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Request help - Does anyone know the status of this area of Biloxi? Or can you point me to a site that shows the status of certain locations? Thanks!

Below is from a recent email from my mother. It's her brother's family that we're concerned about.

We tried calling Carl last night -- call did not go through. They live at 7508 Macon Ave. I did a mapquest search and found that it just south of I-10 (it appears their development backs up to I-10) and I heard parts (or all?) of I-10 were flooded. They appear to be about 3 - 4 miles from Biloxi Bay.

We have no idea if they evacuated ahead of time but I very much doubt they did b/c they were there for Camille and they escaped with only some shingles off the roof of their house. I have been looking at the internet throughout the day but have not heard what you reported about HUNDREDS DEAD in Biloxi. We're really concerned but have no way of knowing anything. I tried calling Bonnie today but they weren't home, although if she had any information, I'm sure she would have called.

I'll let you know as soon as we hear something.
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Update - My Aunt, Uncle and my cousins are fine. They rode out the storm in my Uncle's house, but left for Arkansas where my Aunt's brother lives after they lost power. Living about 4 miles from the beach, they only had a tree come down and lost some roof shingles. However, my cousin's house was destroyed, she lives closer to the beach. They are all back in Biloxi now. Don't know much more, but at least they are all safe. :thumbup:
 
Request help - Does anyone know the status of this area of Biloxi? Or can you point me to a site that shows the status of certain locations? Thanks!

Below is from a recent email from my mother. It's her brother's family that we're concerned about.

We tried calling Carl last night -- call did not go through. They live at 7508 Macon Ave. I did a mapquest search and found that it just south of I-10 (it appears their development backs up to I-10) and I heard parts (or all?) of I-10 were flooded. They appear to be about 3 - 4 miles from Biloxi Bay.

We have no idea if they evacuated ahead of time but I very much doubt they did b/c they were there for Camille and they escaped with only some shingles off the roof of their house. I have been looking at the internet throughout the day but have not heard what you reported about HUNDREDS DEAD in Biloxi. We're really concerned but have no way of knowing anything. I tried calling Bonnie today but they weren't home, although if she had any information, I'm sure she would have called.

I'll let you know as soon as we hear something.
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Update - My Aunt, Uncle and my cousins are fine. They rode out the storm in my Uncle's house, but left for Arkansas where my Aunt's brother lives after they lost power. Living about 4 miles from the beach, they only had a tree come down and lost some roof shingles. However, my cousin's house was destroyed, she lives closer to the beach. They are all back in Biloxi now. Don't know much more, but at least they are all safe. :thumbup:
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Excellent news, WH!
 
Update - My Aunt, Uncle and my cousins are fine. They rode out the storm in my Uncle's house, but left for Arkansas where my Aunt's brother lives after they lost power. Living about 4 miles from the beach, they only had a tree come down and lost some roof shingles. However, my cousin's house was destroyed, she lives closer to the beach. They are all back in Biloxi now. Don't know much more, but at least they are all safe. :thumbup:
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That's great.
 
Request help - Does anyone know the status of this area of Biloxi? Or can you point me to a site that shows the status of certain locations? Thanks!

Below is from a recent email from my mother. It's her brother's family that we're concerned about.

We tried calling Carl last night -- call did not go through. They live at 7508 Macon Ave. I did a mapquest search and found that it just south of I-10 (it appears their development backs up to I-10) and I heard parts (or all?) of I-10 were flooded. They appear to be about 3 - 4 miles from Biloxi Bay.

We have no idea if they evacuated ahead of time but I very much doubt they did b/c they were there for Camille and they escaped with only some shingles off the roof of their house. I have been looking at the internet throughout the day but have not heard what you reported about HUNDREDS DEAD in Biloxi. We're really concerned but have no way of knowing anything. I tried calling Bonnie today but they weren't home, although if she had any information, I'm sure she would have called.

I'll let you know as soon as we hear something.
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Update - My Aunt, Uncle and my cousins are fine. They rode out the storm in my Uncle's house, but left for Arkansas where my Aunt's brother lives after they lost power. Living about 4 miles from the beach, they only had a tree come down and lost some roof shingles. However, my cousin's house was destroyed, she lives closer to the beach. They are all back in Biloxi now. Don't know much more, but at least they are all safe. :thumbup:
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:clap: :clap: Great news.
 
Request help - Does anyone know the status of this area of Biloxi?  Or can you point me to a site that shows the status of certain locations?  Thanks!

