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Katrina Live Thread, Part XI
Various ^ | 30 August 2005 | Various

Posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse

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To: PhiKapMom
Probably because it is hard to fathom a state would elect this woman as the Governor.

Because some people out there didn't want to vote for the fella who wasn't white...

151 posted on 08/30/2005 1:54:14 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (The constitution is not in exile, it's in a nice safe deposit box in the Cayman Islands - Lileks)
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To: Yellow Rose of Texas

I was thinking the same thing today, Ms. Rose. Wonder where to go to offer housing and such to families?


152 posted on 08/30/2005 1:54:25 PM PDT by penelopesire
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To: conservative cat

Remove Clinton's gas tax.


153 posted on 08/30/2005 1:54:31 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: ExcellenceOverDiversity

"But I have been wrong before."

posting this 1st post is another example


154 posted on 08/30/2005 1:54:36 PM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: NautiNurse
Great job on these threads. I have been a lurkin...

Prayers for everybody !!!

155 posted on 08/30/2005 1:54:36 PM PDT by Deetes (God Bless the Troops and their Families)
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To: PhiKapMom

That is why the military took over...


156 posted on 08/30/2005 1:54:41 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: farmer18th
NCM, Inc. Online: Nazarene Katrina Response Katrina donations-Link at the bottom of the article.
157 posted on 08/30/2005 1:54:42 PM PDT by madison10
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To: AmericanInTokyo

I personally think she is about to lose it. She is just not up to the task that is on her shoulders.


158 posted on 08/30/2005 1:54:52 PM PDT by CajunConservative (Southwest Louisiana)
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To: jackson747

Welcome to FR.

Sorry noone welcomed you on the previous thread (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1473373/posts?page=2484#2484), it moved so fast and then closed we never got a chance.

Prayers extended for your family: it sounds as if they are safe, though their losses may be great.

What you are describing from the flyover sounds horrific. Right now so much is up in the air, it seems hard to fathom they would NOT be able to rebuild... there is so much not there anymore.


159 posted on 08/30/2005 1:55:07 PM PDT by cgk (We'll have to deal w/ the networks. One way to do that is to drain the swamp they live in - Rumsfeld)
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To: U S Army EOD
How did that city survive before the levees, pumps, air conditioning? Building up such a metropolis in an easily floodable basin defies prudent city planning.
160 posted on 08/30/2005 1:55:13 PM PDT by Shqipo (Doing what I can to turn Maine back to Red.)
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mark


161 posted on 08/30/2005 1:55:22 PM PDT by truthluva ("Character is doing the right thing even when no one is looking" - JC Watts)
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To: PhiKapMom
Governor Blanco is way over her head and what is needed are people that understand a disaster and do not get emotional right now. This press conference reveals a Governor that has very little clue on what to do next.

Get Rudy.

162 posted on 08/30/2005 1:55:33 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God)
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To: Yellow Rose of Texas

I have floor space and extra food.


163 posted on 08/30/2005 1:55:35 PM PDT by sfimom (NW PA thank God.)
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To: jpsb

They have done a lot to harm the city, including dikes that funnel river water through the delta in such a way as to erode the land that served as a buffer between NO and the Gulf.


164 posted on 08/30/2005 1:55:44 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: TonyInOhio
Torie, I believe that is a photo of the 17th Street Canal, which connects to the Lake, not the Mississippi.

No. That is unmistakably the Industrial Canal which links the lake to the river, with a lock seen at the bottom of that picture. Go to maps.google.com and look at it.
165 posted on 08/30/2005 1:55:49 PM PDT by AaronInCarolina
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To: Torie
The Mississippi must be pouring into the main NO bowl

This has been driving me nuts as well. Seems like so much water so quickly. I understand they don't know where all the breeches are. Could somebody here explain to me if it's possible the river levy has been compromised from underneath... maybe just some sort of saturation?

166 posted on 08/30/2005 1:55:51 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Howlin

Absolutely. CNN's coverage has been outstanding.


