Jindal is having another press conference.
People are heading back even though they won't be allowed to enter some places.
Randi Rousseau's profile looks like my old girlfriend...
Mr Moore, a neighbor who lived near and worked on a house that had
collapsed, will have more work... (Remember that song, don't have any
more, Mrs Moore?)
They show a shot of the entrance to the Palm Lake subdivision in
Slidell. It's a lake alright.
No levees breached in Orleans parish. Good. Water is still coming
over the top of the Industrial Canal though!
Danny Prinze and his wife moved to Slidell because they like the
water. Well, they got water now, as we seen them walking into it to
check out their home.
Rep Cedric Richmond: "We have to be sure we don't rely on the Coast
Guard", re: the ships in the Industrial Canal. That should be
interesting.
Plaquemines has 8 places where the levees are being overtopped. They
show footage shot yesterday of work by Braithwaite.
DSU's Dan Milham: "It looks like Hannah may go to Savannah."!
Various rivers are flooding.
DSU anchor doesn't have a blow dryer as a way of being sympathetic to
those who don't have enough money to stay away any longer. I'm sure
some will be upset with that comment but it was meant to be humorous
and that's how I took it.
Haskell baskets.
Billy Nugesser is pissed that the Corps hasn't figured out how to get
the levee fixed near Conoco. He agrees that they are frustrated as he
is.
Mayor of Slidell jokes about getting the sewage, "things", moving.
Billy Nungesser: "We're sitting around with our hand up our ass"...
He wants to cut through red tape, environmental reviews, etc to get
the levees in better shape. I hope they don't skip the environmental
reviews.
Helos (helicopters)
Ceeon Quiett is a spokeswoman for the city of NO. A quiet spokeswoman...
Heath Allen standing in water up to his knees as he makes his report
from Mandeville.
Reporter reads info provided by the military for the pictures they've
sent them verbatim. They should leave out the hype/self-promotion
they provided.
4:42 NY time: DSU: We're seeing some training going on. What's
training? This was in regard to bad weather, tornados or possible
tornados.
Tornados seen. Adding insult to injury, many must think 'what a place
to live.' They certainly have their hands full.
Levees overtopped in Plaquemines.
Crevasses.
Nungesser owns Elkland, an exotic animal tourist trap.
We see JIndal, Mitch Landrieu and MIchael Chertoff touring around.
Tempers are flaring with drivers who want to come back. We're not
seeing that but I am sure it is happening alot. People are impatient.
5:36 NY time. They are starting to let some people back in some places.
They show a tornado warning which they think will bring it to Audubon
park at the same time it is due in Lafayette. I'm not sure what that
was supposed to be.
They also say:
4:59 Audubon Zoo
--- Lower Garden District
5:01 Tulane.
Anyone who knows about Audubon Park will know that Tulane is across
the street. That's a little ridiculous, tracking anything to that
small level. (It's now crossing the street at such and such a
location...)
On the banner "leaders say the", that's it. Oops.
More tornado warnings, maybe 3, for Orleans parish. Oy.
7:05 NY time. The twin spans have reopen! It also seems the tornado
activity have quieted down but no, more to come. NO is still not
admitting people. Report of a tornado touching down in Abita Springs.
9:39 NY time: Things have quieted down mostly.
30% of the residents of St John Baptist parish stayed through the
storm, according to Buddy Boe.
WWL and VUE are showing commercials. DSU isn't yet.
Seeing that many places are letting people back in. Good.
I may check back in but I think this is it for blogging this storm.
Take care New Orleans and all those affected by the storm.
Cheers,
John L
One last one:
From a parish president as reported on DSU: "if you don't need to come back please have a compelling reason to do so." Hunh?
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