Below is from a recent email from my mother.  It's her brother's family that we're concerned about.

We tried calling Carl last night -- call did not go through.  They live at 7508 Macon Ave.  I did a mapquest search and found that it just south of I-10  (it appears their development backs up to I-10) and I heard parts (or all?) of I-10 were flooded.  They appear to be about 3 - 4 miles from Biloxi Bay. 

We have no idea if they evacuated ahead of time but I very much doubt they did b/c they were there for Camille and they escaped with only some shingles off the roof of their house.  I have been looking at the internet throughout the day but have not heard what you reported about HUNDREDS DEAD in Biloxi.  We're really concerned but have no way of knowing anything.  I tried calling Bonnie today but they weren't home, although if she had any information, I'm sure she would have called.

I'll let you know as soon as we hear something.
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Update - My Aunt, Uncle and my cousins are fine. They rode out the storm in my Uncle's house, but left for Arkansas where my Aunt's brother lives after they lost power. Living about 4 miles from the beach, they only had a tree come down and lost some roof shingles. However, my cousin's house was destroyed, she lives closer to the beach. They are all back in Biloxi now. Don't know much more, but at least they are all safe. :thumbup:
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:clap: :clap: Great news.
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3:34 P.M. - (AP) The evacuation of Superdome refugees was interrupted briefly when school buses rolled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt hotel. They were move to the head of the line to be evacuated -- much to the amazement of those who had been crammed in the stinking Superdome for days. The 700 had been trapped in the Hyatt just like the others, but conditions were considerably cleaner, even without running water, than the unsanitary crush inside the dome.
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Hmmm.. not sure I could keep my cool if this was allowed in front of me.
 
3:34 P.M. - (AP) The evacuation of Superdome refugees was interrupted briefly when school buses rolled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt hotel. They were move to the head of the line to be evacuated -- much to the amazement of those who had been crammed in the stinking Superdome for days.

The 700 had been trapped in the Hyatt just like the others, but conditions were considerably cleaner, even without running water, than the unsanitary crush inside the dome.
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Hmmm.. not sure I could keep my cool if this was allowed in front of me.
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Uhh no! :hot:
 
3:34 P.M. - (AP) The evacuation of Superdome refugees was interrupted briefly when school buses rolled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt hotel. They were move to the head of the line to be evacuated -- much to the amazement of those who had been crammed in the stinking Superdome for days.

The 700 had been trapped in the Hyatt just like the others, but conditions were considerably cleaner, even without running water, than the unsanitary crush inside the dome.
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Hmmm.. not sure I could keep my cool if this was allowed in front of me.
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No kidding.
 
3:34 P.M. - (AP) The evacuation of Superdome refugees was interrupted briefly when school buses rolled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt hotel. They were move to the head of the line to be evacuated -- much to the amazement of those who had been crammed in the stinking Superdome for days.

The 700 had been trapped in the Hyatt just like the others, but conditions were considerably cleaner, even without running water, than the unsanitary crush inside the dome.
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Hmmm.. not sure I could keep my cool if this was allowed in front of me.
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I'm ready to fistfight when someone cuts in front of me in a movie line, so I can't imagine how I'd react in this situation.
 
3:34 P.M. - (AP) The evacuation of Superdome refugees was interrupted briefly when school buses rolled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt hotel. They were move to the head of the line to be evacuated -- much to the amazement of those who had been crammed in the stinking Superdome for days.

The 700 had been trapped in the Hyatt just like the others, but conditions were considerably cleaner, even without running water, than the unsanitary crush inside the dome.
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Hmmm.. not sure I could keep my cool if this was allowed in front of me.
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Something tells me this will be powerful ammunition in the debates in months to come. Hopefully, the demographics of those holed up in the Hyatt are similar to those holed up in the SuperDome.Not much of a chance of that though...

 
3:34 P.M. - (AP) The evacuation of Superdome refugees was interrupted briefly when school buses rolled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt hotel. They were move to the head of the line to be evacuated -- much to the amazement of those who had been crammed in the stinking Superdome for days.

