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jim louis, any news on your house?
i thought no dodged the bullet. they didnt. it looks extremely bad down there w/ 80% of the city underwater. up to 20' deep. they are working with fema trying to evacuate and locate people that didnt leave prior to the storm. people still on roofs. people stranded in shelters. they are bringing resqued people to the superdome. no water, electricity, food. water now rising due to damaged levees and lapping knee high at the superdome. hope jim l checks in w/ good news from his peeps.
12,000 to 15,000 in superdome with water rising. no plumbing. its also a special care center for people with medical needs. people stranded on elevated interstates walking toward superdome. 4,000 national gardsmen on hand per govonor. 3,500 national guards troops due tomorrow per mayor nagin..both looked very worried and spoke of problems with the levee.
Am getting no word. Yesterday thought I would be leaving
within the week to survey damage, now think it may be weeks before people are allowed in. Am temporarily in environment with TV and am pretty overwhelmed with the images.
did m and you cousin get out?
did m and you cousin get out?
My nephew and family (his house totally under water, but insured) are in Arlington TX, kids already enrolled in school. Mandy, presumably, is on Dumaine. But no word from her.
dumaine which is under water?
From memory, the floor level of the house on Dumaine is 6' above the street. From the satellite photo, the street in inundated. But I can't tell how deep.
right. high hopes for m and the whole damnd crew.
I can't tell how deep either, her street takes more water than Rocheblave, which is under water, but from that satellite photo, not completely, because you can see the whiteness of my siding. Roof, window, looting, may be different story. No word from Mandy yet. Have word out to her best friend to call me when she hears something and my nephew has help me with online findind services. Anybody else want to help the info is 45 yr old white woman, Mandy Vincent, probably housing several neighborhood children ages 7-21, possibly in her attic, 2646 Dumaine, 70119
Have seen some pics now which include streets within six blocks of me, doesn't look great.
emergency information from blogger nola view
10,000 national guards ordered by the governors of mississippi and louisiana to be equally divided by the two states. due in next two to three days. not for rescue but to maintain order! id like to see some chronological numbers of the rescue effort. somebodys dropping the ball here.
protecting America by fucking up other countries
do you think you would have evacuated if you were still living there?
50 to 60 thousand now awaiting evacuation inside and outside of the superdome.
i was just watching that on cnn. it looks like the french quarter is one of the only areas not under water. this is the first time i've had a chance to see any footage or photos. where are they going to put everyone in houston? another stadium?
yeah, i thought the astrodome and other stadiums like in dallas for instance. but the woman just interviewed said she was given instructions to go to another shelter. she wasnt to stay there.
There are too many people. The entire city is to be evacuated. They are saying for a month, but it's going to be longer than that. And that's just New Orleans! A lot of the surrounding areas were hit even worse. They can only put a couple thousand people in the Astrodome. There are going to be hundreds of thousands of displaced people - over a million? - for an extended period of time.
They are going to have to create refugee tent cities somewhere. Probably on military bases I would guess.
The federal government better fucking step up here. It's hard not to be a little skeptical though, given the economic and racial profile of those in need. Hope I'm wrong.
The Jonah Goldbergs of the world will get all science fictional and talk about Mad Max and a new race of gill men and say "well, terrible things happen in tbe world, they should have all had 401Ks." Those would be Bush's instincts as well but circumstances and his low poll numbers are forcing him to play a compassionate person on TV. Problem is he drained the Treasury precisely so he the Feds wouldn't have to step up to the plate in circumstances like this. Since it's all faith based initiatives now the Christian vampires who were turned away in Iraq will have someplace to troll en masse for converts.
