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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 9:52 pm
Biloxi, Do you have a cell? I'll offer up my cell# to you for use in texting (assuming you can get even a text message out), so you can keep in some kind of communication with us (and anyone else you need to stay in contact with). I'm sending you a PM now with my info if you need. Use me if you need to forward info to this board (or anyone else for that matter). Assuming of course, there's even cell service down there right now. That goes to anyone else down there, who may be without phone service or on line service. Let me know if I can help in at least that regard.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 10:01 pm
Biloxi, you guys drive safe! You'll be in my thoughts and prayers. I can't begin to imagine what everyone who went through Katrina is feeling or thinking right now.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 11:01 pm
Good luck, {{{Biloxibelle}}}
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Coco
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 11:10 pm
I got home from work around 9pm and I've been glued to CNN for the last 2 hours. Since I was tuned into work all day long and into the late night, I really hadn't heard any news on the aftermath. This is terrible, just terrible. I am in a bit of a shock. I suppose I knew what to sort of expect, but to see these images on TV is just unreal, yet it's real. Does that make sense? I'm so glad I have a place to just blurb out my thoughts. Oh Biloxi, I'll keep you and all those who feel so lost tonight in my thoughts and prayers. I look forward to knowing when you check in again. Good luck, god bless.
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 12:33 am
Take care Biloxi. You'll be in my prayers.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 1:20 am
For any of you in the NO area, has there been any sort of system set up to get word out from survivors? My housemate and I have a friend who lives near Lake Pontchartrain who foolishly decided to ride out the storm. The last we heard from him was Monday morning when he left a voicemail for my housemate saying he made a big mistake. My housemate hasn't been able to get through to him since, and the more we hear coming out of New Orleans, the more worried we get. I was there last summer and the summer before that, and planned to go again in March. It's so hard to imagine so much of that beautiful city just simply gone. Mother Nature's a b!tch.
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 5:20 am
Prisoner, you can file a request with Red Cross. I'll try to find the 800 number. Do you know what parish he lives in? Suburb? There are no 911 addresses, street names left in some areas, so they need description of landmarks around his area. That would also be helpful. Red Cross Number: 1-866-438-4636
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 5:30 am
Prisoner, found some more numbers. Emergency search and rescue phone lines for those in distress: (225) 925-7708 | (225) 925-7709 | (225) 925-3511 | (225) 925-7412
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 5:46 am
{{HUGS}} and prayers... Is it just me getting 'angry'? I listened this morning as a couple described conditions in the shelter, yesterday the only food they got was one PBJ and 1 bottle water... they said that people that brought stuff in were selling it... and the most prized possesion was toilet paper... Now why cant we mobilize help to these people - seriously, I saw that today they will send some army and navy, floating hospitals, but not sure about 2 other navy craft - SEND them help - this is just devestating, what are they waiting for? THey cant arrest looters, there is no where to put them - send them help! I cant believe we cant do better than this...
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Redstar
Member
07-08-2005
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 5:49 am
Here is an excellent list of a variety of aid organizations that are seeking donations for Katrina recovery: http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/animal_environ/hurricanes/ Also, this no-kill animal shelter from New York is helping: http://www.nsalamerica.org/
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:09 am
They just announced they are evacuating to the Houston Astrodome - they are saying it will take 2 days to get them by bus (25,000) to Houston... at least now they have a plan, and with a plan, you can have hope, and see an end to at least one problem (electricity, food...) the next is when can they return...
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:10 am
We've gotten sketchy reports about our SSA offices in NO, such as managers only being able to contact a handfull of employees. My heart goes out to everyone effected. Mother nature can be cruel at times.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:13 am
Reader, I was just going to post that. They don't have any housing for people so they are putting them in the Astrodome? Nothing against the Astrodome, which is lovely I'm sure, but it might be nice for people going through this kind of tragedy to have a BED to sleep in. Aren't there any military barracks with a few thousand vacant beds? Even tent cities would be preferable IMO.
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:16 am
Tishala, tent cities in the heat of Louisiana would be miserable, not to mention, the elements.
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:20 am
My husband's cousin that I talked about yesterday has received orders to get his family back to Oregon. They will be arriving this afternoon and he has to report back to Biloxi by Monday. Thank goodness they are coming home. I am going through my kids clothes and toys and will be taking stuff out to them. They lost everything.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:22 am
You're right, of course, Ddr. I just want these people, who have already suffered so much, to have something better than bleacher seating.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:23 am
You would think something better than a stadium. Too bad school is going or maybe a university or two could offer up a few dorm rooms. UW-Oshkosh has an old building that used to be dorms but is now a conference center but they still have a lot of rooms they rent out dirt cheap for conferences, graduation, etc. I guess there's not a lot of empty spaces to put people though. Is the Astrodome bigger or comparable to the New Orleans one?
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:29 am
Tish, they will have air-condition and plenty of food and emergency assessment workers will be able to help them fill out paper work so they can get some aid to get out on their own. I'm sure that they will get some cots and try to make them as comfortable as possible. I think it sounds like the best possible place for them right now.
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:32 am
Kaili, the Astrodome is a little smaller, but they also have the Astrohall a huge exhibit center next to it. I think it's plenty big enough.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:32 am
I just thought at least they were getting electricity in Houston, and then communication (TV's, phones, running water) But you make a point Tishala, what about all the bases that are closing? I wonder if there couldnt be some help there? I thought that with a stadium designed to hold hundreds of thousands of people, that they could use the walkways to put up cots??? I know in the SuperDome, they are sleeping in Bleachers, but for some reason I hope that they can do better if they have electricity?? (like doesnt the Astrodome have the "box" seats like our Bulls/United Center??) just hope there is better help for them NOW!
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:38 am
Which of the 1000s get to be the lucky ones to get the boxes though? How do they decide? At least they have seats there- imagine in this area- Lambeau is small, open, and has bleachers only (not chairs). How far of a trip is Houston? How will they get back, and when? I just don't get what they're going to do. They can't live there forever- most of these people are probably not only homeless now, but jobless too. It's soooo sad. 
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:41 am
I have a feeling that if they put out the word in Houston that they need cots and mattresses for the NO refugees they will be inundated with them. I feel good about them going to Houston. I know that Texans have some big hearts and they will take care of them there. I have a feeling that even though they say they are taking them to the dome, they will probably house them in the Astrohall. I don't think they will be stuck in bleachers and treated like cattle there.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:42 am
I wonder if people would/could lend out camper trailers to people and use campgrounds/state parks. I know ther heat and eveything is bad so the tent city idea may not work, but that would take at least some of the pressure off of the stadium.
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:47 am
They can't live there forever, but they need to be together in one place where aid workers can assess their needs and help them fill out paper work to get aid from the various charities and federal resources.
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Coco
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 7:57 am
I'm just adding a thought here about the Superdome vs Astrodome. At the Superdome, they probably didn't allow the people to step onto the "playing field" area due to the unknown of flooding. At the Astrodome, they most likely can set up cots, etc on the "playing field". Plus, as you all mentioned, with the Astrodome - air conditioning, working toilets, and the most basic of accommodations I'd think (and hope!). Bottomline: Continue to uphold these displaced people as they try to gain a sense of stability in their world of not knowing where to turn. Can you imagine being in their shoes?
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