The 700 had been trapped in the Hyatt just like the others, but conditions were considerably cleaner, even without running water, than the unsanitary crush inside the dome.
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Hmmm.. not sure I could keep my cool if this was allowed in front of me.
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Something tells me this will be powerful ammunition in the debates in months to come. Hopefully, the demographics of those holed up in the Hyatt are similar to those holed up in the SuperDome.Not much of a chance of that though...
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I was also intrigued by a frantic call to Wolf Blitzer on CNN yesterday afternoon from a woman who was stuck at the Ritz Carleton and was begging for help in getting out. She complained that the hotel had arranged buses to get them out but that the were redirected to the general effort and that they had been told to wait at the Convention Center. She was very afraid to head down to the Convention Center.Well today she called Wolf from Baltimore as they finally conviced someone to allow them out late last night on a privately contracted bus and told of her "harrowing" tale of her escape from the Ritz Carleton - something I hope she can share with her grandkids someday.

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3:34 P.M. - (AP) The evacuation of Superdome refugees was interrupted briefly when school buses rolled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt hotel. They were move to the head of the line to be evacuated -- much to the amazement of those who had been crammed in the stinking Superdome for days.

The 700 had been trapped in the Hyatt just like the others, but conditions were considerably cleaner, even without running water, than the unsanitary crush inside the dome.
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Hmmm.. not sure I could keep my cool if this was allowed in front of me.
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Something tells me this will be powerful ammunition in the debates in months to come. Hopefully, the demographics of those holed up in the Hyatt are similar to those holed up in the SuperDome.Not much of a chance of that though...
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I was also intrigued by a frantic call to Wolf Blitzer on CNN yesterday afternoon from a woman who was stuck at the Ritz Carleton and was begging for help in getting out. She complained that the hotel had arranged buses to get them out but that the were redirected to the general effort and that they had been told to wait at the Convention Center. She was very afraid to head down to the Convention Center.Well today she called Wolf from Baltimore as they finally conviced someone to allow them out late last night on a privately contracted bus and told of her "harrowing" tale of her escape from the Ritz Carleton - something I hope she can share with her grandkids someday.

Membership has it's privleges!!
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this is what I don't understand: How are private bus companies able to communicate, contract, and physically move into NOrleans to pick these people up when we can't get food and water to people starving to death a mile or two away? :confused:

 
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3:34 P.M. - (AP) The evacuation of Superdome refugees was interrupted briefly when school buses rolled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt hotel. They were move to the head of the line to be evacuated -- much to the amazement of those who had been crammed in the stinking Superdome for days.

The 700 had been trapped in the Hyatt just like the others, but conditions were considerably cleaner, even without running water, than the unsanitary crush inside the dome.
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Hmmm.. not sure I could keep my cool if this was allowed in front of me.
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Something tells me this will be powerful ammunition in the debates in months to come. Hopefully, the demographics of those holed up in the Hyatt are similar to those holed up in the SuperDome.Not much of a chance of that though...
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I was also intrigued by a frantic call to Wolf Blitzer on CNN yesterday afternoon from a woman who was stuck at the Ritz Carleton and was begging for help in getting out. She complained that the hotel had arranged buses to get them out but that the were redirected to the general effort and that they had been told to wait at the Convention Center. She was very afraid to head down to the Convention Center.Well today she called Wolf from Baltimore as they finally conviced someone to allow them out late last night on a privately contracted bus and told of her "harrowing" tale of her escape from the Ritz Carleton - something I hope she can share with her grandkids someday.

Membership has it's privleges!!
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this is what I don't understand: How are private bus companies able to communicate, contract, and physically move into NOrleans to pick these people up when we can't get food and water to people starving to death a mile or two away? :confused:
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The Convention Center is about two blocks away from the Ritz. She reported that the Ritz had private security guards with shotguns on premises to guard them.Also the most "harrowing" part of her tale was that they were holed up in the Ritz with a Doctors convention and the doctors gave her antibiotics before they ventured into the knee deep dirty water when they had to walk down to the Marriott to meet the buses. Wonder how many residents had that privlege!

I'm sure she is on the phone back in Baltimore calling American Express for her refund!

