Re: Katrena Update August 30 2005

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:40:32 -0400, "North" <north@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>Lawrence Glickman <Lawrence_Glickman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:iut9h1h42gq16nm3900upde44dp3gpl8eq@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:06:33 GMT, "Stormin Mormon"
>> <cayoung61-#spamblock*-@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > For those that have been unable to watch the news today
>> >concerning the after-effects of Hurricane Katrina. I have
>> >gathered some of the following on CNN:
>> >1)Multiple breaches of the dikes surrounding New Orleans
>> >are allowing additional flooding. Although the French
>> >Quarter is still dry, water is rising in the city.
>> >2)The Gov of La is considering total evac of all remaining
>> >people in New Orleans. There is no food, clean water or
>> >fuel. Of course their is still booze in the French Quarter
>> >so some are seen roaming the streets of that neighborhood
>> >drunk.
>> >3)790,00 people are without power in La.
>> >4)656,00 people are withought power in Al.
>> >5)80% of Miss is without power
>> >6)there is 6' of water surrounding Tulane Univ Hosp. The
>> >backup generator is reported to have failed. 200 plus of
>> >the most critical patients will need to be airlifted from
>> >the hospital.
>> >7)total death toll unknown. Miss. reports that deaths in
>> >their state alone will reach into the hundreds. One
>> >official said they new where some of the dead were but they
>> >had no place to put them anyway. They will adress the
>> >problem in a few days.
>> >8)1200 people rescued by Coast Guard helcopters alone so
>> >far.
>> >9)I-10 over Lake Pachatrain(sp?) has been knocked out with
>> >large spans only showing the cement pillers the roadway
>> >rested on sticking out of the lakes. This was one of the
>> >few evac routes available to New Orleans.
>> >10)It was admitted that many of the first rescues were done
>> >by neighbors using there own fishing boats and cruising
>> >through neighborhoods.
>> >11)What a shock!!!! Looting is going on in New Orleans.
>> >
>> >12. Those who got out early, are better off than those who didn't.
>> >13. Those who live above sea level have fewer problems.
>> >
>> >I'd have to guess that those who stay home and stay armed have less
>trouble
>> >with looters?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Feel free to add to this list. It is terrible....
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Potable Water.
>> You've got sewage and chemicals mixed in with sea water and fresh
>> water, it is a toxic brew. PRIORITY.
>
>And just look at all of the mutha fuckers out walking around in it...lol. If
>they don't get shot looting wally world, the toxic shock will in a few days.

Yep. Major petrochemical refineries in the area spilling their poison
into the soup. Sewage coming up into the brew, and of course, all
those dead bodies floating around and rotting to bits. You know it is
going to take a very long time to recover the missing, if it can even
be done at all. The potential for typhus and cholera are going to be
way up into the emergency-hazard zone.

I think you are right. Get out of town. Go visit relatives
somewhere, and forget about your *job* because it is probably gone
along with the building you used to work in.

>> Next, keeping warm/cool. Cool is easy. Keep your clothes wet and let
>> the evaporative effect work for you, or just dunk in the water ( it is
>> everywhere ).
>
>Make sure you are using 'clean' water, see above.
>
>>
>> FOOD
>> That is the tough one, eh? All wildlife has gotten out of town or
>> drowned. What's to eat?
>
>Hmm perhaps it's time to pack up a sorta bob all follow suit ? You know,
>follow the food. I for one would not want to camp on top of my roof
>surrounded by sea of sewage and rot. Just wait until the skeeters start
>feasting. Desease will spread like mad, I would NOT want to be there.
>
>>
>> SHELTER
>> Keep you warm at night, cool during the day, dry if too wet/cold. You
>> can make fire somewhere dry...there is ALWAYS high ground somewhere,
>> and you don't have to worry about burning down the neighborhood.
>
>Dude, in THIS cases (the case of New Orleans), the only prudent survival
>decission would be to leave. Sticking around will increase you chances of
>dying from illness 10 fold.

Yes, the disease phase has yet to begin. That should kill off a
goodly number of people who have been without sanitation for weeks if
not months before things get into the cleanup stage.

>> That all folks. And 10 years to rebuild what was destroyed.
>>
>> And $25 BILLION to pay for it.
>>
>> Oh yeah, I forgot, my medications. Opps. Have to scoot out of town
>> to get those. Some other State. Someplace dry. Just go to Hospital
>> and they can call up my medical records from my local hospital here
>> which I've been going to for the last 30 years.
>
>Having one hospital 'get' your medical records from another hospital is
>easier said then done. In fact, it's not easy at all. And you should NEVER
>put faith in their ability to do so. It is best to summerize your medical
>conditions onto index cards you can keep in your wallet including a current
>list of medications and dosages. This is a hell of a lot faster for the ER
>doc to learn about you this way then to wait hours to retreave your records
>from elsewhere. It would kinda suck if the ER doc gave you an injection thar
>reacted with a med that you took and killed you. (I'd also not put faith in
>carrying around a CD with your records, expecting the ER doc to know how to
>read it, etc.... Besides, if you are unconsious, your wallet is going to be
>the first place they look for info about you).
>
>n.

Excellent advice. I'll print something up tonight and laminate it,
stick it in the wallet. Thanks for the good idea. And you're right.
New Orleans isn't a good place for recreational camping at the moment.

As people get more desperate, running out of *essentials,* things
might get ugly real fast. Especially taking the *poor black trash*
factor into consideration.

Lg

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