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Posted on 08/30/2005 6:51:27 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Catastrophic damage occurred to Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Major bridges are destroyed. Mobile AL suffered its worst flooding in 90 years. In New Orleans, a large section of concrete levee broke last night. Water continues to rise, threatening, among many things, Tulane Hospital with 1000 patients. New Orleans officials: Do not attempt to return to the city at this time if you evacuated. It is too dangerous.
WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula
Gulfport News via Topix.net WAFB Baton Rouge
Slidell, Mandeville, and Covington Updates Warning: website is overloaded due to heavy traffic
Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger
Great news! Hope it's closer to the end of the year, though. It will take months to get cleaned up. I've been wanting to go back for years, now. Spent two days there ten years ago and loved it.
How could the people of LA elected Blanco is what I would like to know and yes you heard that about lake water. This woman doesn't have a clue.
Dirt ... let me know when you're coming to Houston, I'll be glad to assist in getting you the hell back out.
Which lake? Lake Erie?
Amen to that post,Rev.
the FEMA guy was trying to downplay the water like it is no big deal.....and of course the governor told the REAL story....water deeper than cars
Agree on all your responses.
She could have not been all over TV blaming Bush since Saturday.
That's the Governor calling for a Day of Prayer.
Is the water level still rising in NO?
25 feet.
Well, the problem with a circular levee system is if it gets breached, it becomes a dam that keeps water from leaving. And the pumps are worthless until the levee integrity is restored.
No silly! Lake EERIE!!! I think the Gov has drunk too much water from it!
Philadephia was very severely damaged by a Hurricane in 1878.
well there is some dispute in that. I heard a reporter say that it's a misunderstanding, that the President had to do that as a formality, the process. We don't really know for sure the chain of events.
So am I. Tried to go outside and walk around but keep coming back online. Do you think it's like driving by a car wreck?
**snort**
This is certainly a huge event. I'm trying to get my mind wrapped around the tragedy.
People are reacting in different ways, and we are reading posts that would normally trigger a disagreement resolved in a few posts through raw emotioned eyes.
I think all of us are seeing things a little more differently, with more raw emotion perhaps, and are lashing out a little bit more than usual out of frustration.
I know I would like to be doing more. Our office in Dallas will probably need to pick up some of the slack from our NOLA office. I have offered my home to any of my NOLA co-workers that may need a place to stay and access to a company resources so that they can be productive and until our NOLA office opens. Beyond that, plus a modest donation or two, I can't do too much more and I am sick at heart and frustrated over that.
Maybe we all need to give the people in the area a break and give each other a break.
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