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buck naked
Footballguy
This thread is really informative, and I want to thank everyone who posts factual, timely information.Mr. Ham, however, can go scratch. Go start your own thread, Hijack boy.
rolyaTy
You're Heinous
On a related note, I just tried calling my friend from Slidell via his cell phone. Got a reply that due to the hurricane, no calls are being accepted for his area code. There still have been no reports on Slidell, and I didn't hear whether he evacuated or not. He just graduated from college a year or so ago, got married, and JUST bought a new house, and he was spending the entire summer fixing it up, installing carpet, making it a nice home. I can't imagine what it'd be like to lose all that work and money, but more importantly I hope he and his whole family got out of town.
I removed all of the replies to your threads and the replies to the replies to the replies.Let's all keep away from political talk in here.
Patients in need center sent to Ochsner
04:47 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Associated Press
Federal officials said that 2,500 patients were being evacuated because at least seven hospitals in Orleans Parish were threatened by the loss of their power generators and other problems.
Ochsner is one of the few in the area still up and running.
Broussard: Don't return until Monday
Tuesday, 4:55 p.m.
Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard urged evaucated residents not to return to their homes until Monday, at the earliest. Residents will be asked to show a driver's license or some other ID to gain entry into the parish. They will be allowed to stay for a short while to pick up necessary belongings and then will be asked to leave for a month. Broussard also declared a state of martial law in Jefferson Parish
LaPlace hospital closed; Slidell hospital seeks nurses
Tuesday, 4:46 p.m.
Officials said River Parishes Hospital in LaPlace was closed and that the hospital was routing patients to Ascension Parish.
Meanwhile, Northshore Hospital in Slidell had put out a call for credentialed nurses.
Hotels tell guests to go to Dome shelter
Tuesday, 4:45 p.m.
Many downtown New Orleans hotels who had taken in guests for the hurricane began closing Tuesday, asking their guests to go to the shelter in the Superdome.
By Tuesday afternoon, the National Guard estimated that 60,000 people were taking shelter in the Dome.
4:42 P.M. - (AP) Electric companies from around the country are rushing crews to the hurricane-ravaged South. They will help restore power to an area so devastated that it could be weeks or even months before the lights come back on in many places. David Botkins, a spokesman for Dominion Virginia Power, says 200 workers are headed to Louisiana and Mississippi.
4:40 P.M. - (AP) State officials say they are working on plans to evaucate inmates from the Orleans Parish prison and the Jefferson Parish jail. Both facilities face a threat of flooding. The state Corrections Department is trying to figure out how to transfer 4,000 inmates from the New Orleans jail and another 1,000 from the Jefferson Parish jail in Gretna. The inmates would be moved to state prisons including the highest-security at Angola.
4:23 P.M. - Jefferson Parish officials say schools could reopen two months after Labor Day.
04:47 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Associated Press
Federal officials said that 2,500 patients were being evacuated because at least seven hospitals in Orleans Parish were threatened by the loss of their power generators and other problems.
Ochsner is one of the few in the area still up and running.
Broussard: Don't return until Monday
Tuesday, 4:55 p.m.
Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard urged evaucated residents not to return to their homes until Monday, at the earliest. Residents will be asked to show a driver's license or some other ID to gain entry into the parish. They will be allowed to stay for a short while to pick up necessary belongings and then will be asked to leave for a month. Broussard also declared a state of martial law in Jefferson Parish
LaPlace hospital closed; Slidell hospital seeks nurses
Tuesday, 4:46 p.m.
Officials said River Parishes Hospital in LaPlace was closed and that the hospital was routing patients to Ascension Parish.
Meanwhile, Northshore Hospital in Slidell had put out a call for credentialed nurses.
Hotels tell guests to go to Dome shelter
Tuesday, 4:45 p.m.
Many downtown New Orleans hotels who had taken in guests for the hurricane began closing Tuesday, asking their guests to go to the shelter in the Superdome.
By Tuesday afternoon, the National Guard estimated that 60,000 people were taking shelter in the Dome.
4:42 P.M. - (AP) Electric companies from around the country are rushing crews to the hurricane-ravaged South. They will help restore power to an area so devastated that it could be weeks or even months before the lights come back on in many places. David Botkins, a spokesman for Dominion Virginia Power, says 200 workers are headed to Louisiana and Mississippi.
4:40 P.M. - (AP) State officials say they are working on plans to evaucate inmates from the Orleans Parish prison and the Jefferson Parish jail. Both facilities face a threat of flooding. The state Corrections Department is trying to figure out how to transfer 4,000 inmates from the New Orleans jail and another 1,000 from the Jefferson Parish jail in Gretna. The inmates would be moved to state prisons including the highest-security at Angola.
