[NautiNurse]

As always, please remember there are FReepers who live in the affected areas. Use common sense when posting. If that doesn't work, the moderators are locked and loaded with the heavy artillery.

[rwfromkansas]

Nurse, great summation of the day's events. Very well done.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

House Speaker Dennis Hastert has voiced serious doubts about rebuilding New Orleans with federal funds,

Finally, a breath of fresh air. A politician finally says something that makes sense.

Hastert is right--do NOT rebuild New Orleans as it is below sea level.

Did anybody catch Keith Oberman trashing Rice, Bush and everybody in the admin--he implied all could care less about what is going on. He noted Condi Rice was on vacation, crap like that. He failed to mention that the mayor is a major reason why lawlessness borke out.

[Exit148]

I haven't read the whole thread. Has anything been said about Jeff Goldblatt, Fox reporter, who was covering the story from inside N.O., on Canal street? When he was on the air last night, he mentioned the roaming gangs. Today there was no report from him from anywhere.

Anyone know anything?

[hc87]

http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00205/Satellittbilde_fra__205774a.jpg


Don't know if this has been posted already, but here's a high resolution aerial photo of the city I found through National Review's The Corner. It looks like anything within 5 blocks of the River is dry. If that's the case, why aren't people walking from the Convention Center up to the Crescent City Connection and over to Algiers? The on-ramps look dry in this photo. Does anyone have any insight as to whether these ramps are now underwater?

[mhking]

Jesse Jackson has arrived in Louisiana...

I win the pool!

 

Double-barrelled Mega-PING! to both lists! If you want on, FReepmail me!

[Salvation]

Excellent links

[BykrBayb]

Thanks for the update about your uncle's son on the other thread. Prayers are continuing.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/USNSAHome.htm

A $100 donation to The Salvation Army will feed a family of four for two days, provide two cases of drinking water and one household clean-up kit, containing brooms, mops, buckets, and cleaning supplies

To donate by mail, send checks, earmarked 'disaster relief,' to

Salvation Army

Disaster Relief

PO BOX 4857
JACKSON, MS
39296-4857

[RoseD]

All the schools should be shut down and all the buses in the country sent in to remove the affected. All communties in America should welcome all refugees. After all we are the greatest country in the world. I will for one be in New Orleans, asap with my pickup to help someone join my community. I challenge all Freepers to do the same. President Bush, I challenge you to do whatever is necessary. Forget education, lets take care of our own. 3 weeks can be regained during scheduled vacations. Everyone speak out! Let's git 'er done! 'Cuz we can! We are the voice!

[George W. Bush]

International offers to assist the U.S. have been received from Russia, Japan, Canada, France, Honduras, Germany, Venezuela, Jamaica, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, China, South Korea, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, NATO and the Organization of American States.

It's nice to at least see them offer but I'd prefer to see us do it ourselves.

I've been watching CNN. Their reporter in New Orleans is trapped on the roof of a police station, told not to leave, surrounded by police snipers watching the surrounding area. At that station, 20% have walked off. He's reporting up to 60% are believed to have walked off the job at other stations. Normally, I'd be skeptical but after the stories of police looting at Walmart (on camera), I guess I believe it.

They're talking about dead bodies at the stadium. Old lady in a wheelchair just shoved off in a corner. Someone laying dead near the entrance. The virtual certainty that people now alive there will expire from lack of emergency supplies in the next day or so.

It's simply appalling. Something is very wrong when we can't secure any American city and at least get water in and get these homeless people, many of them children or elderly, out of there.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Another question that I have. I have not read all the threads, my question might be answered but here goes.
I thought that we were air dropping stuff (water/food) within 24 hours to the tsunami areas.
Why have we not been doing this since Tuesday? Or have we?

[RGVTx]

I don't know if this link has been posted. I was searching for news on the Mandeville area and found this page with links to news for individual counties and cities affected by Katrina.

http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0901-hurricane.html

[plain talk]

As FYI here is an email report of an expedition by my brother-in-law Dan who lives in Lafayette:

I called about 9:30, was surprised and relieved to hear that Danny was home. He was eating, but did get to talk to him for a minute. He said that when
he got to the rendevous point early this morning, there were 500 boats and most of the guys had a buddy - 1000 men ready to go help. He drove to New Orleans and launched his boat from I-10, and was working the area of Canal Street to the north, by City Park, the causeway. He made 50 trips, shuttling families to safety. The Coast Guard member who was with him turned out to be Matthew Brannon's boss! This man had lost his house, as did a paramedic that Dan helped. He had been working for four days straight.

Dan said that there was lots of activity and help and that the teamwork was amazing - the helicopters, the boats, the families who were grateful for rescue. I expressed concern for the children and Dan said that he was telling one little black boy that he (the little boy) would have quite a story to tell his grandchildren. He said the children seemed resillient and ready for adventure. I am sure that reality will hit, but I am thankful that the children are OK for now - at least the ones Danny was helping. He said that sometimes his boat went over cars. He could feel them hitting below and it took a bit to figure out what was navigable. He said that their church in Lafayette had commited to housing 100 people in the church - a commitment made to the Red Cross.

[Peach]

Army Corp of Engineers says funding levels did not contribute to levee problems in NO; decisions made years ago to build the levees to handle Category 3 contributed to the problem.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1475305/posts?page=1

[wallcrawlr]

I am looking for 3 people that lived in Metairie, LA.

Phil and Edna Maniglia, Antoinette Peres

My family has not heard from them yet. Please pass this along and let me know if you find something. Thank you.

[Sprite518]

OK folks I may just not understand this.

Why is it so logistically hard to load up some C-130's with water and food, and parachute it in by the Super Dome? They can get the supplies from Walmart, Publix, Kroger etc... Just clear a little area where the choppers land. I use to see it in the military we would drop vehicles, artillery. Why can't we do food?

Perhaps we are just looking at the efficiency of Government, and it does not matter how much taxes you pay. Oh one more point I am sure the terrorist are taking notes...

[Sprite518]

Again,

Why is it so logistically hard to load up some C-130's with water and food, and parachute it in by the Super Dome? They can get the supplies from Walmart, Publix, Kroger etc... Just clear a little area where the choppers land. I use to see it in the military we would drop vehicles, artillery. Why can't we do food?

Perhaps we are just looking at the efficiency of Government, and it does not matter how much taxes you pay. Oh one more point I am sure the terrorist are taking notes...

[snowsislander]

Some news about aid getting through to Mississippi: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475337/posts

[snowsislander]

Some good news: Tallahassee Lends A Hand

[fishntex]

I just saw a number popup on FNC that said 475 thousand people evacuated before the storm. There were about 1.2 million people living in the NOLA area. Does that mean that possibly 800 thousand people need to be rescued? Lets be conservative and say half of that at 400 thousand.

This is a monumental task that the dems are not capable of dealing with or concentrating on long enough without making Bush the bad guy. I have heard it on CNN already today with that crazy lady they have on for prime time.