 
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Drowning New Orleans; October 2001; by Mark Fischetti; 10 page(s)THE BOXES are stacked eight feet high and line the walls of the large, windowless room. Inside them are new body bags, 10,000 in all. If a big, slow-moving hurricane crossed the Gulf of Mexico on the right track, it would drive a sea surge that would drown New Orleans under 20 feet of water. "As the water recedes," says Walter Maestri, a local emergency management director, "we expect to find a lot of dead bodies."New Orleans is a disaster waiting to happen. The city lies below sea level, in a bowl bordered by levees that fend off Lake Pontchartrain to the north and the Mississippi River to the south and west. And because of a damning confluence of factors, the city is sinking further, putting it at increasing flood risk after even minor storms. The low-lying Mississippi Delta, which buffers the city from the gulf, is also rapidly disappearing. A year from now another 25 to 30 square miles of delta marsh-an area the size of Manhattan-will have vanished. An acre disappears every 24 minutes. Each loss gives a storm surge a clearer path to wash over the delta and pour into the bowl, trapping one million people inside and another million in surrounding communities. Extensive evacuation would be impossible because the surging water would cut off the few escape routes. Scientists at Louisiana State University (L.S.U.), who have modeled hundreds of possible storm tracks on advanced computers, predict that more than 100,000 people could die. The body bags wouldnÆt go very far.File size: 2.13 MB
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3:34 P.M. - (AP) The evacuation of Superdome refugees was interrupted briefly when school buses rolled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt hotel. They were move to the head of the line to be evacuated -- much to the amazement of those who had been crammed in the stinking Superdome for days.

The 700 had been trapped in the Hyatt just like the others, but conditions were considerably cleaner, even without running water, than the unsanitary crush inside the dome.
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Hmmm.. not sure I could keep my cool if this was allowed in front of me.
Click to expand...
Something tells me this will be powerful ammunition in the debates in months to come. Hopefully, the demographics of those holed up in the Hyatt are similar to those holed up in the SuperDome.Not much of a chance of that though...
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I was also intrigued by a frantic call to Wolf Blitzer on CNN yesterday afternoon from a woman who was stuck at the Ritz Carleton and was begging for help in getting out. She complained that the hotel had arranged buses to get them out but that the were redirected to the general effort and that they had been told to wait at the Convention Center. She was very afraid to head down to the Convention Center.Well today she called Wolf from Baltimore as they finally conviced someone to allow them out late last night on a privately contracted bus and told of her "harrowing" tale of her escape from the Ritz Carleton - something I hope she can share with her grandkids someday.

Membership has it's privleges!!
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this is what I don't understand: How are private bus companies able to communicate, contract, and physically move into NOrleans to pick these people up when we can't get food and water to people starving to death a mile or two away? :confused:
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The hotels paid $25,000 for the buses to make the trip and pick their customers up. Then FEMA commandeered the buses for the Superdome group. After the on-air complaints with Blitzer, FEMA agreed to allow a second set of buses through but the hotel group had to go to the convention center. The hotel guards accompanied them there. I actually don't have a problem with this one. If a private company is willing to pony up the $$$ to take care of their employees and customers, why shouldn't they? FEMA should have went to other cities and commandeered their buses off the street and brought them to New Orleans.
 
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This is all just so difficult to watch. I can't help but think we've all somehow failed these poor people. May God Bless them all.

 
3:34 P.M. - (AP) The evacuation of Superdome refugees was interrupted briefly when school buses rolled up so some 700 guests and employees from the Hyatt hotel. They were move to the head of the line to be evacuated -- much to the amazement of those who had been crammed in the stinking Superdome for days.

The 700 had been trapped in the Hyatt just like the others, but conditions were considerably cleaner, even without running water, than the unsanitary crush inside the dome.
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Hmmm.. not sure I could keep my cool if this was allowed in front of me.
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Something tells me this will be powerful ammunition in the debates in months to come. Hopefully, the demographics of those holed up in the Hyatt are similar to those holed up in the SuperDome.Not much of a chance of that though...
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I was also intrigued by a frantic call to Wolf Blitzer on CNN yesterday afternoon from a woman who was stuck at the Ritz Carleton and was begging for help in getting out. She complained that the hotel had arranged buses to get them out but that the were redirected to the general effort and that they had been told to wait at the Convention Center. She was very afraid to head down to the Convention Center.Well today she called Wolf from Baltimore as they finally conviced someone to allow them out late last night on a privately contracted bus and told of her "harrowing" tale of her escape from the Ritz Carleton - something I hope she can share with her grandkids someday.

Membership has it's privleges!!
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this is what I don't understand: How are private bus companies able to communicate, contract, and physically move into NOrleans to pick these people up when we can't get food and water to people starving to death a mile or two away? :confused:
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The hotels paid $25,000 for the buses to make the trip and pick their customers up. Then FEMA commandeered the buses for the Superdome group. After the on-air complaints with Blitzer, FEMA agreed to allow a second set of buses through but the hotel group had to go to the convention center. The hotel guards accompanied them there. I actually don't have a problem with this one. If a private company is willing to pony up the $$$ to take care of their employees and customers, why shouldn't they? FEMA should have went to other cities and commandeered their buses off the street and brought them to New Orleans.
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This is wrong on so many levels. A life is a life. This makes me sad.
 
