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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
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To: sinkspur
We've never seen anything like this before in the United States.

Yes we have -- just not outside a Civil War battlefield. Side note: identifying bodies will be difficult or impossible. I think a lot of folks will never get positive word that their friends and family are dead, rather than "missing."

5,501 posted on 08/31/2005 11:39:06 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: MrsCinAZ

NBC Confirms 5 PM ET 4 CT from the Rose Garden by the prez. WDSU correcting their last.


5,502 posted on 08/31/2005 11:39:37 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: hershey
Just clicked on CNN in time to hear the reporterette sneer that GW had just flown over parts of Mississippi and NO, and spent (all of), 35 minutes inspecting the damage.

So, did she want him to do an 8-hour pylon turn in AF1, or perhaps he should waste precious resources getting on the ground where there are thugs with guns and a willingness to use them.

5,503 posted on 08/31/2005 11:40:01 AM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
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To: sinkspur

I've heard the trucks aren't there yet.


5,504 posted on 08/31/2005 11:40:29 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: r9etb
just not outside a Civil War battlefield

That is the ONLY comparison I could even think of. We've seen nothing like this in that long and, certainly, no natural disaster this big. Hang on folks... this is going to stagger the imagination.

5,505 posted on 08/31/2005 11:42:06 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: cgk
"The 23,000 New Orleans evacuees who have been holed up at the Superdome with little air conditioning, food and water, will be bused 12 hours to Houston to be housed for an indefinite period at the Houston Astrodome"

12 hours? It's only about 350 miles from NO to Houston.

5,506 posted on 08/31/2005 11:42:12 AM PDT by RoseyT
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To: Types_with_Fist
St. Bernard IS gone. The photo of the Industrial Canal bridge shows ater flowing from St. Bernard over the levee into the canal from the St. Bernard side.

That levee is not small and the homes on the St. Bernard side are about WAY below the top of the levee.

5,507 posted on 08/31/2005 11:42:13 AM PDT by Johnny Crab (Always thankful.)
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To: Howlin
I just have a feeling that many people who have been whining about the President being "on vacation" are going to be very sorry that he's now back!

I was also very grateful to hear that the CBS radio local radio news had something else to report.....other than $3.00/gallon at the pumps.

5,508 posted on 08/31/2005 11:42:14 AM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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To: hershey

I heard the same thing and I didn't get that impression from her at all.


5,509 posted on 08/31/2005 11:42:37 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: MrsCinAZ
From Associated Press:

Mayor: Katrina May Have Killed Thousands Aug 31 2:31 PM US/Eastern

By BRETT MARTEL Associated Press Writer

New Orleans - The mayor said Wednesday that Hurricane Katrina probably killed thousands of people in New Orleans.

"We know there is a significant number of dead bodies in the water," and others dead in attics, Mayor Ray Nagin said. Asked how many, he said: "Minimum, hundreds. Most likely, thousands."
5,510 posted on 08/31/2005 11:42:50 AM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: Types_with_Fist

Do you see on Fox those people on the roof of that apartment building?


5,511 posted on 08/31/2005 11:42:51 AM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's son and keep him strong.)
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To: Johnny Crab

"ater" = water


5,512 posted on 08/31/2005 11:42:52 AM PDT by Johnny Crab (Always thankful.)
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To: Quilla; All

Oops, that may have been a premature posting about the second suicide. It appears to be the same one. Sorry.


5,513 posted on 08/31/2005 11:43:05 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: steveegg

A guy on CNN just said they are trying to get the patients out of the hospital by nightfall because "New Orleans is so dangerous now."


5,514 posted on 08/31/2005 11:43:39 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: Howlin; Brad's Gramma; bd476

CA Task Force 5 (Orange County Fire Authority) Urban Search and Rescue and CA Task Force 6 (Riverside County Fire) Urban Search and Rescue have received official notification for deployment to the hurricane
disaster area per a countywide dispatch this morning at 09:00 hours.

Unknown if they will deploy from LAX or March Reserve Air Base.


LAFD and teams from NoCal are already on site.


5,515 posted on 08/31/2005 11:43:52 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: All

OMG this is heartbreaking...watching people wave flags and signs saying *help us*....


5,516 posted on 08/31/2005 11:44:30 AM PDT by mystery-ak (Home of the free, because of the Brave.....do you understand that Cindy?)
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To: Miss Marple

Yes. The images just keep coming. Unfathomable.


5,517 posted on 08/31/2005 11:44:32 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: A Citizen Reporter

I agree; he will kick some serous butt now.


5,518 posted on 08/31/2005 11:44:36 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: A Citizen Reporter

I would like to see an executive order curbing unnecessary travel. That would, of course, include Cindy Sheehan's bus tour.


5,519 posted on 08/31/2005 11:44:47 AM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's son and keep him strong.)
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To: RoseyT
12 hours? It's only about 350 miles from NO to Houston.

Which is 6 hours in your car, on undamaged roads. On overloaded city buses it'll take longer.

5,520 posted on 08/31/2005 11:44:53 AM PDT by r9etb
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