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Plus New Orleans is a HUGE port city. It serves all kinds of inbound and outbound cargo for a big chunk of the nation. Add to that the refineries, and you've got a absolutely monsterous problem for the whole nation.


The good news is that they are saying the LOOP (louisiana offshore oil port) is ok, and will be running in hours. The LOOP let's ships offload oil to be refined without having to com up the river - a many hour trip because of the twists.

 
Originally posted by: werk
Superdome being evacuated??? Oh no...
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Well it could just be that they are evacuating it due to it becoming unbearable to stay there. They kept saying it was filthy, hot and now people in there are dying. So hopefully it doesn't mean they are taking on more water or whatnot.
 
Originally posted by: labgeek
Plus New Orleans is a HUGE port city. It serves all kinds of inbound and outbound cargo for a big chunk of the nation. Add to that the refineries, and you've got a absolutely monsterous problem for the whole nation.
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Ayup.

And NONE of the media has even begun to discuss the impact this will have.
 
Originally posted by: flyingboujanero
Originally posted by: werk
Superdome being evacuated??? Oh no...
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Well it could just be that they are evacuating it due to it becoming unbearable to stay there. They kept saying it was filthy, hot and now people in there are dying. So hopefully it doesn't mean they are taking on more water or whatnot.
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i believe i heard that waters were rising around the dome due to one of the levee breakages
 
Originally posted by: alien42
what completely destroyed bridge did they just show?

and wow that must of been a huge surge of water to do that kind of damage
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I guess that was the Twin Span?

Wind/surge?
 
Can anyone provide a picture or describe what portion of the bridge(s) were destroyed? I've yet to see anything or get a confirmed report.
 
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Can anyone provide a picture or describe what portion of the bridge(s) were destroyed? I've yet to see anything or get a confirmed report.
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almost the whole thing. there were only sections left. and the pylons, sorry, was on the live feed on wdsu

 
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Can anyone provide a picture or describe what portion of the bridge(s) were destroyed? I've yet to see anything or get a confirmed report.
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all i can say was a very large section was nothing but supports. the roadway was gone.
 
I know everyone is focused on the coast, but here's a little update from me.

I struggled to find a generator and finally found one at an old hardware store I'd forgotten about. I was told that my power wouldn't be on until Saturday. I believe it. A 5 minutes drive from my interstate exit to my house turned into an hour and a half drive. 3 of the routes I knew to my home were blocked by trees, debris, and powerlines. Lines were down on just about every street I went down, so I would have to turn around and backtrack or head down another side street.

I have the generator running, but have no phone service -- cell or landline. I have it running my refrigerator/freezer and that's it.

When I got home there were tons of limbs and leaves/twigs in my front and back yard. My neighbor's house has a tree on it, so that sucks pretty bad because it is only two years old. I'd say I saw about 15-20 homes with trees on them on my drive home, and a lot more with trees down or big branches down. No flooding to speak of, and some areas did have power.

I'm at my hotel for now, and I'm about to get some sleep. Been up all night but unable to post because my laptop was at home, and the one road that was finally clear didn't get cleared until late this morning.
 
That's a lot of damage that far inland. I've seen tree limbs strewn about streets up here but no power outages that I'm aware of.

Thanks for you help in adding info to this thread, Evan. Get some well-deserved rest.
 
Originally posted by: Mill
I know everyone is focused on the coast, but here's a little update from me.

I struggled to find a generator and finally found one at an old hardware store I'd forgotten about. I was told that my power wouldn't be on until Saturday. I believe it. A 5 minutes drive from my interstate exit to my house turned into an hour and a half drive. 3 of the routes I knew to my home were blocked by trees, debris, and powerlines. Lines were down on just about every street I went down, so I would have to turn around and backtrack or head down another side street.

I have the generator running, but have no phone service -- cell or landline. I have it running my refrigerator/freezer and that's it.

When I got home there were tons of limbs and leaves/twigs in my front and back yard. My neighbor's house has a tree on it, so that sucks pretty bad because it is only two years old. I'd say I saw about 15-20 homes with trees on them on my drive home, and a lot more with trees down or big branches down. No flooding to speak of, and some areas did have power.

I'm at my hotel for now, and I'm about to get some sleep. Been up all night but unable to post because my laptop was at home, and the one road that was finally clear didn't get cleared until late this morning.
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Did the areas around AL have huge outbreak of tornadoes? I thought I heard last night that a good bit of tornadoes were reported in central and north Alabama.
 
WWL Anchor talking of helping New Orleans repair its economy.


