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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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Martial Law Declared in New Orleans
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.
Previous Threads:
Katrina Live Thread, Part X
Katrina Live Thread, Part IX
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12
You could also work on your sentence structure and spelling...
What are you going to do about it? Go down and talk nicey liberal talk about how they are the victims? Pretty soon you will have lots of force available. Use it!!
Walmart has set up "cash" donation boxes.
Every State must be doing the same thing.
But you're right..we need gas to get it there. Who'd of ever thought?
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The door is thataway. ----->
Blanco is totally useless. Bush is going to have to hold her hand or do it all himself throughout this entire ordeal.
From what I could read of her body language she meant exactly that.
Let's let the pot boil and see what happens.
Wrong place to be, troll.
}:-)4
That didn't take long...
someone suggested on Fox -- shoot the B@#$%^'s and then pin a sign to their clothes that says "looter."
I think Cheney's parents are long dead....
If you want to talk about looters, start at the top.
Knock it off - go back to DU!
I heard that reporter say that too. Although I think he was quoting local officials or something. Good idea though. Nobody has time or resources to deal with that problem. The looters are contributing nothing but headaches and people could be saved with the resources they do have. Time to shoot them.
Fox reporter saying Narcotics have to be returned to the DEA within 48 hours or something like that in a disaster. he was showing a picture of a pharmacy owner loading up his safe that had narcotics in it.
New Orleans will be shut down for 3 or 4 months. This means NO is dead. People who worked in the city are going to need to get jobs elsewhere, and they most likely won't come back when the city is re-opened. Businesses that were based in NO are going to have to try to relocate. Those that don't go bust won't have the $$$ to relocate back in NO
I told my husband that listening to a couple of people that Shep was interviewing reminded me of Gone with the Wind -- saying: What do I do, tell me what to do and I'll do it. Have we kept these poor people down so low that they haven't grown at all in 140 years? If so... that is a real indictment of us all.
no it is thisaway <
My Windows Media Player 10 won't load any of the links and I won't use Real Player because it just about takes over your computer and loads Spyware and I don't want to take the time to try to find and disable all their crap.
Whoops! He's kitten chow.
Tee hee! I was sending him the wrong direction.
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