit overdone.....She's giving praying people a "bad" image.


4,967 posted on 08/31/2005 9:44:21 AM PDT by hoosiermama (prayers for all)
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To: owl37
Where is Gerarldo Rivera?

To paraphrase your post, "where is the plucky comic relief?"

4,968 posted on 08/31/2005 9:44:25 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Freedom of speech makes it much easier to spot the idiots." [Jay Lessig, 2/7/2005])
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To: Lizarde

Have you heard from your friend, yet?


4,970 posted on 08/31/2005 9:45:14 AM PDT by cgk (We'll have to deal w/ the networks. One way to do that is to drain the swamp they live in - Rumsfeld)
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To: queenkathy

Bret Favre's talking on FNC. Can't reach family for 2 days...mother and grandmother (?) are trapped in attic.


4,971 posted on 08/31/2005 9:45:16 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: gopwinsin04
How do you know what they are taking? Perhaps some of them, at least, are in need of medication.

Most retail establishments in NO are going to have to completely write-off their inventory anyway. If I were there, and I was in need, I would take whatever I could find.

4,972 posted on 08/31/2005 9:45:21 AM PDT by independentmind
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To: advance_copy
Did the price of drilling equipment double? Did the crews who operate them double their pay?

Some equipment was wrecked, and it'll be necessary to pay people to rebuild.

Meanwhile, we'll have Congressional investigations and pay for accountants and book-keepers to find (or not) gouging.

Don't sweat though, when the stations are out of fuel, they can post REAL low prices.

4,973 posted on 08/31/2005 9:45:36 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Howlin

You know he's actually giving a pretty good breakdown of what is going on down in that area...pretty amazing.


4,974 posted on 08/31/2005 9:45:38 AM PDT by MNlurker
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To: queenkathy

Correction: I think Bret Favre's mother and family have been rescued, but I'm not certain.


4,975 posted on 08/31/2005 9:45:49 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: MrsCinAZ
Looters hit a drug store in the French Quarter district of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, following Hurricane Katrina.

Streets nice and dry and clean with no debris. Everyone in clean t-shirts with big smiles. Can this be for real?

4,976 posted on 08/31/2005 9:45:55 AM PDT by hankbrown
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To: Peach

he couldn't reach them but he did..


4,977 posted on 08/31/2005 9:46:03 AM PDT by WoodstockCat (Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!)
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To: MNlurker

I was just thinking almost the same thing!

At last! Somebody talking with authority!


4,978 posted on 08/31/2005 9:46:17 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: WoodstockCat

Favre family home is destroyed but his family is all safe.

I thought he'd said he couldn't reach them, but, as you said, he did. Thankfully.


4,979 posted on 08/31/2005 9:46:59 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: Types_with_Fist

We probably won't recognize the French Quarter when the Army is done with these creeps.


4,980 posted on 08/31/2005 9:47:09 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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