I know this is going to sound communist to some of you, but during a crisis or an emergency the limited resources should go to those in greatest need. Those who could possibly die - not just those who are uncomfortable. My question is: if a hotel could arrange for buses why couldn't FEMA?

 
I know this is going to sound communist to some of you, but during a crisis or an emergency the limited resources should go to those in greatest need. Those who could possibly die - not just those who are uncomfortable.

My question is: if a hotel could arrange for buses why couldn't FEMA?
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Exactly. Were the FEMA guys just standing around when suddenly some buses came along? "Hey, buses!"Nagin and Blanco had their share of blunders, but the leadership that was supposed to come from the Homeland/FEMA people never did.

 
This is wrong on so many levels. A life is a life. This makes me sad.
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The whole thing is very sad. Why should the Hyatt/Marriot group have to suffer longer because of FEMA's inadequacies? All lives are equal and they have been stuck in the hell hole formerly known as New Orleans for just as long as the Superdome crowd. What if it was your wife and kids holed up in that hotel? They might have been raped/killed at the Superdome or convention center.I try to look at it as I was in a city like Atlanta for business (I live in the New Orleans area) and terrorists set up some biological agents. The people that could get out of the city in time already have and others were asked to meet at the convention center or Georgia Dome. What if my employer paid for a private helicopter to come in and fly me and my co-workers out. Is that a crime? Should I have to go to the end of the Georgia Dome crowd? What if I find a taxi and offer him $1,000 cash on the spot to drive me somewhere in Florida?

I've never been scared of the New Orleans hurricane thing because me and my family have bugged out of the city quickly every time there was a high risk. But I travel to other cities, Washington D.C. in particularly fairly often. Getting stuck in D.C. (a likely terrorist target) and not being able to get home to my little girls has me sometimes talking my way out of trips.

 
Nagin and Blanco had their share of blunders, but the leadership that was supposed to come from the Homeland/FEMA people never did.
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:goodposting: I think Nagin and Blanco screwed up badly also. Nagin should have declared the mandatory evacuation earlier. Blanco is a waste as governor. However, it's my humble opinion that FEMA should have been able to overcome the local blunders more effectively than they did.

 
Nagin and Blanco had their share of blunders, but the leadership that was supposed to come from the Homeland/FEMA people never did.
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:goodposting: I think Nagin and Blanco screwed up badly also. Nagin should have declared the mandatory evacuation earlier. Blanco is a waste as governor. However, it's my humble opinion that FEMA should have been able to overcome the local blunders more effectively than they did.
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NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR BLAME.
 
From the "Where Do You Live?" thread:

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Everyone accounted for?
 
As sad as it makes me to say this, it's going to get much worse for the folks still in New Orleans before it gets better. These people have only been without food and water for a couple of days. Imagine when the real hunger pangs kick in, and combine that with the abject despair of sitting in a toxic soup with nothing left to lose.

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Chaos. Anarchy. Bedlam. Worse.

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Cannibalism?
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It is reported that black hurricane victims in New Orleans have begun eating corpses to survive.
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Edit: Link deleted due to circumvention of the FBG language filter. Also because it's a blog chock full of race-baiting and finger-pointing in the responses. We already have more than enough of that at our fingertips.If you really want to read it all, you can find it yourself on the 'net. Try poking around the Huffington Post. Or visit Drudge's site, which features a link to the article by Randall Robinson.

 
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How are you holding up, tipsy?
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Today was the hardest. I saw a sat photo of my hood. Possible damage to the restaurant, but hard to tell. At least Chef's car is still there.The trees in front of my house fell into the middle of the street, and my house appears intact. Flood waters stop about 4-5 blocks from my house up by willow street. I was most worried about those trees, which nearly came down during Cindy earlier this year. I am so thankful I can see my roof. Now i just wonder how my "homeland security" is...my house looks ghetto enough that it may have been ignored. We shall see.

After seeing those pictures, I found my In-Laws house surrounded by water. It might have 1st floor damage, but it looks ok to me...water doesn't even cover the car roofs in their driveway.

We have such a big task ahead of us. The amount of stuff damaged and flooded out are going to make the rebuild an absolute nightmare. I can only imagine the smell the meat in my freezer is making right now, not to mention how bad the overall city is going to smell starting now. (don't even go there with a joke or morbid curiosity stuff.)