167 posted on 08/30/2005 1:55:51 PM PDT by cgk (We'll have to deal w/ the networks. One way to do that is to drain the swamp they live in - Rumsfeld)
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To: Howlin

I just cannot watch Fox for big news stories, CNN is much better. Fox better get their act together or else CNN is going to catch up with them.


168 posted on 08/30/2005 1:55:53 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: conservativebabe
I have heard that CNN is doing a good job, I'm switching over

You won't regret it. They're doing a great job, like they did with the Pope's funeral.

169 posted on 08/30/2005 1:55:56 PM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: CajunConservative

Haven't seen her on T.V. today, only reading about it here. That bad huh?


170 posted on 08/30/2005 1:55:59 PM PDT by conservativebabe (God Bless Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida)
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To: cgk

Sheraton Hotel 5th floor ballroom...person trapped needing emergency life support medication

flomax...?


171 posted on 08/30/2005 1:56:00 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: jeffers
Some filling stations closed in Indiana, signs posted saying "no gas".

Wow. That's enough to start a PANIC!

172 posted on 08/30/2005 1:56:10 PM PDT by bjs1779
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To: GOP_Proud
I agree w/you.

The are moving pretty fast slogging through the water and getting their "shopping" done.

173 posted on 08/30/2005 1:56:11 PM PDT by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)
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To: U S Army EOD; NautiNurse; Admin Moderator

"First of all the Admin Moderators need to set your threads up on the top subject board to where you don't have to look for this like Cindy S., Karl Rowe, etc. This is an American tragedy and all Freepers need to be able to come right to this. I found out about Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and the news like I feared is horrible."

I fourth this opinion.


174 posted on 08/30/2005 1:56:14 PM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever (We shall never forget the atrocity of 11 Sept.)
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To: NautiNurse

N.O. ordered complete evacuation by governor per MSNBC


175 posted on 08/30/2005 1:56:14 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever
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To: SandyInSeattle

ExcellenceOverDiversity has been banned or suspended.


176 posted on 08/30/2005 1:56:33 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: proud American in Canada

I saw Shep at 3 for a half hour..hate to say it..but he was superb..just great....


177 posted on 08/30/2005 1:56:42 PM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: cgk; Howlin

And people think that conservatives can't be unbiased! ;)


178 posted on 08/30/2005 1:57:03 PM PDT by conservativebabe (God Bless Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida)
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To: Mac94

If the oil is not coming into this country, there will be a world wide glut on the market. Oil prices world wide will crash. However if you can't get it into this country that doesn't help us. But, if we can't take in oil, OPEC will be trying to give it away. The movie did not take into consideration that all the oil we were not taking in anymore had to go somewhere. If our economy fails and can't buy from China, then their economy will also fail.


179 posted on 08/30/2005 1:57:16 PM PDT by U S Army EOD (WHEN JANE FONDA STARTS HER TOUR, LET ME KNOW WHERE SHE IS)
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To: conservativebabe
I have heard that CNN is doing a good job

CNN and Wolf Blitzer are kicking Fox's ass right now.

180 posted on 08/30/2005 1:57:24 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God)
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To: Alissa

Probably worse, as so many of these people do not have insurance.


181 posted on 08/30/2005 1:57:25 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: dfwgator

Seems like CNN is still really the only 24/7 news channel. The other ones have special shows that also replay late at night.


182 posted on 08/30/2005 1:57:27 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: flutters

As the Governor, you have to be a whole lot less emotional than this Governor. She is out of her league and the people of LA need someone with strength right now.


183 posted on 08/30/2005 1:57:29 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: Jim Noble
Governor Blanco is way over her head and what is needed are people that understand a disaster and do not get emotional right now. This press conference reveals a Governor that has very little clue on what to do next. Get Rudy.

Or just get Mississippi to temporarily annex Louisiana and let Haley Barbour handle it.

184 posted on 08/30/2005 1:57:32 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: NautiNurse

An associate of mine works at WDSU and stayed behind in N.O. while much of the rest of the staff went to Jackson. His wife also stayed behind since she works at Charity Hospital. Any word on how the TV studio or the Hospital are making out ? I'm kind of worried about them.


