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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.
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
Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger
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.
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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.
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Tropical Storm 12
I agree.
Come on, Mr. President....follow your instincts.
You are psych(ot)ic.
Bush had a legacy sewn up the moment he stepped into the White House.
Trent Lott's childhood home is gone, too, per CNN.
http://www.noahswish.com/ (this will be one of the orgs that will be rescuing animals - they will need donations)
Learn English or go away. Our patience is thin.
My assessment: If the people of Louisiana reelect that dud Blanco after this... they deserve her. Barbour has been great; honest, forthright and decisive.
That's a heck of a good question, Torie, and I hope it was answered further down the post and I just haven't gotten to it yet.
I thought when morning arrived I'd see people crawling all over those rooves breaking into them to get the people out through the roof and yet what I saw was one helicopter swinging one guy from one house to another and then trying to rescue maybe half a dozen members from one house while across the street were more people on their rooves waiting to be rescued. There should have been an army people crawling all over there with axes getting people into dinghies. They need to get an army of people onto these rooves and get the people out of those attics.
I just kept thinking when they were being shown going into the Superdome that it was not a place I'd want to be.
Even 10,000 people stuck there under drastic conditions is a pretty hopeless situation. But 60,000?
Now they're talking about evacuating the Superdome, how long will it take to get them all out, and where are they all going to go?
Horrible mess.
Barbor an A, Blanco a C-
Those Navy sea stallions can carry 55 people....
Yeah, took time out from the computer to eat supper and looked out the window...It's a light rain though.
You have FreepMail...
I knew that. However, major hurricanes kick up silt and drive it up the river. Deep draft ships which could previously navigate the Mississippi, can "run aground" on the built up silt.
Wow, it only took a day before someone brought up HAARP!
Old news - maybe six hours ago. I wonder what it is like for the junkies, including cigarette smokers (I am one) shut up in the Dome. Are people allowed to leave from the Dome under their own volition, or are they in lockdown?
I am talking about "I would walk/wade a mile for a Camel."
The logistics of this effort are going to be HUGE...
WWL just stated that police crews were running out of fuel for thier vehicles today...
You can send in ANYTHING you want, but if they haven't got gas for the boats and chain saws, and guys to drive the gas, and guys who cordinate the drivers and schedules, etc (you get the point)...
Checking inn from Holiday Inn in Shreveport. Will attemp to return home tomorrow. St. John the Baptist parish has water, but recommends boiling, no electricity, limbs down. Don't know about flooding. Guess I have to see if I make it in tomorrow. On the otherhand, Nothing left in Chenier, La (right before Grand Isle).
I guess the South won't rise again.
Is this the right time to say "the south shall rise again"?
LOL- back to back, fifteen seconds apart
Glass Half Full vs. Glass Half Empty
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