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Sun Aug-28-05 07:45 PM
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tension starting with people waiting to get into supradome. Lots of pat- |
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downs and searches going on--for security pruposes. and people getting very tired of waiting. chanting at the moment.
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:45 PM
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1. show lots of elderly waiing in W/Chairs . thousands waiting in line. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:47 PM
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3. Williams said knifes have been taken from people "don't know what |
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their motivation was--coming to the dome with knives"
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:47 PM
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4. Are you there? Where are you seeing this? n/t |
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:52 PM
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16. msnbc showing the scenes. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:58 PM
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24. Thanks, rodeodance... |
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We don't have cable news... I'm trying to stay updated with the channel 4 feed...
I haven't heard how the interstates are doing lately... I hope those long lines of cars have made their way out of the area...
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:54 PM
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19. Okay, I am starting to cry. Jesus, people! |
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Every state should be calling up their Air National Gaurd right now. Don't give me Iraq.
They need to recquisition school buses and have armed troops at checkpoints going out of the city... ORDERING drivers to fill up their cars with people. They need to get all the transport choppers they can and do sweeps of neighborhoods and pull people out by force. I just listened to a report on NPR... unless a miracle happens and diverts this storm.... may god help them all.
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:57 PM
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23. Lots of Guard people walking around--should be at the doors doing |
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checking and letting them in. Domes have lots of doors but many are shut.
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Sun Aug-28-05 09:12 PM
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44. You got it, expat - a good series of commands |
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Make it happen, Mr. Bush. End your vacation and show some leadership for the people of Louisiana.
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:46 PM
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most of them were already inside. Not true?
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:47 PM
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6. most of them yes, but still many in line... |
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:51 PM
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14. damn! This is crazy! n/t |
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:59 PM
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25. and about to get crazier I do believe. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:47 PM
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7. watching msnbc--showing hundreds waiting outside |
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:47 PM
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5. What are the weather conditions for those people? |
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:48 PM
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9. windy and starting to rain already. older people getting drenched. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:47 PM
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8. Did they pull over every car fleeing and search it and everyone in it? |
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Or is that just for the poor?
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:49 PM
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11. they are seaching every person one by one--and baggages as they |
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enter the dome. slow process. Nat. Guard is doing the searching.
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:55 PM
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21. Better question - did they make sure every call was full. nt |
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:08 PM
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26. Are those tin foil hat cats? |
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:48 PM
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10. I actually saw an old black lady with a walker. |
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A man in a military uniform walked right by her. At no time did he offer to take her and lead her to the front. Actually, he seemed more to be guarding and watching the black folks instead of helping anyone.
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:50 PM
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12. they need to open other doors and speed this up. The folks are getting |
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anxious, chanting Let us in Let us in.
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:51 PM
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15. yeah --there was a whole row of w/chaired elderly waiting. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:51 PM
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13. Just wait until they shut the door. |
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All hell will break loose. Some of the people have been in line for hours.
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:53 PM
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17. yes, the newscaster did say waiting for hours. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:54 PM
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18. or the crowd storms the doors. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:54 PM
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that this is the ONLY possibly-safe place - Incredibly poor planning, especially if it's true that there is no provision of food for all these people - a riot/disaster in the making.
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Sun Aug-28-05 07:55 PM
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22. the Gurard needs to open more doors and speed this up. I do not |
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know what is inside. they did not say but i assume the Red cross is there. hope!!
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:19 PM
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27. more scenes from the Superdome coming up says tweety. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:21 PM
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28. capacity for the superdome is 70,000 plus the field you could probably... |
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have another 20,000 people. How full is it? Maybe theyre getting full and want to get people to actually leave?
It sure is gonna get hot in there when the power goes off!
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:22 PM
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30. Williams was saying it could get to 30.000 tonight. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 10:26 PM
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47. they're expecting the field to be flooded. n/t |
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:21 PM
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29. The inhumanity of this entire situation is making my blood boil. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:23 PM
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31. oh crap, now tweety says he is going to talk to Scarbourough who |
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lives down in the panhandle. like I care.!! time to turn the station.
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:29 PM
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32. msnbc AGAIN showing the long long lines at the superdome. LOTS |
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:30 PM
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33. they are back at the dome (after the commerical--drats). |
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Edited on Sun Aug-28-05 08:31 PM by rodeodance
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:43 PM
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34. my gawd they are parked like sardines waiting in line. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:44 PM
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35. showed a quick pic of inside --looks crowded. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:45 PM
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36. people going in wet--it is raining. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:45 PM
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37. now someone saying hope that the Levies do not break. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:46 PM
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38. all ages, sizes waiting to get in the doors. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:46 PM
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39. Tweety just called Katrina a 'biblical event"--umm..... |
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:52 PM
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40. Tweety saying dome will have 30.000 tonight. I think more--looks like |
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that many waiting to get in. showing pics again
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:52 PM
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41. steady stream streaming in yet. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 08:54 PM
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42. now msnbce is showing pics they showed an hur ago. |
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Sun Aug-28-05 09:09 PM
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43. I was just watching WWL in NO streaming... |
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Looks like a lot of the big affliates are pulling people out now, moving them to Baton Rouge...
It's possible we're going to not see a lot of new coverage...
I heard Fox has a reporter at the Dome, but a reporter at WWL said the Dome lost its fiber feed! So the only live news may be WWL soon... And I think they're moving at midnight (NO time)...
Hey, rodeodance, thanx for the updates... I really appreciate it! :)
We're praying for all the people in NO and along Katrina's path... stay safe...
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Sun Aug-28-05 09:16 PM
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45. Saying there are about 15,000 people in the Dome |
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The lines are almost gone, not many people still coming. They're getting ready to hunker down. No one will be turned away.
Per WWL TV
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Sun Aug-28-05 09:17 PM
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46. Just on WWL a reporter was saying NG brought MREs to Superdome |
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People waited for hours (3-4 hrs) to get in...
The National Guard was (at some point) triaging, asking for women and children to come forward first. (I didn't hear anything about elderly, or infirm)...
And the National Guard started bringing in MRE's... I missed the amounts quoted... sorry! :(
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