4:23 P.M. - Jefferson Parish officials say schools could reopen two months after Labor Day.
themikus
Footballguy
Thank you Mr. Ham. I evacuated from Uptown New Orleans Sunday afternoon. The city is devastated and so many people have no real means to pull themselves back up. I'm fortunate enough to have a family to help me in the short term until I can get it together. Generosity like this will be needed for those less fortunate than myself. Hopefully I'll be able to make donations soon as well. Again, thank you.
Ignoramus
Footballguy
As far as I know, all cell comms are down. I was able to get through very briefly to my parents in Bridge City and received word that "everything's fine" before we were cut off. About an hour or so later, I got a call from them (missed it due to class
) that they are doing fine and have plenty of food and water. Their generator is running fine and they are "glad they didn't leave." 
Anyway, try him via a landline and you might get through.
shining path
:prettyplease:
I've gotten cell calls from both of my brothers today, who fled to BR. They said that you just have to keep trying to get through - it takes a few times.
shining path
:prettyplease:
And have the plugged the ####### breaches in the levees yet?
blenderfrog
All your base are belong to us
Slidell got hit very hard. Nothing like New Orleans as far as continued flooding, but numerous subdivisions were completely destroyed.
Officials try to shore 17th Street Canal break
Tuesday, 5 p.m.
Terry Ebbert, director of homeland security for New Orleans, said a helicopter dropped 3,000 lbs. of specially designed sandbags on the breach at the 17th Street Canal, which is responsible for massive flooding in the region.
It was unclear what effect the effort had.
Closing levee breaches top priority
The Army Corps of Engineers was focused Tuesday on finding a way to close the levee breaches in the Industrial Canal and 17th Street Canal that have let waters pour into New Orleans, state officials said.
Col. Jeff Smith with the Louisiana National Guard said the Corps has informed the state that they are beginning to plan how exactly to fill the holes in the levee, which observers described as several hundred feet long.
Entergy outages: 1.1 million customers in La., Miss.
Tuesday, 5:19 p.m.
This is a news release from Entergy.
New Orleans, La. – Entergy today is beginning the process of assessing the extraordinary damage to its electrical system in Louisiana and Mississippi caused by Hurricane Katrina, the worst storm in Entergy's history.Company officials said crews could take several days to fully assess the damage, and it expects a long and difficult restoration process due to the scope and amount of damage to its electrical system.As of 5 a.m. today, Entergy’s electrical power outages from Hurricane Katrina peaked at nearly 1.1 million homes and businesses, with some 790,000 in Louisiana and more than 300,000 in Mississippi without power.
Tuesday, 5 p.m.
Terry Ebbert, director of homeland security for New Orleans, said a helicopter dropped 3,000 lbs. of specially designed sandbags on the breach at the 17th Street Canal, which is responsible for massive flooding in the region.
It was unclear what effect the effort had.
Closing levee breaches top priority
The Army Corps of Engineers was focused Tuesday on finding a way to close the levee breaches in the Industrial Canal and 17th Street Canal that have let waters pour into New Orleans, state officials said.
Col. Jeff Smith with the Louisiana National Guard said the Corps has informed the state that they are beginning to plan how exactly to fill the holes in the levee, which observers described as several hundred feet long.
Entergy outages: 1.1 million customers in La., Miss.
Tuesday, 5:19 p.m.
This is a news release from Entergy.
New Orleans, La. – Entergy today is beginning the process of assessing the extraordinary damage to its electrical system in Louisiana and Mississippi caused by Hurricane Katrina, the worst storm in Entergy's history.Company officials said crews could take several days to fully assess the damage, and it expects a long and difficult restoration process due to the scope and amount of damage to its electrical system.As of 5 a.m. today, Entergy’s electrical power outages from Hurricane Katrina peaked at nearly 1.1 million homes and businesses, with some 790,000 in Louisiana and more than 300,000 in Mississippi without power.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Media have been reporting that 3,000 lb. sandbags would be dropped in to plug the levees, but I haven't seen any updates on this yet.
The_Hunchback
Footballguy
Heard a report that one is as wide as a football field but nothing about how deep it went. That will likely take a bit to fill with sandbags regardless of size.
Twilight
Footballguy
Yep. The amount of water flowing through broken levees is usually pretty impressive, and is really enough to push those sandbags like pebbles.I've seen smaller scale breaks here in NoCal, but obviously not on this scale. But these are not just things you can slap a patch on. As quickly as you can try to fill the gap, the erosion by the water is pulling the gap open even wider just as quickly.
