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To: LindyBill who wrote (134926)	8/29/2005 2:51:34 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793818

Hurricane info from New Orleans wwltv.com and pictures: ap.wwltv.com Homeland Security Chief Terry Ebbert estimates it may take a month to get power back to everyone in New Orleans. Councilman Oliver Thomas said he had received 120 distress calls from people in the Ninth Ward trapped by the storm. He said crews can not get to these people until hurricane force winds cease, the guess for that time frame is about 2 p.m. Karen Swensen reports that Charity Hospital lost its windows on the 4th floor and that patients are being huddled in the hallways. Senator Walter Boasso of St. Bernard Parish says there is 12 feet of water in most of the parish, up to the second floor in many homes. Reports of 3-4 feet of water in Lakeview. Apartment building on Wright Avenue in Terrytown has collapsed with people inside, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee. Rescue crews have not been able to get to the scene as of 9:30 a.m. Karen Swensen says there is 3 feet of water downtown near the Hyatt. She reports several office windows coming out whole from buildings. Two holes ripped in Superdome roof, visible from facility floor, according to Associated Press reports. .. A LEVEE BREACH OCCURRED ALONG THE INDUSTRIAL CANAL AT TENNESSE STREET. 3 TO 8 FEET OF WATER IS EXPECTED DUE TO THE BREACH...LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARABI AND 9TH WARD OF NEW ORLEANS. St. Bernard Parish spokesman Larry Ingargiola says the parish's two shelters at Chalmette High and St. Bernard High are suffering major damage. He said Chalmette High shelter is losing its roof, and St. Bernard High has plenty of broken windows and glass. He estimates 300-plus refugees at the two sites. Entergy says 317,000 customers were without power as of 6 a.m. Cleco reported 40,000 without power in St. Tammany Parish. St. Bernard Parish officials say most of the parish has no power.

To: LindyBill who wrote (134926)	8/29/2005 6:12:32 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793818

A Category 5 hurricane, the most severe type measured, Katrina has been reported heading directly toward the city of New Orleans. This would be a human catastrophe, since New Orleans sits in a bowl below sea level. However, Katrina is not only moving on New Orleans. It also is moving on the Port of Southern Louisiana. Were it to strike directly and furiously, Katrina would not only take a massive human toll, but also an enormous geopolitical one. while i do not doubt that this hurricane has caused significant human and business 'disruption' i have to say the coverage of this event so far seems to be one of the more hyperbolic media events i have seen in some time... i heard reporters speaking of '10's of thousands dead...new orleans uninhabitable for at least 6 months.....city completely under water, and on and on... my sense is that these hurricane disasters are being hyped beyond belief... obviously the dire consequences projected are a means of creating $$$$