Posted on 08/30/2005 5:32:22 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Thanks!
His house had two inches of water about 18 hours ago, he had lost a few windows and his car is probably totalled, but we haven't had contact since then. He's got a lot of family members worried!
Repeat!!!!!
BOLO!!!!
NEED TO DISCOVER STATUS OF FAMILY MEMBER, WHO RESIDES ON DONYA STREET, SLIDELL.
SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HER BROTHER IN LAW WHEN SHE SCREAMED THE ROOF WAS LIFTING OFF AND THERE WERE MORE SCREAMS IN THE BACKGROUND AND THEN THE PHONE WENT DEAD.
We are her cousins in MIAMI FL and we just got our power back a few hours ago! (Freeper, ExSoldier) and family just returned home from a short stay on the West coast of Florida (the heat was killing pups and wife)
Her mother is out of her mind with worry. But she is pretty isolated in Lake City, Florida.
Husband Dave is a sheriff's reserve officer with the St TAMMANY Parish dept. We need a disposition on him and of course on the kids, son (9) and daughter (15) and the Dog, if possible.
Anybody who can help, PLEASE send me freep mail. So many others have helped with links to news stories from Slidell, but we need a look (or a report) at DONYA STREET specifically. EYES ON THE GROUND, so to speak.
20 posted on 08/30/2005 11:13:54 PM EDT by ExSoldier (
WWL just showed video of SLIDELL....the EDEN ISLE area is gone...
you might try posting here also...
http://www.nola.com/forums/sttamtownhall/
Prayers are with ya'll , wish I could do more.
Ping! -- here's some Slidell info.
Louisiana residents gather together in a triage area on Interstate 10 in Slidell, La., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, after being rescued from the Eden Isles subdivision after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast Monday.
Residents of Slidell, La. try and get to their homes Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina flooded the area.
Shelly Haber and Vicky Pete rest under a tree in the Eden Isles subdivision Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, waiting for a ride in Slidell, LA. The pair rode out Hurricane Katrina in their home.
An apartment building destroyed by Hurricane Katrina is seen Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, in Slidell, La.
Damaged homes caused by Hurricane Katrina are shown in the Oak Harbor subdivision in Slidell, La., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005.
Guy Buras takes a shower in a destroyed fish camp off Highway 11 in Slidell, La., Tuesday Aug. 30, 2005, after riding out Hurricane Katrina in his apartment.
Albert White walks through the streets of Slidell, La., Tuesday Aug. 30, 2005, after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city many miles inland from Lake Pontchartrain
My husband said the same exact thing earlier today.
A family portrait is among the debris from Hurricane Katrina on Highway 11 in Slidell, La. Tuesday Aug. 30, 2005.
Brittany Delgadillo sheds tears in the back of a rescue vehicle in Slidell, La., as she thinks about what she went through during Hurricane Katrina Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005
Jesus Bermudez holds a photo album page found on a debris pile on the highway in Slidell, La., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. He had ridden his bicycle from town to try and find his brother-in-law who had ridden out the hurricane in his home in the Eden Isles subdivision. Bermudez found his brother-in-laws home to be destroyed with no sign of anyone.
Danny Berry sits on a stool he found amid the debris in the Oak Harbor subdivision in Slidell, La., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, as he waits for his mother to check on her brother in a neighboring subdivision.
Ervin Thibodeaux is helped from a rescue vehicle by firefighters in Slidell, La. after being rescued from his home, Tuesday Aug. 30, 2005. Thibodeaux is being transported to a local make-shift shelter
Firefighter Eric Abney rides on the side of a rescue vehicle after collecting evacuees from the Eden Isles subdivision in Slidell, La. Tuesday Aug. 30, 2005.
BTTT
Destruction from the hurricane left boats and debris scattered throughout a neighborhood in Slidell
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The scene from south Slidell: High water and devastation
By Chris Kirkham
St. Tammany bureau
Slidell Police and emergency officials continued to mop up Tuesday
after the devastating flooding that overwhelmed much of the southern half of Slidell following the glancing blow from Hurricane
Katrina’s eye wall.
Entire neighborhoods in low-lying areas were under
more than seven feet of water, leaving many families trapped in attics or on second floors.