That's going to take a LONG time. This is going to hurt the entire economy for a while.
 
Originally posted by: conjur
That's a lot of damage that far inland. I've seen tree limbs strewn about streets up here but no power outages that I'm aware of.

Thanks for you help in adding info to this thread, Evan. Get some well-deserved rest.
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There was damage all the way over in W. Georgia in Carroll County as well. Feeder bands from Katrina created lots of wind a few tornados in Georgia.
 
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Originally posted by: Mill
I know everyone is focused on the coast, but here's a little update from me.

I struggled to find a generator and finally found one at an old hardware store I'd forgotten about. I was told that my power wouldn't be on until Saturday. I believe it. A 5 minutes drive from my interstate exit to my house turned into an hour and a half drive. 3 of the routes I knew to my home were blocked by trees, debris, and powerlines. Lines were down on just about every street I went down, so I would have to turn around and backtrack or head down another side street.

I have the generator running, but have no phone service -- cell or landline. I have it running my refrigerator/freezer and that's it.

When I got home there were tons of limbs and leaves/twigs in my front and back yard. My neighbor's house has a tree on it, so that sucks pretty bad because it is only two years old. I'd say I saw about 15-20 homes with trees on them on my drive home, and a lot more with trees down or big branches down. No flooding to speak of, and some areas did have power.

I'm at my hotel for now, and I'm about to get some sleep. Been up all night but unable to post because my laptop was at home, and the one road that was finally clear didn't get cleared until late this morning.
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Did the areas around AL have huge outbreak of tornadoes? I thought I heard last night that a good bit of tornadoes were reported in central and north Alabama.
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Well, I'm in the far southwestern part of the county, so most of Birmingham didn't get near as bad winds. There is actually a few trees down in the downtown area like I said last night, but my drive home was hellacious compared to what I've seen in other areas around here.

However, everywhere I went it was worse than Ivan. No doubt about that at all.
 
Originally posted by: Mill
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Originally posted by: Mill
I know everyone is focused on the coast, but here's a little update from me.

I struggled to find a generator and finally found one at an old hardware store I'd forgotten about. I was told that my power wouldn't be on until Saturday. I believe it. A 5 minutes drive from my interstate exit to my house turned into an hour and a half drive. 3 of the routes I knew to my home were blocked by trees, debris, and powerlines. Lines were down on just about every street I went down, so I would have to turn around and backtrack or head down another side street.

I have the generator running, but have no phone service -- cell or landline. I have it running my refrigerator/freezer and that's it.

When I got home there were tons of limbs and leaves/twigs in my front and back yard. My neighbor's house has a tree on it, so that sucks pretty bad because it is only two years old. I'd say I saw about 15-20 homes with trees on them on my drive home, and a lot more with trees down or big branches down. No flooding to speak of, and some areas did have power.

I'm at my hotel for now, and I'm about to get some sleep. Been up all night but unable to post because my laptop was at home, and the one road that was finally clear didn't get cleared until late this morning.
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Did the areas around AL have huge outbreak of tornadoes? I thought I heard last night that a good bit of tornadoes were reported in central and north Alabama.
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Well, I'm in the far southwestern part of the county, so most of Birmingham didn't get near as bad winds. There is actually a few trees down in the downtown area like I said last night, but my drive home was hellacious compared to what I've seen in other areas around here.

However, everywhere I went it was worse than Ivan. No doubt about that at all.
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I hate to sound heartless and selfish but I'm glad I haven't moved yet. I'm supposed to be moving to Hoover soon.
 
Originally posted by: conjur
WWL Anchor talking of helping New Orleans repair its economy.


That's going to take a LONG time. This is going to hurt the entire economy for a while.
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I hate to say it, but I really doubt the city will ever have 4 million people in this decade again. Most likely it is going to take YEARs of rebuilding to get it anywhere near where it was, and these latest breeches and floods just don't help. I pray the people are more resilient, but when you have such high poverty levels -- you can't expect those people to stay or return. They have to get housing and a life back, so I'm sure they will move out of NO.

I have said several times I think this will be a 100 billion dollar storm, and I stick by that. The economic impact of that amount of displaced people is huge -- not to mention the local economic loss and tourism loss to the coast. Add in oil rigs -- rising oil prices that cause economic damage to the stock market and consumers -- I think it will be a storm to remember.

I'm scared about seeing anymore death toll reports.

I keep hoping some of it are mistakes like during Charlie when they said portable morgues were setup for 55, but the death toll was lower.
 
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