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So far...so good! :D Gosh! The damage I've been seeing on the news is horrible! The flooding is so widespread. :( |
Glad to hear you are safe. Please keep us updated. |
Can you imagine the water being to your rooftop and waiting to be rescued from that rooftop? There were 200 people (20 were cops) waiting to be rescued that way. There were also bodies floating in the water. This is just like Hurricane Betsy. People just didn't heed the warnings. What will it take for them to wake up? Had New Orleans have had the direct hit that was predicted, there would have been thousands dead - including some in the Superdome. That structure should have never been used for evacuations. I'm feeling really fortunate right now!!! Lisa |
Wow, Lisa, that is really scarey! I can't imagine holding on to my roof waiting for help. I am very gald you all are safe! |
thought about you all day and hope that you are well. |
Lisa--- How are you doing this morning???????? Hopefully everything is still OK. Please let us know? |
hey lisa, our thoughts and prayers are with you all. please be safe. and pls keep us posted . :) |
Lisa, I'm praying for you. |
Here's to hoping you're home safe and sound (just without electricity to let us know). Hope all was okay when you got home. I know you will let us know when you're able, but in the meantime lots of YT hugs and prayers going to you and yours. |
Hey guys! I posted on the Carter & Cooper thread pretty thoroughly but wanted to let you know here too that we are okay and our home sustained no damage. We're without electricity, phone, cell phone, cable services. Water and sewerage are working. Because of no electricity, stores are not open, and no gas is available. We are very, very lucky. We have our home. Pray for those in the Crescent City and Mississippi. I'm posting from my sister's house in my hometown. They have all services available. I'll be going back home later today. Lisa |
Its so good to hear you guys are ok. I have been watching the news and it looks like so much is demolished by this hurricane. I am glad to hear you are ok. Keep us posted please and will be thinking of you. :) :D Verena :aimeeyork :aimeeyork |
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about the people in the Super Dome and how they will get them out (hardly slept last night) Also is there a way to get the water out of New Orleans??? The same thing that kept it out, is keeping it in. Last night on Dateline the Gov. said they might try to pump it out but didn't know yet if it was possible. My neighbor said that this morning they were still debating how to do it. ????????? |
The first order of business is to close up the breaks in the levees (3 total - 2 on the 17th St Canal and one near the 9th Ward). Until those are fixed, pumping cannot do anything but to recycle the water from the lake and river back into the city. They are beginning to clear people out the Superdome and sending them to the Astrodome. There is some fear that the flooding will spread to other areas on the west bank. Pray that doesn't happen. The army is coming in and there are 4 boats coming with supplies. Its really, really awful! The Governor has been on every national show possible in order to bring Louisiana and Mississippi to the forefront in everyone's minds right now. The state is in dire need of assistance. The state just doesn't have the resources to do everything on its own. Lisa |
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SuperDome are getting out. I know all my friends and neighbors here in Ohio have given to the Salvation Army or Red Cross already. Just let's not let a week or two go by and forget these people and what they are going through AND WHAT THEY WILL BE GOING THROUGH !! I'm sure we will continue our prayers for all of you also! |
I'm so glad to hear you are ok!! |
This is going to be a very long recovery period. It will be years before anything returns to a similance of normalcy. This will be a total collapse of society -- jobs, banking, industry, etc. Poverty will increase, people will succomb to despair. This is going to have a major affect on society. Lisa |
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I am glad you are ok.. I can't imagine what you are going through right now.. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers daily!! |
I'm happy to hear your home is safe and sound. We do need to keep all those affected by the hurricane in our thoughts and hope the area can recover and bounce back in time. |
Lisa...Thinking of you - I know how bad it is and just want to say how thankful I am that you and your family are ok...It's so sad. |
At my sister's house today, there has been nothing else on TV than storm coverage. It is truly sad. There is not a single regular program on TV. This will only compound the emotional distress people will feel. The wounds will go very deep on this! Lisa |
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I'm so sorry that you and everyone in LA is having to go through this. My first cousin's husband is from New Orleans. I think they live outside the city somewhere I don't remember exactly. Anyway my cousin and her family moved to Columbia, SC from Jacksonville, FL a few months back and her in-laws just happened to have planned a visit for this past weekend so they are with them. I just got off the phone with her and her brother-in-laws house is completely underwater. But, her in-laws ust had a tree to fall I think they have a very big house so, I'm sure the whole family will be staying together while things get straighten out. I just feel so sorry for everyone there. I hope that you and your family don't have too hard of a time. Everyone that has been affected will be in my thoughts and prayers. |
The New Orleans Mayor, Ray Nagin, has finally commented on the number of dead that is expected . . . "minimum a few hundred, more likely a few thousand". |
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That is absolutely horrible. I'm sure there were a lot of people that did not evacuate for one reason or the other. It's still gut wrenching. I'm just glad that you were able to evacuate. |
Good read http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/m....asp?p=1098677 My stepson sent this to me. He works at LSU as a computer analyst for the vet school. He told me they were asked permission to use their freezers for bodies. |
Lisa, Im glad that you and family are safe and that your home suffered no major damage. I also feel so bad for all of the people that has lost their lives and homes during this disaster. I have all the victims of Hurricane Katrina in my prayers. Wow, Is terrible that so many are dead. |
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I am so glad to hear that you were able to stay safe throughout the storm!!! |
We're still with no electricity and the stories are getting worse and worse! The boys are panting non-stop and were so excited to go ride in the car to my sister's house. They are loving the a/c while we're here for a few minutes. Curfew is at 8 PM so I have to be back home before then. Electricity is being restored here and there but not for us yet. Our turn will come. Lisa |
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smile on my face yesterday and hope it will yours. The picture was of a mother, father, tennage girl and younger girl about six. The back- ground was their home that was completely demolished and they had come back to see if they could salvage anything. The father had a wheel barrow with some things and he led the way with such a determined look on his face, the older daughter followed looking pretty much the same. Directly behind them was the mother holding the little girl's hand. I looked down and the little girl was holding a leash with a little yorkie at the end. It's face was full of mud and it's little legs were mud all the way up and the little guy was soaking wet BUT it was pulling on that lead ans just as determined as the rest of them. They may be small but I'll tell you they are tough little rascals. The picture was taken in Biloxi by Patrick Schineider/Knight Ridder/Tribune. So precious, I could do nothing but smile at the spirit the five of them were showing. So happy you are safe and hope the electric is on soon. |
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