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cajunmama and laboi . . .

Despite the horrible images over in Jefferson Parish, New Orleans, and Mississippi, I'm ok. Thank you all for your concern. God help those stuck in their atticts. According to local news search and rescue teams have been out all day helping people off of their roof tops and out of their attics. Those that didn't evacuate. Lot's of sad stories and devestating damage. God help ummm!

Our city here in Lafayette is the next largest after Baton Rouge so we've got lots of evacuee's in the city. The hospital I work is located in Lafayette and we're full up with patients from Nursing Homes in Chalmette and New Orleans. We've opened several sheltered areas in the city too.

Sorry I couldn't write sooner, but I think Cajun Momma answered for me. Thanks Momma! LOL :) I've been working and staying at the hospital because we were on emergency staffing.

Hurricane Katrinia has ruined our faithful city of New Orleans. It will be months before electrcity will be restored to the city. The beautiful sites of New Orleans is no more. God Help US!
 
laboi_22 said:
Despite the horrible images over in Jefferson Parish, New Orleans, and Mississippi, I'm ok. Thank you all for your concern. God help those stuck in their atticts. According to local news search and rescue teams have been out all day helping people off of their roof tops and out of their attics. Those that didn't evacuate. Lot's of sad stories and devestating damage. God help ummm!

Our city here in Lafayette is the next largest after Baton Rouge so we've got lots of evacuee's in the city. The hospital I work is located in Lafayette and we're full up with patients from Nursing Homes in Chalmette and New Orleans. We've opened several sheltered areas in the city too.

Sorry I couldn't write sooner, but I think Cajun Momma answered for me. Thanks Momma! LOL :) I've been working and staying at the hospital because we were on emergency staffing.

Hurricane Katrinia has ruined our faithful city of New Orleans. It will be months before electrcity will be restored to the city. The beautiful sites of New Orleans is no more. God Help US!
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I'm glad you are alright and sad to hear of all the destruction, New Orleans was very beautiful. It sounds as if you'll be very busy down there for awhile with clean up and recovery, I'll keep you in my thoughts.
 
Glad you are ok! Thanks for checking in :)

Found this amazing photo of the flooding. Just jaw dropping. We are so arrogant ( us humans ) sometimes mother nature gives us a bit of a spanking.

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We are only now just learning how destructive this storm was and still have not seen all the areas that were hit.

It is sad when you see the devastation. They are estimating the damage will exceed 26 billion dollars. The damage is in a very large area but it appears like Mississippi and New Orleans were hit extremely hard, especially Mississippi. Flood waters came up to the roofs of the homes in many areas. Winds tore apart homes and buildings, trees down everywhere. Cars, boats, roads, major bridges completely destroyed. The storm surge in Biloxi brought water up to the 3rd floor of buildings.

Two dikes have failed and new Orleans is being flooded with water, mind now, the water is toxic from many sources. If more dikes fail it will be, well, what can I say.

10's of thousands are homeless. Over 5,000,000 are without power.

I live in Virginia, over 900 miles from away from N.O.and tonight we are under tornado watch as an offshoot from the hurricane.

It is almost impossible to evacuate everyone from New Orleans. So many are in hospitals, old age homes, etc not to mention all the homeless and others not able to care for themselves.
 
The worst is not over for New Orleans. The water is still rising and there is no safe place anymore. The authorities want all non-essential people out! I have cousins that live(d) in New Orleans, and although I'm sure they got out, my sisters and I wonder where they are and if they need our help.
 
It has been announced from our governor, Kathleen Blanco, that the death toll continues to climb in New Orleans. In other words bodies are floating everywhere. She has stated that today as many people as possible must be evacuated from New Orleans. We've been working overtime taking in as many patients that we can handle. Two of our closed 37 bed units have been opened, and everyone is working manditory overtime. It's so sad to hear what these people have to say. Some of our co-workers are from New Orleans with familes still trapped. I urge everyone to please keep these people in your prayers if that will even work--for what else have we got to do. New Orleans will never be the same. Some speculate that New Orleans may be no more because of the unforseen problems with the levees.

Our Cajun Dome is holding an overwelming amount of people from New Orleans. The good city of Lafayette is totally taxed by increased traffic and shelter problems. We've been encourage to offer our time to help. They need nurses badly there to help those with medications and special needs. I'll try to do as much as I can.

We've recieved word from other hospitals from New Iberia all the way to Shreveport, that no one has much more room for the 2,500 patients that are currently hospitalized in NO. That does not include those is Senior Care facilities, Nursing Homes, and Retierment Homes. Our sister hospital in Baton Rouge ,Our Lady of The Lake, is the largest hospital in Louisiana with 857 licensed beds and they are full also.

Gov. Blanco has declared today a day of prayer! Again God help us!
 
Hi laboi,

Sounds like you're working really hard down there. Best wishes and I hope things get better soon.
 
Thanks again. It's also been just stated that the stranded people in the Superdome will be housed in the Astro dome in Huston.
 
The devastation here in MS is absolutely incredible. The storm surge went six miles inland. My coworker's parents lived right on the shore. They "evacuated" half a mile inland, and the last time anyone talked to them, before the phone went out, the house they were in was flooded up to the second floor. No one can go down there to find their loved ones; the highway patrol is making sure of that. Cell phone service is out. Basically, it's the seventh circle of hell if anyone you know is down there. Another coworker's mom has not been heard from. She was less than a mile from the shore when Katrina's 25 foot storm surge came through. The headline from the Sun Herald, a coastal paper, was "Our Tsunami." The governor came on TV and broke down as he said that the devastation is complete. He estimated that 90% of buildings within a few miles of the shore are just gone. Even a casino was ripped in half and thrown across the coastal highway.
 
Apparently the people in the superdome are fighting eachother in order to be the first ones out.

Seems this has brought out the best in people.....
 
Zolipara said:
Apparently the people in the superdome are fighting eachother in order to be the first ones out.

Seems this has brought out the best in people.....
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Makes you wonder what would happen in a modern day Titanic scenario doesn't it?

"Women and children first my ass....I've got a gun that says get the F outa my life-boat...."
 
Yes, tragedies like this do bring out the best in poeple. For some people, thier best is shooting and looting, but underneath the bad publicity, there are people who are opening their homes and hearts to those who have lost everything.

Food for thought: I read once, in a ranking of the states by generosity and charitable giving, Louisiana and Mississippi rank at the top as a couple of the the most generous states, yet we rank at the bottom according to wealth.
 
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