Hurricane Katrina a Category 5 Hurricane!

[EKKC]

did anyone watch cnn. a guy jumped to his death in the superdome

man this is depressing. and with new orleans slowly sinking... its really a sad day

 

[labgeek]

Originally posted by: conjur
Pic of 2nd levee break I believe that's in eastern Orleans parish.


CNN reporting a man jumped to his death inside the Superdome. There have been 2 deaths total reported IN the Superdome. No word on the 2nd. Toilets are backing up, still no a/c, people are "miserable".

Orleans to St. Benard. STB on the right.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Legend

They're going to be without food, water, supplies for a very long time. I'd have been looting, too.

Yeah, it's not like they're carrying out plasma TVs or anything. They're getting necessities. What are they supposed to do? Sit around and wait for the cashier?

Funny you should mention that.

Around the corner on Canal Street, the main thoroughfare in the central business district, people sloshed headlong through hip-deep water as looters ripped open the steel gates on the front of several clothing and jewelry stores.

One man, who had about 10 pairs of jeans draped over his left arm, was asked if he was salvaging things from his store.

No," the man shouted, "that's EVERYBODY'S store."

Looters filled industrial-sized garbage cans with clothing and jewelry and floated them down the street on bits of plywood and insulation as National Guard lumbered by.

Mike Franklin stood on the trolley tracks and watched the spectacle unfold.

"To be honest with you, people who are oppressed all their lives, man, it's an opportunity to get back at society," he said.

Also taken from nola.com.

 

[Ime]

Originally posted by: Legend

They're going to be without food, water, supplies for a very long time. I'd have been looting, too.

Yeah, it's not like they're carrying out plasma TVs or anything. They're getting necessities. What are they supposed to do? Sit around and wait for the cashier?

According to reports they are not just looting "necessities". They are taking everything. Do they need to rob jewelry stores blind to survive?

 

[ViRGE]

So has anyone checked the water? Is it turning in to the toxic cespool people feared?

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Legend

They're going to be without food, water, supplies for a very long time. I'd have been looting, too.

Yeah, it's not like they're carrying out plasma TVs or anything. They're getting necessities. What are they supposed to do? Sit around and wait for the cashier?

Funny you should mention that.

Around the corner on Canal Street, the main thoroughfare in the central business district, people sloshed headlong through hip-deep water as looters ripped open the steel gates on the front of several clothing and jewelry stores.

One man, who had about 10 pairs of jeans draped over his left arm, was asked if he was salvaging things from his store.

No," the man shouted, "that's EVERYBODY'S store."

Looters filled industrial-sized garbage cans with clothing and jewelry and floated them down the street on bits of plywood and insulation as National Guard lumbered by.

Mike Franklin stood on the trolley tracks and watched the spectacle unfold.

"To be honest with you, people who are oppressed all their lives, man, it's an opportunity to get back at society," he said.

Also taken from nola.com.

Sad seeing that mentality but the depth of poverty in parts of New Orleans rivals third-world status.

Besides, it would all be underwater soon anyway.

 

[chrisms]

Maybe this doesn't apply to New Orleans because they don't get hit this bad that often, but I'm really sick of paying for those damn Floridians who are too stupid to realize that big storms come in a few times a year and wipe everything out. If they think its that important to live down there then they should start rebuilding themselves.

 

[ViRGE]

They just had a "personal situation" at WWL, what happened?

 

[conjur]

Whoa...what was that? That anchor's sister showed up at the studio or was on the phone and the anchor is leaving the desk. Odd.

 

[KC5AV]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
So has anyone checked the water? Is it turning in to the toxic cespool people feared?

There is probably contamination to some point, but it will only get worse in the days and weeks ahead. There have been reports of fuel leaks in placed. Sewage systems are backing up. The water will begin to stagnate soon. It is not a good time to be anywhere along the gulf coast.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: Ipno
And its raining like crazy here in Cincinnati Ohio, and that water goes right into the Ohio River ....

As the song says:

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico 🙁

 

[PurdueRy]

not sure if its been mentioned(CNN) but 30 dead in an apartment complex in Beluxi(sp) Miss.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Do they really think they can sandbag the break, or is this a "last resort" measure?:Q

Even if it only helps a little, they MUST do something in order to slow the water down
so a more lasting barrier can be put in place.

I don't know, but with all the runoff comming down the Missippi River in the days to come
NO is nowhere out of the woods yet. The woust maybe yet to come 🙁.

Looting neccesities OK. Anything else BUST'EM.


jj

 

[EKKC]

did anyone see this CNN reporter going into the Art shop and showed a vase in Miss.? i thought he was going to steal that vase. rofl

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: chrisms
Maybe this doesn't apply to New Orleans because they don't get hit this bad that often, but I'm really sick of paying for those damn Floridians who are too stupid to realize that big storms come in a few times a year and wipe everything out. If they think its that important to live down there then they should start rebuilding themselves.

I don't think thats a necessary remark at this point

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: conjur
Whoa...what was that? That anchor's sister showed up at the studio or was on the phone and the anchor is leaving the desk. Odd.

🙁
Hope her loved ones are ok.

In good (I guess) news, the other anchor, Eric Roberts is going to do a chopper flight over NO. More video footage from earlier today coming soon as well.

 

[ViRGE]

They've switched anchor teams...

 

[PurdueRy]

is this WWL a local station or something?

 

[ViRGE]

Big breach picture

 

[EKKC]

im also remembering the old xfiles movie where they said FEMA is the government within and will take over the country during an alien invasion. now its governors asking FEMA for help and FEMA is dispatching the army to go to the affected areas. so are they really the government inside our government? should we be afraid of FEMA?

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: rleemhui
is this WWL a local station or something?

Ya, it's the NO CBS affiliate. They're actually broadcasting from Baton Rouge right now though(NO station underwater), but focusing on NO.

PS EKKC, it wouldn't matter at this point even if it wasn't a BS theory. This can't be done without the massive resources of FEMA

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: EKKC
im also remembering the old xfiles movie where they said FEMA is the government within and will take over the country during an alien invasion. now its governors asking FEMA for help and FEMA is dispatching the army to go to the affected areas. so are they really the government inside our government? should we be afraid of FEMA?

who cares...they're helping. Don't get all paranoid/X-files over issues like this.

 

[KC5AV]

Originally posted by: EKKC
im also remembering the old xfiles movie where they said FEMA is the government within and will take over the country during an alien invasion. now its governors asking FEMA for help and FEMA is dispatching the army to go to the affected areas. so are they really the government inside our government? should we be afraid of FEMA?

FEMA is the Federal Emergency Management Agency. They were created to deal with situations just like this. They weren't created to take over.

 

[Rogue]

My mother-in-law was in Gulf Port, Mississippi and we haven't heard from her since the night before the hurricane hit. Now, I know that she has only a cell phone and that she evacuated to a storm shelter, but I have no idea on how to attempt to contact her if the cell phone infrastructure is destroyed at this point. Does anyone have any idea?

I should note that my wife and her mother haven't had the best of relationship over the years, but this is something that should set that aside. Neither of us know how to get hold of her in this circumstance. Help?

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: GoPackGo
[Since NO is below sea level, what can they possibly do with all this water?

The city has several water pumps to help with flooding. Unfortunately, a couple of them failed after being overloaded and losing power. They'll need to get the levees fixed and begin the long slow process or pumping the water out.