Junkdrawer
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:07 PM
Original message |
WDSU Now showing first aerial coverage of NOLA... |
|
Edited on Mon Aug-29-05 07:42 PM by Junkdrawer
|
fishnfla
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:08 PM
Response to Original message |
1. "it looks like Venice" |
steve2470
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:11 PM
Response to Original message |
darkstar
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:15 PM
Response to Reply #2 |
|
Thanks for your efforts and attention the last couple of days and the carping of carping carpers all along the way.
You are a great DU resource.
:hi:
|
steve2470
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:16 PM
Response to Reply #4 |
6. sure thing, thanks ! nt |
DemNoir
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:12 PM
Response to Original message |
|
Especially after hearing chirpy reporters all day saying it wasnt so bad.
|
Junkdrawer
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:15 PM
Response to Original message |
5. Fox now has the video (turn off the sound - it's O'Really)... |
|
The WSDL cut out as soon as I posted this thread....
|
darkstar
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:19 PM
Response to Reply #5 |
|
saw it on CNN. Supposed to be several pockets like that across LA and MS.
Brutal.
|
benito
(772 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:24 PM
Response to Original message |
fishnfla
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:25 PM
Response to Original message |
9. Whoa did you see that helicopter rescue? |
steve2470
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:26 PM
Response to Reply #9 |
10. yes that was really cool nt |
darkstar
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:29 PM
Response to Reply #9 |
|
That gave me the chill bumps !
Incredible footage.
|
Trillo
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:27 PM
Response to Original message |
11. "No suitable Plugins found" |
Junkdrawer
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:33 PM
Response to Reply #11 |
17. download and install WinMediaPlayer 9 or Realplayer...n/t |
annabanana
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:29 PM
Response to Original message |
12. wow.... those poor people.......n/t |
tjdee
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:30 PM
Response to Original message |
14. And we haven't even seen MS yet. |
benito
(772 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:32 PM
Response to Reply #14 |
|
That's gonna be disturbing.
|
darkstar
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:36 PM
Response to Reply #16 |
|
You ok neighbor? AnnInLa and I talked some yesterday and discovered you're just down the road a bit from me.
No problems here in Lafayette. Stay dry and take care.
:hi:
|
benito
(772 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:41 PM
Response to Reply #20 |
21. some lucky MOFOS here in Abbeville |
|
Glad you are ok! I went to work in Broussard this morning. Phones and data circuit were down so they let us go home. This video is fuct up. It's bad in N.O.
|
eyepaddle
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 10:20 PM
Response to Reply #21 |
|
Isn't Soops in Abbeville?
It's been a few years since I lived in Lafayeete (Up at the French Colony) but I worked at the Sperry-Sun office in Broussard (and some other place farther south--past the high school)
I didn't like working in the oilfield at all, but it really changes how you view a storm when you know most of the places they are talking about on CNN et al.
And I really liked New Orleans--obviously it had some violent edges, but damn, you were free to be WHOEVER you wanted to be--very little judgement made about you.
I fear the future of the Big Easy--and also every other place that got clobbered. :hug:
|
hootinholler
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:57 PM
Response to Reply #14 |
27. I spent 8 months in Pearlington... |
|
I'm worried about The Yall Come Back Saloon.
I wish they'd fly a pass up that way. How close to Camille's track was this? Like 15 miles?
-Hoot
|
Junkdrawer
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:31 PM
Response to Original message |
15. Most residential areas flooded - looks like an averaage of 6 -10 ft... |
benito
(772 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:34 PM
Response to Reply #15 |
|
wear a bright orange shirt when something like this happens. Easier to find me if I'm ever on a roof.
|
Junkdrawer
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:35 PM
Response to Original message |
19. Now they're showing several fires that are burning out of control... |
|
---no fire department to put them out.
|
Junkdrawer
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 08:05 PM
Response to Reply #19 |
33. I'm from Johnstown, PA and in the 1889 flood, fire was the big killer... |
|
Let's hope these fires don't spread...
|
Junkdrawer
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:42 PM
Response to Original message |
22. "The City of New Orleans, as we knew it, is gone"... |
|
That's the WDSU news casters viewing the aerial footage...
|
fishnfla
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:45 PM
Response to Reply #22 |
23. I just read from the wwltv weather forum |
|
entire subdivisions wiped out in Slidell
"Every home gone"
:(
|
KeepItReal
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:46 PM
Response to Reply #23 |
24. Slidell and New Orleans East really got hammered in GNO area |
|
Downtown was largely spared due to the shift in direction.
|
steve2470
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:55 PM
Response to Reply #24 |
Junkdrawer
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:57 PM
Response to Original message |
26. I think the first run is now over...But I'll bet they replay it soon... |
|
They seem to be aware that people all over the country are tuning in via the net...
|
Junkdrawer
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:59 PM
Original message |
BTW: The French Quarter seems to have been spared the floodng... |
|
although I read elsewhere there was wind damage...
|
KeepItReal
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:59 PM
Response to Original message |
28. Kenner/Metairie showing flooding |
|
Lakefront is also flooded.
