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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: WoofDog123

Hearing conflicting reports on time of presidential speech... can anyone say with certainty 5 pm EDT?


5,561 posted on 08/31/2005 11:54:42 AM PDT by mwl1
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To: NonValueAdded
I can't believe a smart senator and a congressman don't hold a joint press conference and say they are cutting THEIR vacation short to file legislation for immediate consideration to open ANWR to drilling. Demand a fast track vote and get everyone on record while prices are so high. It is time to think and act like a majority.

Like the Senators & Congresspersons from Alaska? What a great idea!

5,562 posted on 08/31/2005 11:55:09 AM PDT by madison10
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To: WoofDog123

Assuming that there is a dentist office intact.


5,563 posted on 08/31/2005 11:55:10 AM PDT by Blogger
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To: BurbankKarl

You think Texas will want all them hardheaded coona$$es who don't know when to get out of the way? Maybe they'll take Shreveport, though...


5,564 posted on 08/31/2005 11:55:13 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: al baby

Labor Day weekend travel restriction?


5,565 posted on 08/31/2005 11:55:20 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: Howlin

He's begging for Bush to bring in the military to restore order to downtown New Orleans.


5,566 posted on 08/31/2005 11:55:29 AM PDT by WoodstockCat (Gitmo? Let them eat Pork!)
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To: steveegg

Are all evacuees headed for the Dome, these guys were headed south?


5,567 posted on 08/31/2005 11:55:37 AM PDT by john316 (JOSHUA 24:15 ...choose you this day whom ye will serve...)
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To: Calpernia

Children Of Hurricane Refugees May Enroll In Texas Schools

Gov. Rick Perry announced Wednesday that Texas school districts will enroll children of Hurricane Katrina refugees sheltered within each district.

Perry made the announcement during a ceremonial signing of an eminent-domain bill passed during the recent Legislature.

Perry and Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco agreed Wednesday to a plan that would move at least 25,000 Hurricane Katrina refugees from New Orleans to Houston.

Most of the refugees are sweltering in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.

The plan calls for them to be moved to Houston's Astrodome, where they would be sheltered temporarily until better accommodations can be found.

.“In the face of such tragic circumstances, we all have to pull together so these families have as much normalcy as possible during these difficult times,” Perry said.

Perry said the Texas Education Agency has been directed to provide all needed support for districts having to absorb the additional children from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

He said Texas wants to do all it can to comfort children who have "almost overnight been uprooted from their daily routines."

The TEA said the refugee children can qualify as "homeless" and may enroll without proof of residence.

“I want stranded families to know the doors of Texas’ public schools are immediately open to your school-aged children,” Perry said.

“I also want school leaders to know that we realize this will put a strain on their capacity, so I have asked the Texas Education Agency to work them to make sure they have the textbooks they need, funding for transportation and the free-and-reduced lunch program and class size waivers as needed.”


5,568 posted on 08/31/2005 11:55:38 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Moose4

I'm kinda wondering why no one is pushing all the lost boats out................................ it seems that oodles of boats got washed ashore


5,569 posted on 08/31/2005 11:56:20 AM PDT by freema (Ready to Rock AND Roll)
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To: WoofDog123
If no id is found on a corpse, I would assume dental records are the only way.

Assuming dental records are available (probably not) and assuming they have the means to rapidly match hundreds of teeth against thousands of dental records.

5,570 posted on 08/31/2005 11:56:24 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: Miss Marple
I would like to see an executive order curbing unnecessary travel. That would, of course, include Cindy Sheehan's bus tour.

I'd like it limited to that :-)

5,571 posted on 08/31/2005 11:56:25 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: WoofDog123
If no id is found on a corpse, I would assume dental records are the only way.

Then how in the hell do they do it in England?

5,572 posted on 08/31/2005 11:56:32 AM PDT by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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To: steveegg

Just when you think the Left can't sink any lower, they surprise you.


5,573 posted on 08/31/2005 11:56:38 AM PDT by hershey
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To: WoofDog123
If no id is found on a corpse, I would assume dental records are the only way.

Can't they use DNA if there are relatives available for comparison? I would imagine a lot of dental records in the affected areas might be gone.

5,574 posted on 08/31/2005 11:56:55 AM PDT by maryz
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To: WoofDog123
I would assume dental records are the only way.

There's not going to be time for any of that in this one, I fear. If reports are true and we're talking "thousands" in MS and Louisiana -- while rescuers have trouble even getting through for days -- we are looking at mass burials.

5,575 posted on 08/31/2005 11:56:57 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

LOL!


5,576 posted on 08/31/2005 11:57:17 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: john316

The Dome was the plan.


5,577 posted on 08/31/2005 11:57:26 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: Txsleuth
He said that all of these libs that regard the National Guard as a place for "draft dodgers" sure are anxious and grateful for their service now, aren't they?

I was watching CNN and Cindy Sheehan's commercial ran. She came off as completely and ridiculously self-absorbed. Then, they get back to the coverage and show the heroics of the National Guardsmen that Cindy Sheehan so obviously hates. The contrast could not be more stark.

5,578 posted on 08/31/2005 11:57:57 AM PDT by Pete
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To: BurbankKarl

The Coast Guard guy on Fox is saying that they go their orders SUNDAY AFTERNOON!


5,579 posted on 08/31/2005 11:58:11 AM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: Types_with_Fist

I would think technology would allow for taking a DNA sample from the corpse, tagging it and keeping track of how the body was disposed and handle the ID matching after the fact.


5,580 posted on 08/31/2005 11:58:23 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Freedom of speech makes it much easier to spot the idiots." [Jay Lessig, 2/7/2005])
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