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Azriel
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08-01-2000

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Azriel a private message Print Post    
They have dropped supplies by military helicopter outside the convention center.

Azriel
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08-01-2000

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Azriel a private message Print Post    
Herckle, I heard they were going to take some of the refugees to San Antonio. They said they could take another 25,000 there.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
NT, I would think this Rx stuff should be addressed in some manner. This is going to be widespread, and the issue should be addressed. Perhaps the insurance company can provide answers.

In the meantime, the local Red Cross/FEMA/Churches people should be able to advise your relatives about how to get their prescriptions filled.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Az, thanks for that info! (It is about damned time they dropped some supplies. Gawd. Drives me nuts that they didn't do that earlier.) Oh, and good. How far is San Antonio from where the Astrodome is, anybody know? (These people have been in these hot buses 11 hours already.)

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
HP, SA is about 200 miles from Houston. Dallas and Fort Worth also have shelters set up and are still accepting refugees.

Azriel
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08-01-2000

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Azriel a private message Print Post    
I don't think it's really enough supplies. One of the reporters said that the people were looting the surrounding stores, but only for food and drinks. He said that the people at the convention center were being supportive of each other and protecting each other. They said they are okay during the day, but at night it gets really scary. What seems really bad is that these people sat there for a long time NOT looting and many older people and babies have died from dehydration. :-(

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
And Az, thanks for updating us about Kady. (Tell her not to go shopping and make do with what she has.) I will pray for Jason and John. Uh, what is NG?

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
Our local news showed trucks leaving from a FEMA warehouse this evening that is located a couple of miles from us (and I never even knew it was there!) They seem to have the filled trailers stored. Truck cabs were shown driving up and being attached to the FEMA trailers and then a caravan of trucks heading south. They said this was not the first caravan, but didn't mention how many more had gone.

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
HP, I can't be sure of the exact distance, but I'm thinking somewhere between 3 and 4 hours from Houston to SA.

My co-worker's family is the one have the Rx problems. It sounded like it was some type of state aid. It's only a 3-hour drive from Dallas to the Louisiana state line so if need be I think he can handle that.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Az, thanks. You know, I hadn't heard a word about the Convention Center til today (but then I didn't watch tv during the day yesterday). I did watch almost all day today, so saw for myself the misery of these people. I would have taken food and water, etc, too, if I were in the same situation. In the heat, this is life and death for the very young, very old and those with compromised health.

Yes, I did hear/see that at least two bodies were set to one side in that particular spot.

ETA: Thanks, Cathie and NT. Oh, I see, NT.

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
HP, noone at my office, including myself, knew about the Convention Center until today either.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Four hours from Houston to San Antonio. Two shelters at schools have already taken in refugees. It is reported that they no longer want donations of clothing and would appreciate gift cards instead.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
BlackAmericaWeb.com and the Tom Joyner morning show has established a fund to assist the families that have taken in families displaced by Katrina. They are working with churches to provide aid to those that have opened their homes. I know this will be helpful. I know a lady whose household has increased by 8 this week, and we've contributed money to get her a walmart gift card so she can restock and keep up her pantry.
For more information on this fund see Black America Web

Sisalou
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07-12-2002

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sisalou a private message Print Post    
My daughter lives ( or rather lived) in Slidell. Fortunately she made it to Florida on Sunday. Her boyfriend lives there and she was planning on moving there next year. This was to be her last year of college at U.N.O...I am just so fortunate to know that she is safe...My nephew too lives in Hammond and he is safe also.....

The devastation is breaking my heart. It is so frustrating knowing that all those people are trapped and we can't get in there to help... I just pray they will hurry up and get them out of there..

Azriel
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08-01-2000

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Azriel a private message Print Post    
Herkle, there are way more than two bodies at the convention center :-(

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
I am glad to see things moving along.

I heard the Gov of MS talking, in that slow, southern drawl--in a reassuring way. Saying everything will be done, but it's going to take time. That was very nice--sounded good delivered in that voice--but some of these folks literally don't have the time to be patient. Besides needing food and water, these people's odds of contracting salmonella, ecoli, cholera, dysentery or mosquito borne illnesses--increase by the hour.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
I've been listening to the reporter from the convention center all day and night! He said the 2 bodies being shown died before they got there, probably during the worst of the storm, and the relatives brought them to the convention center for nowhere else would take them, the one woman in a wheelchair, someone's grandmother. He said one man had a seizure and people at the convention center tried to help, but there was no ambulance, etc to help sustain his life, so they just tried to make him comfortable, he said these things to CNN and said, please, get me a film crew here, people need to see this.

and they did.

and now we know the images from the convention center. Later after the images were shown the Gov. put out an sos for the convention center, saying no buses could come. and they thought people should walk 2 - 3 miles over the river to another staging area, and of course the reporter was saying they physical couldnt.

He also said they did loot the area grocery store, and the problem was that there was alcohol there, so that became the problem at night. Swat teams drove by every hour, but kept driving.

They called the reporter (Chris Anderson?) because a couple hours ago (before our own family problems took me away...) there were reports there were armed gunmen INSIDE the convention center, and they wanted the reporters perspective, he of course said while he was there, it was a civil crowd, just wanting buses, and help, and water, and milk for the babies...

ALso, a minister I believe from a Baptist church wanted to challenge every church in the southeast to take on 10 families, every Baptist Church, every Catholic, etc, etc, etc... what a concept!! To take these families on for a minimum of 3 months.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Oh, Az, I thought that was at the Superdome. Didn't realize also at the Convention Center. Course that is not even taking into consideration the bodies I understand are floating in the water.

Good to hear, Gracie! I guess you hear a lot more detail on your local news than we do who can only watch the national. Keep sharing!

Glad for you, Sisalou! Whew. I can't imagine knowing someone I care about is in NO right now.

Thanks for sharing that, LT. That is a great idea. And good for those people for opening up their homes. That is just wonderfully generous of them, and that is the kind of story that calms me down somewhat in the face of the delay in getting to these people and really helping them.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Wow, Reader. I like that minister's idea a whole lot.

Did you mean the people at the Convention Center called the reporter by phone to come do a report? Smart move on their part.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Reporter just said on TXCN the Astrodome is capable of taking on 30,000 refugees in an ongoing effort. The busses are lined up outside the dome.

NO International Airport is officially closed but bustling with traffic for supplies in the rescue effort. There are hundreds of patients being cared for at the airport also.



Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
An 18 wheeler was stolen to take people out of NO like immigrants stuffed in the trailer.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
I saw something about the sick being cared for at the airport. Didn't realize the extent.

Gracie, they are reporting that buses are being turned away from the Astrodome now. (They showed a shot inside--and the 'field' part of the dome looks filled, but none of the seats.) Perhaps they--intelligently--don't want to force anyone in those seats rather than in cots.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 9:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
Stolen truck--wonder if it was by someone with a gun. This should be interesting. I just switched to MSNBC. Rerun of Larry King's show on CNN.

Azriel
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08-01-2000

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 10:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Azriel a private message Print Post    
Herkle, there are at least 15,0000 people at the convention center. They were evacuating people to the convention center and telling people to go there instead of the Superdome after the hurricane passed through. It is supposed to be an official evacuation center, but there is noone there to help them and no supplies there. These people have been there, some of them for 4 days. They have waited patiently and not been any problem. It is just unbelievable that they have not gotten supplies in there before now.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 10:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
The reporter was standing right in front of the Astrodome reporting they were still taking in the refugees. There was a line of people slowly entering also. (I don't know if it was a new story though or a looped one.)