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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: r9etb

Of course, you are correct.


5,041 posted on 08/31/2005 10:00:49 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: pamlet

As of 1pm, Northern KY/Southern Indiana:

Regular gas price ranges $3.20 - $3.50


5,042 posted on 08/31/2005 10:01:16 AM PDT by Saeder
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To: queenkathy

http://www.i4at.org/surv/water.htm


5,043 posted on 08/31/2005 10:01:27 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: gopwinsin04

Ok.


5,044 posted on 08/31/2005 10:02:01 AM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Spktyr

Thanks. Been there many times - my previous Jeep was a '68 Wagoneer, and those parts were quite precious.


5,045 posted on 08/31/2005 10:02:15 AM PDT by lugsoul ("She talks and she laughs." - Tom DeLay)
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To: mhking; steveegg

I understood that was the official number; I understand about the "only" thing, but it was just disheartening to hear.


5,046 posted on 08/31/2005 10:02:15 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: bwteim

Reports that text messages are getting through to N.O. and other affected areas...


5,047 posted on 08/31/2005 10:02:25 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: bwteim
Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Jeff officials plead for 'necessities of life'11:40 a.m.

The normally unflappable Jefferson Parish Emergency Management Director Walter Maestri broke into tears as he broadcast a call to help for anyone who could offer food or water to officials at the parish's emergency operations center in Marrero.

Maestri said anyone who can help with the necessities of life for workers at the center can call (504) 349-5360.

Maestri said the water situation is so dire that like many people in the parish and the area, they are trapped in the center.

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5,048 posted on 08/31/2005 10:02:37 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: pamlet

You know, the Packers are playing a preseason game at the Titans tomorrow - I was looking forward to seeing Favre. Now, I hope he's NOT there - he needs to take care of his family.

Favre and McNair; they grow real men in Miss.


5,049 posted on 08/31/2005 10:02:40 AM PDT by Warren_Piece (Nashville, TN)
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11:49 A.M. - (AP) AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas is opening its doors to hurricane refugees from neighboring Louisiana.

Texas Governor Rick Perry says he expects evacuees to start arriving within the next 24 hours at the Houston Astrodome. He says Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco asked him this morning if the Astrodome could house the 23-thousand people currently being sheltered at the Superdome in Louisiana, and he quickly agreed. He says even before the request, Texas officials had been talking about using the Astrodome as a long-term shelter for people already stranded in Texas because of the storm.

Perry says the hurricane survivors are welcome in Texas for "as long as they want to stay." Children who are sheltered at the Astrodome will be able to attend public schools in Houston. Perry says the Astrodome schedule has been cleared through December.

11:46 A.M. - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal emergency officials are looking for two-thousand Homeland Security Department workers to volunteer for hurricane relief efforts. The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has told Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff a-thousand people are needed within 48 hours and two-thousand within a week.

11:40 - (AP) Roving bands of looters are breaking into stores in Carrollton area to get food and supplies. They've also stolen guns and armed themselves.

5,050 posted on 08/31/2005 10:03:19 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: Warren_Piece

I was watching him, and was grieving for him. It is hard to watch people suffer so openly.


5,051 posted on 08/31/2005 10:03:55 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: BurbankKarl
via SATERN: Family trapped in attic with high water, both have diabetes... 3133 ANNETTO ST N.O.

The absolute worst due to the choices. Have you ever been in an attic in the summer? The choices(if you can't bust out to the scorching rooftop) would be to drown or cook. Neither is a good one. Very sad.

5,052 posted on 08/31/2005 10:03:56 AM PDT by Johnny Crab (Always thankful.)
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To: cgk
Thanks. Desperate times.
5,053 posted on 08/31/2005 10:04:33 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: King Prout

my Liege...
i see today they were at least talking about filling shipping containers and using them to fill the voids but i haven't heard anything else.


5,054 posted on 08/31/2005 10:04:49 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: luckystarmom

After 9-11 I bought clothes pins and nylon cord to hang out clothes. I also bought an old percolating coffee pot that can be used without electricity.


5,055 posted on 08/31/2005 10:04:49 AM PDT by toomanygrasshoppers ("In technical terminology, he's a loon")
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To: luckystarmom

This is a situation where chlorine can become essential. Chlorine bleach (Clorox), swimming pool chlorine, etc. It can save your life by preventing spread of water-borne disease.


5,056 posted on 08/31/2005 10:04:50 AM PDT by WayneM (Remember; "Saturday people first. Sunday people next.")
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To: Warren_Piece

NFL should agree to take proceeds from the last week of preseason games and give it to Katrina relief.


5,057 posted on 08/31/2005 10:04:59 AM PDT by WoodstockCat (Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!)
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To: bwteim

Agreed. Reports are getting worse.

This is like nothing I've ever seen.


5,058 posted on 08/31/2005 10:05:10 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: Johnny Crab

I was thinking I would swim to the top of the roof...but these people are probably dead tired by now....and might not know how to swim...


5,059 posted on 08/31/2005 10:05:40 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Howlin

CNN's John Zarrella is leaving New Orleans now. He is describing terrible conditions in the city.


5,060 posted on 08/31/2005 10:05:41 AM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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