HURRICANE KATRINA Thread

A lot of them simply could not afford to. The poverty rate is very high.

 

Many refused to leave even with offers of assistance. The superdome was there, many chose to stay in their homes.

The looting by the criminals pictured above is appalling. There is no excuse for this behaviour.

 

Agreed. What's more, perhaps some stayed for this purpose ?

 

There was a day when people would have said - "Looters will be shot on sight."

This event is tragic enough without thieves roaming the streets.

I wonder how many dead bodies they have had to step over to fulfil their lusts.

 

6:41 P.M. - Efforts to stop the levee break at the 17th Street Canal have ended unsuccessfully and the water is expected to soon overwhelm the pumps in that area, allowing water to pour into the east bank of Metairie and Orleans to an expected height of 12-15 feet.

4:21 P.M. - WWL-TV Reporter quotes officials as saying there may now be 60,000 people in the Superdome and that more people are still being urged to go there.

Source: http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html

 

Shot police officer in surgery

The New Orleans police officer shot in the head by a looter Tuesday was expected to survive, officials said.

The officer, who has not been identified, was in surgery at West Jefferson Medical Center after being shot in the forehead, police said.

The officer was shot by a looter after he and another officer confronted a number of looters at a Chevron store at Shirley and Gen. DeGaulle.

Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies on the scene arrested four people in connection with the shooting. One of the looters reportedly was shot in the arm by an officer during a shootout.

Source: Times-Picayune

 

helicopter video of the damage

http://www.wlbt.com/ click on the picture

 

Thanks for the link. I also listened to WWL 870 AM radio driving back from agility class tonight. But the radio station doesn't stream online like the TV station does.

 

Biloxi devastation: Beauvoir destroyed

Biloxi residents got their first look today at the devastation Hurricane Katrina wreaked on their famed beach front.

Landmarks like Beavoir, the final home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, are virtually demolished.

The Davis home, built in 1854, has been reduced to rubble and a frame of a house.

Source: The Clarion Ledger

Beauvoir Web Site: http://www.beauvoir.org/

I wonder if another Civil War museum, Memorial Hall, located in New Orleans, which contains the second largest collection of Confederate memorabilia in the world was destroyed as well.

http://www.confederatemuseum.com/

 

I just saw video of looters in a Wal-Mart filling up carts with video games, athletic shoes, shirts, whatever they can get their hands on! Of course, these types of people who do these things are the types who don't work.

It would be understandable if someone was hungry and taking food and water - desperation. But this is appalling!

How can we, as Christians, make such harsh statements. These people have lost EVERYTHING! How do you know for certain these people don't work? How do you know their situation? I do NOT agree with looting, but I do have compassion. People need to survive. Anything that is taken can be used for bartering to get needed supplies.Besides, these stores will be reimbursed by their insurance. People are desperate when they are in survival mode! Is is right? No, of course not, but we are all human. Please, lets show some more compassion. I know Jesus would.

 

The police and rescue officials were going into Wal-Mart and other stores to get food and supplies for the people who are stranded by the storm.

These thieves stealing games, jewelry, drugs etc are not trying to survive, but taking advantage of this disaster to steal.

One man watching the looting was quoted as saying, "To be honest with you, people who are oppressed all their lives, man, it's an opportunity to get back at society,"

 

Floodwaters engulf homes just east of downtown. (SMILEY N. POOL/DMN)

 

A man trapped on the roof of his house tries to get the attention of a helicopter for rescue

 

Picture of church still intact

http://www.hecares4u.com/zb/LOOK-pic1-big.jpg

 

Picture of church not still intact