Smoo
Fear the Beaver
The hardest part is the fact that water is continuing to pour through it. Try to put a partial blockage there and the mass flow rate through the levee will be enough to just wash it away. We're talking about enough water to cause a one foot per hour depth change over the entire city. That's a ####load of water pouring through only 100' of hole.
shining path
:prettyplease:
Well one report had a sunny forecast from some guy at FEMA (or a similar local agency) saying that they'd have it sandbagged in "a few hours". I hope he had some idea of what he was talking about.
FatMax
Member
Right. I worked in conjuction with Nordic Industries on the 1997 levee repairs in NorCal. Basically, they have to wait until the water levels equalize before they can even start. Thousand pound rocks get pushed around like sand. I imagine that tidal flows complicate that situation even more.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
How does this happen? How do you get an update like this? "Massive amounts of water are flowing into the city. We attempted to drop 3,000 pounds of specially designed sandbags into place to stop the water from flowing into the city...that is all."
What the? Um, follow-up question there, Terry. DID IT WORK?!?!?!?!?
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Dulymus Mudhounds
Footballguy
I lived in Picayune, MS for 6 years and still have good friends there. The eye went directly over the city, and none of my family can get in touch with anyone in the city, landline or cell. Has anyone heard anything about Picayune? Can't find ANY information on the city anywhere.
I'm only 27. 
Philly Sports Dude
Hammer Time!
On CNN they were reading from some guy's blog in New Orleans. He apparently went to his office and was posting from there. Anyone hear this? Sounded interesting...
The_Hunchback
Footballguy
I heard that as well. Wish they would have said the site, would have been interesting to read all of it instead of just what they wanted to tell.
tipsy mcstagger
Footballguy
i've run out of things to say. this sucks.
Philly Sports Dude
Hammer Time!
http://katrinahelp.info/wiki/index.php/Blogs
Here is a list of blogs on the hurricane. There is one from Slidell for those who were asking. I have not read through many of them so I am not sure how good they are.
EDIT: The Flickr link has 2,000 pics linked in.
Here is a list of blogs on the hurricane. There is one from Slidell for those who were asking. I have not read through many of them so I am not sure how good they are.
EDIT: The Flickr link has 2,000 pics linked in.
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HOLY ####
ALL RESIDENTS ON THE EAST BANK OF ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON REMAINING IN THE METRO AREA ARE BEING TOLD TO EVACUATE AS EFFORTS TO SANDBAG THE LEVEE BREAK HAVE ENDED. THE PUMPS IN THAT AREA ARE EXPECTED TO FAIL SOON AND 12-15 FEET OF WATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE ENTIRE EAST BANK
LINK
ALL RESIDENTS ON THE EAST BANK OF ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON REMAINING IN THE METRO AREA ARE BEING TOLD TO EVACUATE AS EFFORTS TO SANDBAG THE LEVEE BREAK HAVE ENDED. THE PUMPS IN THAT AREA ARE EXPECTED TO FAIL SOON AND 12-15 FEET OF WATER ARE EXPECTED IN THE ENTIRE EAST BANK
LINK
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for anyone who doesn't know - http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmP...&props=livenoad
is the local feed - absolutely horrifying
is the local feed - absolutely horrifying
shining path
:prettyplease:
Oh god. :( Edit -
****ALL RESIDENTS ON THE EAST BANK OF ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON REMAINING IN THE METRO AREA ARE BEING TOLD TO EVACUATE AS EFFORTS TO SANDBAG THE LEVEE BREAK HAVE ENDED. THE PUMPS IN THAT AREA ARE EXPECTED TO FAIL SOON AND 9 FEET OF WATER IS EXPECTED IN THE ENTIRE EAST BANK. WITHIN THE NEXT 12-15 HOURS****
A pretty thin comfort, but they're predicting 9 instead of 12-15 feet of water.
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The officials seem to be doing the best thing right now - get everyone they can the f out, and wait until the breached levees reach an equilibrium with the water, and then go in and start repairing. Nothing else is going to happen until the levees get repaired, and you cannot repair a levee while water is still moving/rising.
Get out, wait, figure out where to start. Sad state of affairs when that's the best option.
Get out, wait, figure out where to start. Sad state of affairs when that's the best option.
Yep, and sans levees, they can't pump any because there's nowhere to put it. By my understanding (based on my reading - never been to NO), that's why the "doomsday scenario" always hinged on the levee between NO and Lake Pontchartrain breaking. If that levee holds, then you can pump the water somewhere. Once that levee goes, though, there isn't anywhere to pump the water until the levee gets fixed.
Philly Sports Dude
Hammer Time!
US Army Corps of Engineers interview on CNN said if everything was operational and under optimal conditions they can pump 1 foot a day out of NO.