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To: combjelly who wrote (248338)	8/31/2005 4:10:55 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1575517

Updates as they come in on Katrina 03:03 PM CDT on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Tom Planchet 3:01 P.M. - The latest video from New Orleans shows apartment buildings with people crowded on balconies and roofs. Below, flood waters lap at the second floor. Two children standing on one roof held up a sign that read: "Help us." Click here. 2:45 P.M. - WWL-TV's Bill Capo reports traffic moving west out of New Orleans is moving slowly but steadily. He said the Baton Rouge Airport is being used as a launchpad for Black Hawk army helicopters and Coast Guard helicopters. At one point during the trip, Capo said the helicopter pilot had to execute an emergency landing at a truck stop parking lot in order to check for mechanical problems. 2:20 P.M. - From Weezie Porter: WWL-TV Sales account executive. I evacuated with my family to Nashville. The people we are staying with have a relative in the Chateau Living Center in Kenner 716 Village Road. Their phone is working from time to time 504-464=0604. They report that all of the nurses have left, Only a few aides left there that have been working since Friday. They were supposed to be evacuated by bus but they did not show up. No medications have been given since Sunday,. 4 patients have died. 2:19 P.M. - (AP) More than 100 Tulane University students displaced by Hurricane Katrina arrived at Southern Methodist University Wednesday, including the entire football team. 2:04 P.M. - WAFB-TV video shows hundreds of people in the Uptown area near Claiborne and Napoleon, stuck in apartments and other buildings and waving for help. Helicopters are rescuing one or two at a time. 2:00 P.M. - Air Force One spotted 1:50 P.M. - Ross: Access limited to Oak Harbor and Eden Isles. Most homes are still standing, but have sustained either water or wind damage, or both. 1:45 P.M. - WWL-TV's Mike Ross says "do not come back (to Slidell and Grand Isle)." 1:39 P.M. - Hoss: Wind damage seen at the Target store on Clearview Pkwy. 1:28 P.M. - WWL-TV's Mike Hoss said the I-10/Causeway interchange has turned into a massive first aid station. 50 ambulances are stationed there, and those who need immediate medical attention are being kept there in tents. Black Hawk helicopters and other rescue copters are constantly ferrying evacuees in to the area. 1:20 P.M. - (AP) Mayor Ray Nagin says at least hundreds of people are dead -- maybe thousands -- in New Orleans. "We know there is a significant number of dead bodies in the water," and others dead in attics, Mayor Ray Nagin said. Asked how many, he said: "Minimum, hundreds. Most likely, thousands." 1:12 P.M. - WWL-TV's Josh McElveen describes the stench coming from the bathrooms in the Superdome as horrific. 1:03 P.M. - Mayor Nagin: Medical ship on the way to New Orleans. 12:56 P.M. - Governor Blanco - Time is not on our side for stopping the levee break. There were two breaches, when we thought there was only one. Communicatiion, or lack of same caused the problem. 12:55 P.M. - MIAMI (AP) -- Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines says it is considering a federal request that the company use some of its cruise ships as emergency shelters or help in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in some other way. 12:53 P.M. - Governor Blanco - thousands still need to be rescued. 12:52 P.M. - Governor Blanco: We will rebuild. 12:51 P.M. - Governor Blanco: The magnitude of this is overwhelming. wwltv.com