Heard from M? Does she have housing? D and I have spare space here in CA.
this chart says the population of new orleans is close to half a million people. my understanding is that about 25% of the population is below poverty. the problem is that no is under water and i think we can assume that it will be many many months before they can fix the levee and pump out lake no. so thats half a million in long term displacement. there will be permanent damage to many buildings that are under water for any extended time. buildings will rot in place and/or mold will set in. there will be quick fix decisions to knock down vast neighborhoods. there will be a reevaluation about moving back to below sea level at all. for home owners many (most) do not have flood insurance. insurance companies will determine what is a wind damage knock down and what is a flood knock down. also i think there is potential for the ugly specter of imminent domaine kicking in. there is also that ugly practice of "rent to own" in no which keeps the renter eternally in reach of the carrot.
The Fillmore in SF was cleared out, even without a disaster. Wouldn't be surprised to see it in NO.
Did you see the comment by pResident Dumbfuck saying that no one predicted the levee would fail? That boy must have been kicked in the head by a horse.
ive been reading kos threads. even open threads for the first time. its been a pretty good source. i leave cnn running now full time. wh breifing going on now.
scotts dodging all sharp questions. saying hes leaving them to be answered in a 1;30 pm fema news conference later today. specific stuff like why wasnt rescue efforts federalized earlier or at all. this is an outrage.
He (McClellen) seems scared, doesn't he? Damn.
Fox cut away from the press briefing! Seemed like because their man was doing so poorly.
I'm reading Kos discussion threads for the first time as well. A lot of noise, but it's by far the best place I've found for information.
much wading through bush bashing and speculation. i sift for facts and news leads and any supportive news links. cnn just cut off the conf too.
cspan
WTF? FEMA just suspended all rescue operations in NO because it is "too dangerous."
ref: 1:30 news conf : this is being spun as a security mission not a rescue mission.
per cnn: cnn just recd letter from no mayor: sos, superdome out of resources. now evacuating people by foot from superdome and marching to freeway for relief. the mayors primary contact is cnn?
jesus on a stick, I could have driven there on I-10 by now to help, but I thought we had a functioning national guard and FEMA.
Lake George
AP has an interactive satellite image of the flood online. Requires Flash.
This is a very sad picture of a very nice house.
Far from deferring to state or local officials, FEMA asserted its authority to make things worse, said Aaron Broussard, the president of Jefferson Parish, south of New Orleans. When Wal-Mart sent three trailer trucks loaded with water, FEMA officials turned them away, he said. Agency workers prevented the Coast Guard from delivering 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, and on Saturday they cut the parish's emergency communications line, leading the sheriff to restore it and post armed guards to protect it from FEMA, Mr. Broussard said.
The stories about FEMAs failures keep rolling in. Marine ship offshore for a week waiting for orders. They did a little helicopter search and rescue, but the amphibious craft and the ship hospital weren't used. Officials in Wisconsin couldn't get action from FEMA, and called LA directly to set up a convoy of busses.
All of this has to be laid at the feet of Bush, who spent 5 years gutting FEMA.
cordrescu love note to new orleans
the new yorker ttott on NO
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- jim 8-29-2005 4:33 am
jim louis, any news on your house?
- linda 8-30-2005 2:15 am [add a comment]
i thought no dodged the bullet. they didnt. it looks extremely bad down there w/ 80% of the city underwater. up to 20' deep. they are working with fema trying to evacuate and locate people that didnt leave prior to the storm. people still on roofs. people stranded in shelters. they are bringing resqued people to the superdome. no water, electricity, food. water now rising due to damaged levees and lapping knee high at the superdome. hope jim l checks in w/ good news from his peeps.
- bill 8-31-2005 3:10 am [add a comment]
12,000 to 15,000 in superdome with water rising. no plumbing. its also a special care center for people with medical needs. people stranded on elevated interstates walking toward superdome. 4,000 national gardsmen on hand per govonor. 3,500 national guards troops due tomorrow per mayor nagin..both looked very worried and spoke of problems with the levee.
- bill 8-31-2005 7:08 am [add a comment]
Am getting no word. Yesterday thought I would be leaving
within the week to survey damage, now think it may be weeks before people are allowed in. Am temporarily in environment with TV and am pretty overwhelmed with the images.