The weight of my inlaws grief on their faces walking around foriegn territory in Pensacola (all of our faces really...nobody we know so far save some really special pets of my friends and league mates, just a general grief for the city), my wifes sorry & challenge with her company folding up effective immediately there goes our biggest breadwinner, hearing the pain in my friends voices from all over the country in their new "homes", the tv images (which ive turned off for the last few as much as possible....the family), everything basically felt a little thinned out.

I went to my beach today. When I say my beach, I grew up out there on Santa Rosa Island. Mom would take us for 10 hours every day she had...would even pull us out of school to play in the sand. The water was warm. Instantly thought about us being in the middle of the peak of activity right now and nearly started to panic. The rest of my day of rest & fun with the friends was overshadowed by a deep seeded depressed look at the whole day. Then, felling better, I forge on with positive thoughts.

I need to rest for a bit now, I'm tired & such. But hanging in there & felling a good bit better this evening. I'll check in again tomorrow.

Lol...my league is drafting monday night. this should be a nice distraction. i'd make a joke about who do i draft at the 2 spot right now, but yall might think this was all bs & just a clever wdis question. My VBD says Peyton, so ill probably take him. ;)

Keep the faith yall

Saints win superbowl this year

Thanks!

Geaux Saints!

 
Back from Biloxi. 4 hour trip took 7.5 hours because of detours and gas problems. Went to bed at 2 am, got woken up at 6:30 by my friend who temporarily aborted his Baton Rouge trip because he was worried about gas. His gf's mom finally got out of the hospital she was stuck at in New Orleans.#1 I don't know what people thought of the first part of my post a few pages back and I, in no way take anything back. The main part, though, that pissed me off was how they were screwing things up for everyone else (mostly blacks themselves). Looting anyone, rape, murder, etc. regardless of race, then screwing up the rescue operation that was underway. I spent Friday night in Mobile, and that was the first time I got a chance to see the cable news since early Thursday (36 hours or so). Kanye West and plenty of you on the board just don't get it. There was a rescue operation underway from the beginning. The rescue operation was called to a halt because there were stupid ####### people in the streets making the rescue operation too dangerous to keep up. I mean, they're already risking their lives in the boats and in the helicopters, and on top of that you add worthless individuals trying to kill them.#2 This was sort of covered in #1, but I've got something to add as well here. Yes, there was a rescue operation underway that was called to a halt as it should've been because of the conditions. I don't think there has ever been a situation like this before, but regardless, it's just not normal for morons to be running around the streets trying to kill the very people that are trying to save them. In retrospect, if there's ever another major disaster in an urban area like this, I guess they'll need to have the National Guard staged to keep people from acting like the 3rd world. Also seeing that NOPD cop on TV saying that 1/3 or 2/3's (any third is shameful) of the supposed cops deserted and did not return.Anyway, it's kind of hard to send buses in to pick people up when you cannot guarantee the driver's safety. And another thing, if someone can arange for their own survival and exit from the city, that's just one less person for FEMA, et al to have to worry about. If that story about the people from a hotel jumping in line to catch the rescue operation bus is true, I'd like to hear an explanation about that one because I agree that it seems like bull ####.#3 Biloxi is somewhat ok in that regard. There is looting there and I heard many stories about trucks getting looted (whether 18 wheeler or guys like me bringing personal trailers in) and plenty of gas station robberies, but for the most part, Biloxi is keeping things under control. The city is ruined as is Gulfport... I didn't make it any further West. Yes, I felt a little weird mainly helping out my friend's family and friends because there were others on "more need," but 1) it's his family and 2) like I said before, if we're taking care of them, that's less people for officials to have to worry about.I took all my equipment down there to do manual labor, but we pretty much spent our time running gas, food, and water here and there. I mean, we pretty much drove from place to place, got grocery lists, gas requests, and then went and filled them and I kind of feel like I didn't do much. Had over 100 gallons of cans to fill on Saturday after the extras we picked up along the way. Big props to the people working at Sam's in Mobile because they realize the difference between people trying to help out in the destruction zones and people just trying to stockpile gas in Mobile. By the 2nd trip we made through the line on our 20 gallon limit, they told us to fill them all up and get back. Still took 2.5 hours just getting food and gas there and still had to make it to the drug & pet stores. Water is getting A LOT better in Biloxi. Power seems like it could be coming on pretty soon as traffic lights are starting to work. Seeing overhead shots of the casinos beached inland do the real thing no justice. I didn't take my camera the first time down, and I eventually decided that this wasn't a time to be taking pictures anyway. My friend's grandmother lost her house completely... just a slab. She lost her husband about 3 months ago, so naturally, she's not doing extremely well mentally. His gf's family rode out the storm in Ocean Springs, just east of the bridge that's completely destroyed. It's in the middle of a wildlife refuge, so I'd think you'd be able to find it on the map easily. Crazy really and they're lucky to have made it... one of the houses had 37 inches of water in it, the others around a foot.Not sure what's going to happen down there with them. His family has a good business (nursing management/home health care), but without any homes...I'm getting some sleep. Good luck to those of you displaced. Hopefully things are on the way to normalcy, however long that might take.

