Here is just one of the posts.
http://www.nola.com/weblogs/nola/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_nolaview/archives/2005_08.html#075517
Story: I just received this email from my friend Bill Quigley:
Dear Friends:
There are about 1300 people here who need help. I would appreciate
it if you could forward this
information to federal and state authorities and press in the US and in
Louisiana to make sure these sick people are cared for.
I am in Memorial Hospital in New Orleans. We have nearly 200 very
sick people, hundreds of staff and hundreds more families. The
hospital has some basic electricity but many rooms have no electricity and
many stairwells have no electricity/ There is no a/c and no external
windows. We cannot phone out and can receive few incoming calls. The water
is rising and the hospital is already surrounded by water. Once the
water hits the first floor, the computers, the email,
all intercoms, and all internal communication inside
the hospital will cease.
Our phones do not work so this is the only way I
can reach out. This is not official but what I have
been able to find out from listening to many, many
people here.
The City of New Orleans is completely
overwhelmed. No electricity. Incredible wind damage and now a broken
levee that is flooding the city even further.
Please make sure that someone is working to make sure these sick
people and their families are helped.
They need care. For hours they have been announcing that patients are
going to be medivaced (is this a word?) to other hospitals and
shelters. But little real action so far.
I know there is much, much to do out there, but
these sick people need attention asap.
Please reach out in whatever way you can to make sure these folks
are cared for.
Bill Quigley
Also from that page:
HELPPP from writes:
5851. BAPTIST HOSIPTAL EMERGENCY
by Jillybean82, 8/31/05 16:52 ET
Baptist hospital has been taken over with guns. it is horrible. I talked to my friend who is a nurse. she was screaming that is terrible. there are bodies just everywhere. people are stealing all there supplies.
i don't know how to get this information to the news station. This is first hand information.
there is 25ft of water in the hospital. Please please help.
- Jilljill0782@aol.com
Obviously can't be verified at this point, but distressing.