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12:44 P.M. - (AP) The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port did NOT suffer major damage as a result of Hurricane Katrina. And a port official says the flow of oil could resume within "a matter of hours" once its power supply is restored.
Military can operate here during Marshall Law
12:44 P.M. - (AP) The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port did NOT suffer major damage as a result of Hurricane Katrina. And a port official says the flow of oil could resume within "a matter of hours" once its power supply is restored.
This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.
When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. When distant cities are hit by earthquakes, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.
The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States Dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tristar, or the Douglas DC-10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American planes?
Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon — not once, but several times — and safely home again.
You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.
When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the American who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.
I can name you 5,000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.
Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are en led to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those.
That was written in the 70s.
Good point Tom. Still, it would take days for the hovercraft to get to NO at this point.
The Environmental Protection Agency has dispatched emergency crews because of concerns about oils and gasoline in the rising waters in New Orleans. At least one tanker is believed to be partially sunk and is leaking oil.
The hovercrafts are built in NO. I went through the factory as a kid.
The landing craft for DDay was built there too.
D-Day museam - I never got to go.
Don't confuse me with the guy talking smack about Bush...
I just know they have inflatable/trailerable hovercraft versions...you see them practicing on Canyon Lake occasionally...they were just up there a couple of weeks ago...Hopefully someone has thought about it and they are on the way...they are the perfect rescue craft for that kind of situation...
With all the sharp points sticking out of the water, they probably arent real interested in hovercrafts.
Flat bottom boats is where it is at.
i'm startign to think Marines are a myth what with Iraq, base closures, military cutbacks... I think we truthfully only have 200 marines .. they just travel a whole lot.
Man, NO is just FUBAR. With 80% of the city under salty water (by some reports), that is going to mess up everything underground. The reconstruction is going to measured in years. Hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people will have to moved out and provided for.
according to FOX news the mayor of NO just got back from a boat ride and did see bodies floating around.
sucks.
2:01 P.M. - Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard says there is no plumbing and the sanitary situation is getting nasty. He told WAFB-TV that he is carrying around a bag for his own human waste.
Well, I am among the extremely lucky ones here in downtown MS. 3% of the homes (as of this morning) in the metro-Jackson area had electricity restored, and I was among the lucky 3%. Just recently my cell phone started working. My landline at home is down, and cable is out. Of course cable is no big deal, except I'd like to find out what the news reports are saying. For now, I'm limping along on dial-up here in a isolated corner of the computer room.
Locally, I heard reports that we had winds of 75 mph. I'm not sure if that was sustained or gusts. Lots of tree damage and debris. Property damage is probably light in the area - roofs, signs, etc.
Power outages have made traffic in my neck of the woods quite hectic - every intersection is virtually a 4-way stop sign. I had heard that the population of Jackson doubled with people fleeing the gulf coast, and I'm sure almost everyone of them are wanting to get back down there as soon as possible, but most gasoline retail outlets are shut down. Even if the retailers have fuel in the tanks, there is no power to run the pumps.
I feel bad for the people stuck here in a state of anxiety. They must be going insane wondering what happened to their homes, friends and family - not to mention their places of employment.
In the meantime, as much as I want to be out there helping, until gas and traffic begin to flow, I'd only get in the way, so I'll just stay low and count my blessings. I am not looking forward to hearing all the gory details that will emerge from the gulf coast.
Adios.
Glad to hear you're well, Guru. God Bless.
Stay strong brother.
Glad your all right GoN!
Good to hear Matt.
Thank goodness you're okay, Matt...
You're just in time to read about how the disaster in NO & MS & AL is all Bush & his administrations' fault.
2:09 P.M. - Video on WAFB-TV shows the Twin Spans between I-10 and Slidell broken in dozens of spots.
Jeff Parish President. Residents will probably be allowed back in town in a week, with identification only, but only to get essentials and clothing. You will then be asked to leave and not come back for one month.
per WWL-TV
Saw that too... Can you imagine postponing your life for a month?You will then be asked to leave and not come back for one month.
Army Corp of engineers reports.......
17th st canal levee failed and broke after water crested it and it couldn't hold up.
a 2nd leveee failure was at "industrial " canal
expecting a possible 3rd levee break/failure at somthign called "pumping station #3"
1st prioity of ACoE is to repair/block/fill these breakages.
glad to see this guys priority's are straight.2:07 P.M. - (AP) -- A top casino executive is calling on the Mississippi Legislature to enact emergency legislation to keep the state's coast gaming industry alive.
Treasure Bay Casino President and CEO Bernie Burkholder says most of the casino hotels on the coast survived Hurricane Katrina, but several gambling barges suffered extensive damage. He says it could take several years to rebuild.
he couldn;t wait a bit to bring that up?
I hope we're ready to give until it hurts to help the survivors. It will take a lot to get Mississippi and Louisiana back on their feet. These folks are our neighbors.
glad to see this guys priority's are straight.
he couldn;t wait a bit to bring that up?
Those barges and casinos employ a lot of people, although I think it's going to be a really long time before it even matters.
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