- jimlouis 8-31-2005 5:02 am [add a comment]
did m and you cousin get out?
- bill 9-01-2005 12:44 am [add a comment]
did m and you cousin get out?
- bill 9-01-2005 12:45 am [add a comment]
My nephew and family (his house totally under water, but insured) are in Arlington TX, kids already enrolled in school. Mandy, presumably, is on Dumaine. But no word from her.
- jimlouis 9-02-2005 9:38 pm [add a comment]
dumaine which is under water?
- bill 9-03-2005 1:41 am [add a comment]
From memory, the floor level of the house on Dumaine is 6' above the street. From the satellite photo, the street in inundated. But I can't tell how deep.
- mark 9-03-2005 3:03 am [add a comment]
right. high hopes for m and the whole damnd crew.
- bill 9-03-2005 6:27 am [add a comment]
I can't tell how deep either, her street takes more water than Rocheblave, which is under water, but from that satellite photo, not completely, because you can see the whiteness of my siding. Roof, window, looting, may be different story. No word from Mandy yet. Have word out to her best friend to call me when she hears something and my nephew has help me with online findind services. Anybody else want to help the info is 45 yr old white woman, Mandy Vincent, probably housing several neighborhood children ages 7-21, possibly in her attic, 2646 Dumaine, 70119
- jimlouis 9-04-2005 2:39 am [add a comment]
Have seen some pics now which include streets within six blocks of me, doesn't look great.
- jimlouis 8-31-2005 5:06 am [add a comment]
emergency information from blogger nola view
- bill 8-31-2005 6:13 am [add a comment]
10,000 national guards ordered by the governors of mississippi and louisiana to be equally divided by the two states. due in next two to three days. not for rescue but to maintain order! id like to see some chronological numbers of the rescue effort. somebodys dropping the ball here.
- bill 9-01-2005 12:38 am [add a comment]
protecting America by fucking up other countries
- mark 9-01-2005 4:58 am [add a comment]
do you think you would have evacuated if you were still living there?
- linda 9-01-2005 4:37 pm [add a comment]
50 to 60 thousand now awaiting evacuation inside and outside of the superdome.
- bill 9-01-2005 4:39 pm [add a comment]
i was just watching that on cnn. it looks like the french quarter is one of the only areas not under water. this is the first time i've had a chance to see any footage or photos. where are they going to put everyone in houston? another stadium?
- linda 9-01-2005 4:44 pm [add a comment]
yeah, i thought the astrodome and other stadiums like in dallas for instance. but the woman just interviewed said she was given instructions to go to another shelter. she wasnt to stay there.
- bill 9-01-2005 4:58 pm [add a comment]
There are too many people. The entire city is to be evacuated. They are saying for a month, but it's going to be longer than that. And that's just New Orleans! A lot of the surrounding areas were hit even worse. They can only put a couple thousand people in the Astrodome. There are going to be hundreds of thousands of displaced people - over a million? - for an extended period of time.
They are going to have to create refugee tent cities somewhere. Probably on military bases I would guess.
The federal government better fucking step up here. It's hard not to be a little skeptical though, given the economic and racial profile of those in need. Hope I'm wrong.
- jim 9-01-2005 5:31 pm [add a comment]
The Jonah Goldbergs of the world will get all science fictional and talk about Mad Max and a new race of gill men and say "well, terrible things happen in tbe world, they should have all had 401Ks." Those would be Bush's instincts as well but circumstances and his low poll numbers are forcing him to play a compassionate person on TV. Problem is he drained the Treasury precisely so he the Feds wouldn't have to step up to the plate in circumstances like this. Since it's all faith based initiatives now the Christian vampires who were turned away in Iraq will have someplace to troll en masse for converts.
- tom moody 9-01-2005 5:51 pm [add a comment]
Heard from M? Does she have housing? D and I have spare space here in CA.
