Katrina's full wrath still being felt, death toll soars (Superdome evac)

[radfringe]

Katrina's full wrath still being felt, death toll soars
Published: Wednesday, August 31, 2005
By Brett Martel
The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS -- Rescuers along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast pushed aside the dead to reach the living Tuesday in a race against time and rising waters, while New Orleans sank deeper into crisis and Louisiana's governor ordered storm refugees out of this drowning city.

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With water rising perilously inside the Superdome, Blanco said the tens of thousands of refugees now huddled there and other shelters in New Orleans would have to be evacuated.

[aquart]

1. ABC says Mississippi ordered more body bags.

Just heard it.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. where will they go?

And how will they be able to evacuate so many?

[Kolesar]

6. There are two empty houses on my street

[leftchick]

3. I wish CNN would put some news on

they even do puff pieces during a disaster! And they let that clown of a weatherman go on and on about idiotic crap. I want NEWS.

:(

[saigon68]

4. Real NEWS would upset the sheep.

As in,--- Hey we need some hamburgers for the cookout this week-end

How did the Cubs do last nite?

[ngGale]

5. Time for the sheeple to have a....

reality check. It will probably hit at the gas pumps.:sarcasm:

[RC]

7. Naaa, The high gas prices are Clinton's fault.

Reality Check? Not even when it hits them up side the head like a 2X4.

[noonwitch]

8. They've got to get those people out soon, or they're going to have cholera

Poor sanitation, rising waters, filth everywhere and 10,000 people are not a good combination. They can get them to a military base or bases in neighboring areas unaffected by the storm and then figure out what to do with them from there-get hotel rooms lined up, or whatever. They've got to get as many people out of New Orleans as soon as they can, or they are going to have even worse problems on their hands.

[Dhalgren]

9. I read last night that outside the Super Dome there was

gasoline on the water, as well as oil and chems. This is too fucking volatile; they have to get those people out of NO...

[northzax]

10. yeah, the water is a toxic stew at this point

imagine all the chemicals in a city, the USTs for the gas stations, the dry cleaners, the mercury and lead in appliances, all the petroleum in the cars, decaying animals...that water is not only not potable, it's downright toxic to touch. and let's not forget the sewers.

next up? yellow fever, dysentary, malaria, cholera...we need to focus all resources on getting every living soul out of New Orleans as soon as possible before this turns from a property destruction tragedy into an epidemic.