 
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Just a quick FYI - If you haven't been able to get through to someone with a 504 area code on their cell phone, try text messaging if it's available. I've been able to communicate with my family down there via text. Even though they were in Dallas, they couldn't recieve calls due to the 504 thing.They're safe and fine in a LaQuinta, and they say the people of Dallas couldn't have been nicer. There's about 8 families from New Orleans staying at the hotel, and the people from the area have been bringing in home cooked meals, new clothes, and money for those that have needed it. They've offered to put people up in their homes if times get tight. GB people like that.

 
Just a quick FYI - If you haven't been able to get through to someone with a 504 area code on their cell phone, try text messaging if it's available. I've been able to communicate with my family down there via text. Even though they were in Dallas, they couldn't recieve calls due to the 504 thing.

They're safe and fine in a LaQuinta, and they say the people of Dallas couldn't have been nicer. There's about 8 families from New Orleans staying at the hotel, and the people from the area have been bringing in home cooked meals, new clothes, and money for those that have needed it. They've offered to put people up in their homes if times get tight. GB people like that.
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Ditto that for Biloxi. If someone would call and leave a message, I'd eventually get notification that there was one although the missed call never showed up. I received text messages almost immediately, although sending them back out was iffy.
 
Just a quick FYI - If you haven't been able to get through to someone with a 504 area code on their cell phone, try text messaging if it's available. I've been able to communicate with my family down there via text. Even though they were in Dallas, they couldn't recieve calls due to the 504 thing.

They're safe and fine in a LaQuinta, and they say the people of Dallas couldn't have been nicer. There's about 8 families from New Orleans staying at the hotel, and the people from the area have been bringing in home cooked meals, new clothes, and money for those that have needed it. They've offered to put people up in their homes if times get tight. GB people like that.
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I can confirm that texting has worked for 504 cells. Also, today I was able to get through to 504 sprint cell phones - although the VM is not working.
 
Back from Biloxi. 4 hour trip took 7.5 hours because of detours and gas problems. Went to bed at 2 am, got woken up at 6:30 by my friend who temporarily aborted his Baton Rouge trip because he was worried about gas. His gf's mom finally got out of the hospital she was stuck at in New Orleans.

#1 I don't know what people thought of the first part of my post a few pages back and I, in no way take anything back. The main part, though, that pissed me off was how they were screwing things up for everyone else (mostly blacks themselves). Looting anyone, rape, murder, etc. regardless of race, then screwing up the rescue operation that was underway. I spent Friday night in Mobile, and that was the first time I got a chance to see the cable news since early Thursday (36 hours or so).

Kanye West and plenty of you on the board just don't get it. There was a rescue operation underway from the beginning. The rescue operation was called to a halt because there were stupid ####### people in the streets making the rescue operation too dangerous to keep up. I mean, they're already risking their lives in the boats and in the helicopters, and on top of that you add worthless individuals trying to kill them.

#2 This was sort of covered in #1, but I've got something to add as well here. Yes, there was a rescue operation underway that was called to a halt as it should've been because of the conditions. I don't think there has ever been a situation like this before, but regardless, it's just not normal for morons to be running around the streets trying to kill the very people that are trying to save them. In retrospect, if there's ever another major disaster in an urban area like this, I guess they'll need to have the National Guard staged to keep people from acting like the 3rd world. Also seeing that NOPD cop on TV saying that 1/3 or 2/3's (any third is shameful) of the supposed cops deserted and did not return.

Anyway, it's kind of hard to send buses in to pick people up when you cannot guarantee the driver's safety. And another thing, if someone can arange for their own survival and exit from the city, that's just one less person for FEMA, et al to have to worry about. If that story about the people from a hotel jumping in line to catch the rescue operation bus is true, I'd like to hear an explanation about that one because I agree that it seems like bull ####.