185 posted on 08/30/2005 1:57:35 PM PDT by XRdsRev (New Jersey has more horses per square mile than any other U.S. state.)
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To: conservativebabe

I agree, CNN much better on this, even tho I despise the lefties.


186 posted on 08/30/2005 1:57:39 PM PDT by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: Howlin

Oh sheesh CNN running the cindy sheehan ad.


187 posted on 08/30/2005 1:57:41 PM PDT by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: Mac94

Yep... that's the one. I forgot about the sending shipping to Houston part.


189 posted on 08/30/2005 1:57:50 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: NautiNurse

I posted a long update to a closed thread and wasn't able to retrieve it. Anyway, I'll do it again, but shorter.

For info from the NO area, your best bet is to tune your radio, after dark, to WWL 870 am. It can be picked up nationally after dark.

I listened all through the night last night and learned:

Martial law has been declared in Jefferson Parish through at least Monday morning. After that time, you will only e allowed to enter with proper ID, and will be asked to stay only long enough to survey damage and retrieve belongings.

Slidell has no communication at all, which explains the near news blackout. The St. Tammany govt did manage to get a press release out which stated that the're working and to stay away for now. The release made no mention whatsoever about damages.

People called in to WWl with the following info about Slidell:

Water tower down. Don't know which one.
Old Spanish Trail is now the new shoreline for Lake Pontchartrain.
Very little info still. Sorry.

People called in from mid city saying water was still rising. Turns out there was a two-block section of the 17tj street canal levee broken and water was rushing onto Canal Blvd like a white water river.

People were being advised to get onto their roofs, and not into their attics without axes or crowbars.

Most of hte buildings in teh CBD have every window blown out. NO downtown was described repeatedly as Beiruit with water.

It seems the NO and Slidell area were impacted more severely than the news has been reporting.

Please ping me with any Slidell news, as it looksl ike I wont' be able to return home for weeks.

Please excuse spelling etc. I'm fighting with a counsin's AOL, which keeps trying to cut me off.

Keep us in your prayers y'all. I still don't know what awaits me. My family is safe, so I'm very grateful to God for that.


190 posted on 08/30/2005 1:58:03 PM PDT by alnick
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To: Lizarde

blech!


191 posted on 08/30/2005 1:58:09 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry (In Tampa Bay praying for all In Katrina's path.)
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To: PhiKapMom

We could have had Bobby Jindal who had a plan and can think on his feet. Too many people though couldn't get past his East Indian heritage. My lib sister is getting it now. Hopefully others will also.


192 posted on 08/30/2005 1:58:14 PM PDT by CajunConservative (Southwest Louisiana)
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To: Dane

Had to turn it off. That face. That voice.


193 posted on 08/30/2005 1:58:24 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: All

Apropos of Katrina's track, it's begun rainin' like hell in central PA ...


194 posted on 08/30/2005 1:58:42 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: XRdsRev

I heard that Charity is surrounded by floodwaters or is flooded.


195 posted on 08/30/2005 1:58:50 PM PDT by ContemptofCourt
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To: PhiKapMom
She is out of her league and the people of LA need someone with strength right now.

But-but- diversity is our strength!

196 posted on 08/30/2005 1:58:51 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God)
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To: bjs1779

I predicted gas lines would start happening by the end of the week.


197 posted on 08/30/2005 1:58:51 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Very ugly commercial with a closeup of Cindy Sheehan calling Bush a liar and saying that he killed her son, right in the middle of CNN's hurricane coverage.

One word: backfire.


198 posted on 08/30/2005 1:58:56 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Jim Noble

Okay.....that's my SECOND laugh of the day!


199 posted on 08/30/2005 1:58:57 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: dawn53
Seems moving them to the Super Dome and then having to move them again later is double work, but if the roads are too bad to leave on, then I can see the point.

It's a staging/logistics move, I think. Moving them to the Super Dome means you only have to open one route out of the city. Same principle as FedEx.

Plus which, you know you've got dry places to put thousands of people, even if it is horrific in there.

200 posted on 08/30/2005 1:58:59 PM PDT by r9etb
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