Katrina Live Thread, Part XI

Various ^ | 30 August 2005 | Various

[foreign devil]

He could contact the National Guard, explain the situation and ask what they suggest or if they can use him.

[jhny7]

but you can drop foodand water on that bridge or close

[tcrlaf]

20 Oil Rigs "MISSING" in the Gulf of Mexico...

Shell Mars is HEAVILY damaged..

OMG! ONLY Good News is the Oil Port is OPEN!

Anyone have news on the Oil Support Base at the very end of the Mississippi??

[BurbankKarl]

That is because the radio audience in Los Angeles heard that the looting was "The White Man's Fault" on KFI

[proud American in Canada]

No owner in his right mind would rebuild in Louisiana unless he had an iron-clad guarantee that something like this would never happen again. And that can't be done, given where NO is located.

I agree with you both, though yesterday I was told that I was totally exaggerating. At the VERY least, the priceless history of that city will be gone.

[Not A Snowbird]

Where is he now? I would recommend he contact the nearest Marine unit and check in with them.

I looked at the USMC website and there is NOTHING about checkin procedures for people caught in this mess. 4th MAW/MARDIV websites are down.

[BurbankKarl]

NAVY TELEPHONE HELPLINE: 1-877-414-5358
This line will be staffed 24 hours by active duty Navy volunteers and will have connectivity with Navy, FEMA and other government agencies. They will try their very best to answer questions regarding the status of Navy family members, but please be aware that communication in the region is still inconsistent.


here you go

[BurbankKarl]

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE
TELEPHONE HELPLINE: 1-800-435-9941
This site is intended for Air Force or military, DOD, government audiences only. It contains information for Hurricane Katrina Entitlements; Evacuation Allowances;

[tcrlaf]

Tell him to check into the watch at the nearest Marine Corps post or station...

They will direct from there...

[Not A Snowbird]

Tell him to check into the watch at the nearest Marine Corps post or station

That's what I said he should do.

Frankly I'm surprised there's no guidance on HQMC's website.

[aft_lizard]

Well if the Marines are like the Army you check in with your nearest recruiter if you cant connect to your home unit.

[Mago]

Amazing Simulation.
New Orleans as the water rises.

Where is the simulation?

[proud American in Canada]

It won't be anytime until people will have forgotten that the President said that it was going to take a long time, just like Iraq

That's true, but the key difference is, with the WOT, it's wars, obvious and maybe not so otherwise, that happen far away. Once the tower rubble was cleaned up, people began to forget.

Here, people are going to see that it takes a while to rebuild, oh, say, I-10. It will be happening right under our noses and won't be so easy to forget/ignore.

[proud American in Canada]

It won't be anytime until people will have forgotten that the President said that it was going to take a long time, just like Iraq

That's true, but the key difference is, with the WOT, it's wars, obvious and maybe not so otherwise, that happen far away. Once the tower rubble was cleaned up, people began to forget.

Here, people are going to see that it takes a while to rebuild, oh, say, I-10. It will be happening right under our noses and won't be so easy to forget/ignore.

[Not A Snowbird]

Ping to #6451. Everybody seems to be answering me now instead of you. :-)

[CedarDave]

20 Oil Rigs "MISSING" in the Gulf of Mexico...

Source please...

[BurbankKarl]

August 30, 2005

Marines rescue stranded hurricane victims

By Christian Lowe and Christopher Munsey
Times staff writer


Marines rescued more than 100 people stranded by the destruction of Hurricane Katrina Monday after tides and high winds pummeled cities along the Gulf of Mexico coast.

Leathernecks with the Reserve’s reinforced 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, based in Gulfport, Miss., navigated the debris-filled streets of Biloxi late Aug. 29, plucking dazed citizens from their battered homes.

About 130 people were rescued by the Marines, who drove two AAV7 Amphibious Assault Vehicles through the destruction.

The amtrackers took the flood victims “to a designated drop-off point where they were returned to safety by civilian authorities,” according to a news release from Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport. One amtrac in the operation rescued 100 people, making four trips with 25 victims crammed into the crew compartment, a Navy spokeswoman said.

Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalions 1, 7 and 133 — based in Gulfport — are clearing a 10-mile-long stretch of road to the nearby town of Pass Christian so civilian authorities could rescue stranded citizens there, the spokeswoman said.

The Marine amtrackers headed to the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport today for rescue operations there, but no further details were available.

Katrina pummeled the Gulf coast after it made landfall Monday, unleashing 145-mph winds and pushing a rain-fueled storm surge that broke through a levee protecting low-lying New Orleans. The break put 80 percent the historic city under as much as 20 feet of water, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people who had did not heed warnings to leave the city during the weekend.

Officials along the Gulf coast of Mississippi reported as many as 80 people killed by the storm in one county, a death toll that officials throughout the region say will likely rise.