they are evacuating hospital patients to the Superdome! msnbc.

[rodeodance]

[rodeodance]

1. my gawd, there are portapotties there now--toilets not flushing and they

are evacuating sick people there!

[rodeodance]

3. Fema is setting up a hospital inside the Dome.

[ohio_liberal]

2. Oh.My.God.

This is not a place to be if you are ill enough to be in a hospital.

[rodeodance]

4. they said that they had a previous clinic set up but will now set up a

mobile hospital.

[rodeodance]

5. No planning whatso ever. just lump everybody into the Dome.

[zanne]

7. I have a very bad feeling about this.

The thing that scares me the most is the potential for sickness (especially the spreading of it in such tight quarters).

[ohio_liberal]

6. It's not going to be a healthy environment in a few days

If it even is now.

[txindy]

8. It's not

The trash is overflowing, the toilets don't work, and indoors it's so humid the walls are slick with moisture. This is NOT the place to bring anyone who isn't 100% healthy. Even then...

[rodeodance]

9. time for a higher power to talk over?

[ripple]

10. I'm sure it's out of sheer desperation

According to the mayor, 80% of NO is now flooded and the water continues to rise, due to two levee breaches. It sounds horrifying there. A lot of people are trapped.