Slidell Police and St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies have
been combing through neighborhoods hit by the flooding since after the strongest winds
ceased Monday afternoon, said Capt. Rob Callahan, a Slidell Police spokesman.
Police had rescued more than 100 people as of Tuesday afternoon, he
said, none of whom were injured.
At the height of the storm Monday, major flooding extended from Lake Pontchartrain through Olde Towne and up to Fremaux Avenue
But by Tuesday afternoon, much of the
flood water had receded from neighborhoods closest to the lake such as Oak Harbor and Eden Isles. Many portions of Pontchartrain
Drive and its adjoining neighborhoods still were beneath at least three
feet of water.
Callahan said he expects Slidell Police to be wrapping up the boat
rescue efforts by Thursday. Though no fatalities have been reported as of yet, Callahan said there was a likely possibility police would come across some in the next few weeks.
“The hardest part is going to be going back later on and finding the
casualties, although I hope there are none,” Callahan said. “Until the water recedes, we can’t get to those bodies.”
Those plucked from rooftops and attics by boat were taken in dump
trucks to the Founders Building at Slidell Memorial Hospital, Callahan said, where food was being made available.
Callahan said Katrina packed the hardest punch Slidell ever has seen.
“Imagine your worst nightmare and quadruple that times 100,” he said.
Storm surges that ripped through the Oak Harbor and Eden Isles
subdivisions Monday left portions of the area under more than 10 feet of water, but the receded waters Tuesday left behind evidence of the roaring winds that hit the area. Some houses stood with only minor roof and shingle damage, but closer to the lake there was more serious structural damage as chunks of roof
were sent flying through the air and decks were demolished.
Several of the older bars and businesses on Pontchartrain Drive near
the Oak Harbor entrance were reduced to piles of rubble.
“These are bars that we all went to, and now they’re just gone,” said
Chad Lowe, 27, who had just walked more than four miles through Oak Harbor to survey damage at his home and much of the area.
“It’s unthinkable. A lot of this area is just absolutely destroyed.”
Close to the lake near Oak Harbor Marina, boats were suspended on
levees and tossed to the sides of roads. A catamaran was resting on a damaged portion of the twin spans and several other boats dotted I-10 south of Old Spanish Trail.
Serge Celestin, who rode out the storm at his house on Pebble Beach
Drive in Eden Isles, spent most of the storm in his attic to avoid the rising waters. Cars in his
garage came crashing into his walls as the rising water carried them afloat. Portions of his roof
were ripped off, leaving him a view of storm surges inundating Interstate 10.
“I couldn’t tell what I was looking at,” Celestin said. “The interstate, the bridge, the lake. They
were all one.”
Rescue efforts on Tuesday continued in the Pinehurst and Kingspoint
subdivisions south of Fremaux Avenue, where Sheriff’s Office officials used Wildlife and Fisheries boats to rescue residents trapped in attics and on second stories. Waters toppled over the levees surrounding the neighborhood after the worst of the storm passed Monday, leaving some houses beneath
almost eight feet of water.
Arnold Angelo, whose house had water halfway up the garage, braved the
winds Monday afternoon to rescue 19 people and bring them to safety at a neighbor’s
two-story house. He continued patrolling the neighborhood into Tuesday night,
dodging mailboxes, stop signs and submerged cars that were barely
visible beneath the high waters.
Many of the people he saw trapped preferred to ride out the high water
rather than face the uncertainty of leaving their pets and homes behind. Several of the trapped residents Angelo saw had posted signs outside
their homes saying “No food,
no water” or “Help!”
“It’s a shame people had to go through this, but I’m one of the lucky
ones because I’ve got a
boat,” he said.
Slidell Mayor Ben Morris estimated that 75 percent of homes in Slidell
sustained some kind of damage. Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency arrived Tuesday morning, Callahan said.
He cautioned residents not to return to the city, saying many roads are
still completely blocked off
by fallen trees. All entrances to the city are being blocked off by state troopers, who
will check driver’s licenses
to make sure only residents are trying to enter the city.
(Staff writer Paul Bartels contributed to this report.)
Very telling pictures of the devestation. Thanks.
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