Looks like a fire at a marina on the lakefront. I think that is where Joe's Crabshack is in Metairie.
That helicopter pilot providing the footage is kinda all over the place.
Probably get more coherent footage tomorrow.
|
darkstar
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 07:59 PM
Response to Original message |
29. CNN has been following up |
|
in rapid succession for those who were having trouble upthread.
|
Pithy Cherub
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 08:03 PM
Response to Original message |
30. This is devastating and will go down as this nation's worst |
|
natural disaster. My heart is breaking because whole neighborhoods are gone and where are all the people? The national news organizations were way to quick to call Louisiana as "the worst is over". The people...:cry:
|
Rex
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 08:04 PM
Response to Original message |
31. Looks like the Superdome got the hell beat outta it. |
|
But it is still standing! I was worried about the people inside.
|
tjdee
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 08:05 PM
Response to Original message |
32. "It decimated everything east of downtown" |
|
The FEMA director just said that about...NO??
|
Junkdrawer
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 08:38 PM
Response to Original message |
Chico Man
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 08:52 PM
Response to Original message |
35. Did you see the looting of the winDixie? |
benito
(772 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 09:05 PM
Response to Reply #35 |
37. I saw earlier that the pharmacy got cleaned out |
|
and the ATM was busted up. I've been though this many times in my life and I'd never pull crap like that. Relief (food, ice and water) always shows up after the storm. Busting up the corner liquor store never crossed my mind.
the worst is yet to come.
|
progressivebydesign
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 10:27 PM
Response to Reply #37 |
42. A natural disaster is no reason to steal. That's disgusting. |
|
Kinda wondering why I was so worried about poor people down there... sounds like they're taking matters into their own hands. Stupid.
|
Lindacooks
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 11:57 PM
Response to Reply #42 |
45. Did you see WHAT they were stealing? |
|
Diapers and canned goods. Those aren't the kind of things that people typically loot. Says a lot about their living standards in general.
|
fujiyama
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 09:00 PM
Response to Original message |
|
They panned around the area zooming out. It looked like miles of streets completely flooded.
|
steve2470
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 09:12 PM
Response to Reply #36 |
zulchzulu
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 09:29 PM
Response to Original message |
39. It's going to take at least 10 years for New Orleans to recover |
|
It's unbelievable.
Not that it's a good thing in relation to all the damage around the city, but it looks like the French Quarter survived pretty well. Having lived there for a few years, that was my deepest fear...seeing the Quarter get washed away...
I may make a journey to help out some friends who had their place get pretty damaged...near the racetrack...looks bad...
|
jfalchion
(212 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 09:58 PM
Response to Original message |
|
Is Ignatius J. Reilly safe, dry and comfortable?
|
markus
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 10:53 PM
Response to Original message |
43. The video on MSNBC is of St. Bernard Parish |
|
just southeast of New Orleans along the river.
The flyover was from the Violet Canal to the Barracks in Arabi. Everything was under water and devestated.
I used to work down there as editor of a weekly newspaper.
I also heard the MSNBC reporter returning from the Ninth Ward. This is the area of town surrounding the Industrial Canal, where there was at least one reported levee breech, and where the storm surge would have been at it's worst in town.
It was a horrific story, ending in her reporter hearing the cries of people still trapped in actics calling for help as they were being left behind for the night as they pulled in the rescue boats until morning.
For anyone who understands the comparison, this is much worse than Betsy. The flooding is more catastrophic, and more extensive.
|
fearnobush
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Aug-29-05 11:37 PM
Response to Original message |
44. WDSU reporting double span connecting NOLA to Slidell is gone. |
|
Edited on Mon Aug-29-05 11:56 PM by fearnobush
Rt90 underwater NOLA is cut off from supplys getting in. The destruction is much worse than the media was reporting earlier today. The gutted high rises near the dome gave me the chills. The flooding as far as the eye can see is just horrifying.
|
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Thu Apr 25th 2024, 10:41 PM
Response to Original message |