Official Hurricane Katrina Thread

[TOP-CHERRY]

When the Northridge quake happened, I lived in Northridge. Power, etc was out and water was supposedly contaminated, so we had to go to the store to get drinking water. They didn't actually allow you to go into the grocery stores, they had a stand in the front door and you could go up and ask for what you wanted and then they would come bring it out to you and charge you - cash only.

So I went and asked for water and some sandwiches and stuff like that. They told me that they couldn't sell me sandwiches - only thing they were selling was water and batteries. I didn't need batteries (I had a flash light and lots of batteries), so I asked for just two gallons of drinking water (that was the max they would give per person). They charged me $20.

I then went to a smaller store -- mom and pop style convenience store. I asked for 4 sandwiches and 2 more gallons or water. $47!

If I didn't have cash and I was starving and didn't have a means of transportation to go out of the area -- damn right I would have looted an ATM for cash.

Hope you at least gave them a piece of your mind, girl.

[Kori Ellis]

The "technical resource" is still doing fine here at the office. T1 is down, so I had to hunt around to find a real phone jack (one near an outlet).

I'm about to go outside and see what the weather looks like. I'm ready to head on home (where hopefully the power is on and the huge oak next to my house is still standing).

All in all, not to bad here in downtown, MS. The worst of it is in the form of power outages and downed trees. One lady got killed when a huge tree fell on her house.

Looking forward to hot and freaking muggy tomorrow.

Be safe, Matt. Hopefully your power is on and all is well at home.

[Shelly]

The "technical resource" is still doing fine here at the office. T1 is down, so I had to hunt around to find a real phone jack (one near an outlet).

I'm about to go outside and see what the weather looks like. I'm ready to head on home (where hopefully the power is on and the huge oak next to my house is still standing).

All in all, not to bad here in downtown, MS. The worst of it is in the form of power outages and downed trees. One lady got killed when a huge tree fell on her house.

Looking forward to hot and freaking muggy tomorrow.

Glad you're safe and sound and the kids are also!

[Trainwreck2100]

Paula Zaun is amazingly intelligent.

"What can you tell us about the people stuck at the Astrodome? How long do you expect them to be stuck there?"

Was there some sort of line at a boat show.

[Clandestino]

damn...the last place you want to be is outside during a hurricane. They are lucky they didn't get impaled.

no, it was a couple days before the storm hit is when they started.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

2pac,

http://www.weatherserver.net/livevideo.htm

The second video they're showing police out in boats and stuff. One of the camera shots was Dahlia Walk & Bay St., one block north of the 610/I-10 interchange.

All you could see is the very top of the houses

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Damn the second feed is crazy. They just pulled a family out of an attic, including an 85 year old grandmother.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

, Tom, Fox is live from I-10 right now at 610, and the water is rising.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Harris County (Gulfport, MS) confirming at least 55 dead.

[MannyIsGod]

Insanity. And to think this was not what was expected. Isane.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Manny, the water is 15 feet high at the 610/I-10 interchange in New Orleans. There's 30 blocks (thanks Google Earth) of housing between there and Pontchartrain.

I've got a feeling those death totals are just going to start going up exponentially the next week or os.

[MannyIsGod]

Which interchange AHF? Or is it both the east and western one? I don't have cable here, so I'm trying to find out as much online as possible.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

610 and I-10, coming into the city from the west.

Try this.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=610+an...&start=0&hl=en

[MannyIsGod]

I'm looking at google maps, I just didn't know which interchange. There are 2 of them.

[boutons]

"There are 2 of them"

"west" one is on the left, the "east" one is on the right.

[boutons]

anybody hear anything about the refineries to the east of NO that were supposed to break up and deliver a toxic, flammable soup?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Manny, it's dead center on the map I linked. If nothing else find Pontchartrain Blvd. and come south down it from the lake until you hit the 610/I-10 interchange.

[MannyIsGod]

I know which one it is after you told me. You guys do understand the tense of the words I'm using right?

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

To take a little off the sensationalism of the oil rig floating into the bridge, it was in dock in the bay before the storm hit.

[Ginofan]

FoxNews reported that in some areas along the Miss. Coast, 1/2 a mile to a mile inland there was nothing left. Casinos, hotels, etc. etc. are completely gone.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

They said the 55 people killed in Gulfport were all in one apartment complex that tried to ride it out.

Dumb dumb dumb.

I have a bad feeling too that they're going to find a lot of bodies in attics in New Orleans when its all said and done.

[2pac]

Wasn't expected? I have been saying this for two days.

Now - like I said - above ground gas tanks (deisel and propane) are floating and breaking. Then they let the fuel out, which floats and ignites.

[2pac]

I-10 between New Orleans East and Slidell is gone.

This is from Lakefront airport to slidell

[2pac]

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=6125+F...0.029680&hl=en

My aunt's house is destroyed.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I-10 between New Orleans East and Slidell is gone.

Did the overpass get knocked out?