#3 Biloxi is somewhat ok in that regard. There is looting there and I heard many stories about trucks getting looted (whether 18 wheeler or guys like me bringing personal trailers in) and plenty of gas station robberies, but for the most part, Biloxi is keeping things under control. The city is ruined as is Gulfport... I didn't make it any further West. Yes, I felt a little weird mainly helping out my friend's family and friends because there were others on "more need," but 1) it's his family and 2) like I said before, if we're taking care of them, that's less people for officials to have to worry about.

I took all my equipment down there to do manual labor, but we pretty much spent our time running gas, food, and water here and there. I mean, we pretty much drove from place to place, got grocery lists, gas requests, and then went and filled them and I kind of feel like I didn't do much. Had over 100 gallons of cans to fill on Saturday after the extras we picked up along the way. Big props to the people working at Sam's in Mobile because they realize the difference between people trying to help out in the destruction zones and people just trying to stockpile gas in Mobile. By the 2nd trip we made through the line on our 20 gallon limit, they told us to fill them all up and get back. Still took 2.5 hours just getting food and gas there and still had to make it to the drug & pet stores.

Water is getting A LOT better in Biloxi. Power seems like it could be coming on pretty soon as traffic lights are starting to work. Seeing overhead shots of the casinos beached inland do the real thing no justice. I didn't take my camera the first time down, and I eventually decided that this wasn't a time to be taking pictures anyway. My friend's grandmother lost her house completely... just a slab. She lost her husband about 3 months ago, so naturally, she's not doing extremely well mentally. His gf's family rode out the storm in Ocean Springs, just east of the bridge that's completely destroyed. It's in the middle of a wildlife refuge, so I'd think you'd be able to find it on the map easily. Crazy really and they're lucky to have made it... one of the houses had 37 inches of water in it, the others around a foot.

Not sure what's going to happen down there with them. His family has a good business (nursing management/home health care), but without any homes...

I'm getting some sleep. Good luck to those of you displaced. Hopefully things are on the way to normalcy, however long that might take.
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That's great work there. Massive :thumbup: for you. And good perspective on the relief efforts, too. There appear to be many Monday morning QBs on this board.
 
Big props to JoeB.Big props to my friend, Isaac for opening up his home in Mobile while he was out of town so that we could get a clean shower and a good nights sleep before our long day Saturday.Big props to the random lady in Mobile that handed us cash to take back to Biloxi as the only thing she knew about us was where we were headed. In retrospect, an hour later, I had the perfect chance to put that money to good use as I spoke to a family displaced from Gulfport at a redlight as it appeared they were looking for clothing, but hopefully my friend put the money to good use. I'm sure he will.Big props to the Sam's Club gas station attendants for getting the people from the affected areas through the long wait quickly.The usual suspects, CgRdrJoe and the Coast Guard, the National Guard, FEMA, the Red Cross, and any other volunteers or people from government organizations helping out in the relief effort should not be left out either. And the power companies, tree companies, etc.

 
Big props to JoeB.

Big props to my friend, Isaac for opening up his home in Mobile while he was out of town so that we could get a clean shower and a good nights sleep before our long day Saturday.

Big props to the random lady in Mobile that handed us cash to take back to Biloxi as the only thing she knew about us was where we were headed. In retrospect, an hour later, I had the perfect chance to put that money to good use as I spoke to a family displaced from Gulfport at a redlight as it appeared they were looking for clothing, but hopefully my friend put the money to good use. I'm sure he will.

Big props to the Sam's Club gas station attendants for getting the people from the affected areas through the long wait quickly.

The usual suspects, CgRdrJoe and the Coast Guard, the National Guard, FEMA, the Red Cross, and any other volunteers or people from government organizations helping out in the relief effort should not be left out either. And the power companies, tree companies, etc.
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Ditto :thumbup:
 
The Army's viewThe National Guard seem particularly taxed...
“I never thought that at a National Guardsman I would be shot at by other Americans,” said Spc. Philip Baccus of the 527th Engineer Battalion. “And I never thought I’d have to carry a rifle when on a hurricane relief mission. This is a disgrace.”“This is making a lot of us think about not reenlisting.” Ferguson said. “You have to think about whether it is worth risking your neck for someone who will turn around and shoot at you. We didn’t come here to fight a war. We came here to help.”
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