- mark 9-01-2005 6:02 pm [add a comment]
this chart says the population of new orleans is close to half a million people. my understanding is that about 25% of the population is below poverty. the problem is that no is under water and i think we can assume that it will be many many months before they can fix the levee and pump out lake no. so thats half a million in long term displacement. there will be permanent damage to many buildings that are under water for any extended time. buildings will rot in place and/or mold will set in. there will be quick fix decisions to knock down vast neighborhoods. there will be a reevaluation about moving back to below sea level at all. for home owners many (most) do not have flood insurance. insurance companies will determine what is a wind damage knock down and what is a flood knock down. also i think there is potential for the ugly specter of imminent domaine kicking in. there is also that ugly practice of "rent to own" in no which keeps the renter eternally in reach of the carrot.
- bill 9-01-2005 6:34 pm [add a comment]
The Fillmore in SF was cleared out, even without a disaster. Wouldn't be surprised to see it in NO.
Did you see the comment by pResident Dumbfuck saying that no one predicted the levee would fail? That boy must have been kicked in the head by a horse.
- mark 9-01-2005 8:27 pm [add a comment]
moron in chief
- mark 9-01-2005 8:33 pm [add a comment]
anyone heard from jim louis? he didn't head down there did he?
- linda 9-02-2005 8:02 pm [add a comment]
i dont think so. hopefully well here from him soon.
- bill 9-02-2005 8:19 pm [add a comment]
- jimlouis 9-02-2005 9:38 pm [add a comment]
ive been reading kos threads. even open threads for the first time. its been a pretty good source. i leave cnn running now full time. wh breifing going on now.
- bill 9-01-2005 8:37 pm [add a comment]
scotts dodging all sharp questions. saying hes leaving them to be answered in a 1;30 pm fema news conference later today. specific stuff like why wasnt rescue efforts federalized earlier or at all. this is an outrage.
- bill 9-01-2005 8:49 pm [add a comment]
He (McClellen) seems scared, doesn't he? Damn.
Fox cut away from the press briefing! Seemed like because their man was doing so poorly.
I'm reading Kos discussion threads for the first time as well. A lot of noise, but it's by far the best place I've found for information.
- jim 9-01-2005 8:58 pm [add a comment]
much wading through bush bashing and speculation. i sift for facts and news leads and any supportive news links. cnn just cut off the conf too.
- bill 9-01-2005 9:08 pm [add a comment]
cspan
- dave 9-01-2005 9:14 pm [add a comment]
WTF? FEMA just suspended all rescue operations in NO because it is "too dangerous."
- jim 9-01-2005 8:05 pm [add a comment]
ref: 1:30 news conf : this is being spun as a security mission not a rescue mission.
- bill 9-01-2005 10:05 pm [add a comment]
per cnn: cnn just recd letter from no mayor: sos, superdome out of resources. now evacuating people by foot from superdome and marching to freeway for relief. the mayors primary contact is cnn?
- bill 9-01-2005 10:38 pm [add a comment]
jesus on a stick, I could have driven there on I-10 by now to help, but I thought we had a functioning national guard and FEMA.
- mark 9-01-2005 11:15 pm [add a comment]
Lake George
- mark 9-02-2005 2:47 am [add a comment]
AP has an interactive satellite image of the flood online. Requires Flash.
This is a very sad picture of a very nice house.
- mark 9-02-2005 6:41 am [add a comment]
- bill 9-05-2005 7:06 am [add a comment]
The stories about FEMAs failures keep rolling in. Marine ship offshore for a week waiting for orders. They did a little helicopter search and rescue, but the amphibious craft and the ship hospital weren't used. Officials in Wisconsin couldn't get action from FEMA, and called LA directly to set up a convoy of busses.
All of this has to be laid at the feet of Bush, who spent 5 years gutting FEMA.
- mark 9-05-2005 7:47 am [add a comment]
cordrescu love note to new orleans
the new yorker ttott on NO
- bill 9-05-2005 8:24 pm [add a comment]