Ida Incoming

[Sigarms]

NYT huh?
My dad is retired NOPD. I know what happened.

Well, here is something more local

A decade after Danziger Bridge shooting, killings still cast a shadow

Romell Madison has been bracing himself to relive the darkest hours of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

www.nola.com

 

[Larry Caldwell]

There is no comparison between Katrina and Ida other than magnitude. FEMA was asleep for Katrina. They had not pre-positioned any emergency supplies, evacuation efforts were minimal, and the infrastructure had not been upgraded in decades. The freaking flood control pumps flooded and shut down! 1800 people died. Cops gunning down black men was business as usual. Sixteen years later, NOLA has done a lot to clean up their mess.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

NYT huh?
My dad is retired NOPD. I know what happened.

So did the jury that convicted 5 officers.

 

[Jstpssng]

I can't comprehend what it was like for first responders or victims in any big disaster, including hurricanes. However, I do know that SAR teams were sent to help after Katriana and at least one veteran Maine Game Warden retired after his experience. (I didn't know him, he'd changed districts before I moved here but everybody here spoke highly of him... including guys he summonsed.)
His job was SAR but there was nobody there to cover his back and he had some scary situations, including one where his dog drove somebody off. It's a bad situation all around, and all comes back to the statement in post #51.

 

[ruffdog]

So far, 44 deaths from Ida.

 

[Wakey]

There is no comparison between Katrina and Ida other than magnitude. FEMA was asleep for Katrina. They had not pre-positioned any emergency supplies, evacuation efforts were minimal, and the infrastructure had not been upgraded in decades. The freaking flood control pumps flooded and shut down! 1800 people died. Cops gunning down black men was business as usual. Sixteen years later, NOLA has done a lot to clean up their mess.

You watch the “news” a lot, I can tell.

 

[tallyho8]

I hate looters but I'm going to need a reference for that BILLION DOLLARS of looting.

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I don’t give a damn if you believe me or not, but I lived through it. Since I,m stuck at home with no electricity, water or cable, and have to use a half dead phone to reply to you,I am unable to go looking up all the references that you want. But every business in New Orleans was looted and a majority of the homes. Everything from the Ronald McDonald house to the Superdome.

Over $1,000,000.00 of Cadillacs were stolen from just one dealership.
Looters used forklifts to open burglar proof doors.

You couldn’t even imagine what it is like to be stranded in a police station by yourself for days with no communication or electricity in 98degree heat. With flooding outside and no transportation, watching shopping malls up in flames and hearing gunshots getting closer all the time.

And I would be banned from TBN if I replied to the poster who said “police shooting black people, just as usual”.

Battery almost dead, can’t say half of what I want to.

 

[/pine]

Hang in there guy...If your power does not get restored before Sun. hopefully you have a battery powered radio (or your vehicle radio) and can listen to the Saints game against the Packers...
...I'm sure you've heard they are going to play in Jax....

 

[Wakey]

@tallyho8 Don’t concern yourself with someone else’s ramblings, brother. Take care of business.

My refugees arrived an hour ago from Houma. My niece and her boys, aged 5 and 7. A big sigh of relief for our family.

 

[cqaigy2]

I can't imagine what that is like. Hang in there!


We got stuck at our place for a week because of flood, it was just a nuisance as we still had power though the cell towers ran out of power. The weather was cool, we had wood to heat with. Nothing like what happens in those hurricanes.

 

[Wakey]

Me and 2 of the Ida refugees.. I was told these kids were very loud, not sure where that came from!

Their momma is taking them daily to see their Great G’maw, she”s in heaven!

 

[tallyho8]

Just a few photos if I can get them on this phone.

 

[tallyho8]

Got a duplicate photo, darn phones

 

[K5lwq]

All that is just wood and metal. It can be fixed or replaced. Just thankful you and your family are safe!

 

[cqaigy2]

Satellite Observes Power Outages in New Orleans

 

[nap61]

I am just North of Covington. Ida took out the power at 5:25 PM. I have most of my family here. We are fine until the propane runs out.

Norman

UPDATE
Wakey, my dad was NOPD also. He retired in the mid 60s then later worked for the Criminal Sheriff's Office. You and Talleyho have it right on the Danzinger shootings.

I was "lucky". My major damage was that the siding was ripped off the South side wall above the brick line. The bare plywood is exposed and I have contacts out trying to find someone to water tight it. We have rain predicted for Mon., Tues., and Wed. I have several trees down which I can handle. I did a temp repair on a shed door that was blown off. A major issue is that I have a whole house generator but the propane co. was impossible to reach. I could not use it as intended. I had to conserve the propane and only run the generator on a rotating basis for the refrigerator and freezers. We have three gas stations nearby that had long lines or no gas the first few days. That is getting better as the power comes back on and people no longer need generators. I had enough gas for my vehicles. I had most of my family here (17 people). They left Tuesday/Wednesday for Florida just before I climbed up my roof and did a swan dive (5 kids under 6 yo.). Some are coming back because their houses in N.O. and Jefferson Parish were damaged or the power or water are not back on yet. Some need internet to work which I have back now. I got my power, internet, and land line back Thursday evening (St. Tammany Parish). For those who don't know, Louisiana does not have counties, we call them parishes.

All in all, I feel blessed.

Norman

A side story - with the long gas lines, there have been "gasholes" who try to jump the line. At one station, a gashole jumped the line and the driver behind him confronted him. The gashole said "what are you going to do, shoot me?" The other driver did. I would like to be on that jury.

 

[Jstpssng]

A side story - with the long gas lines, there have been "gasholes" who try to jump the line. At one station, a gashole jumped the line and the driver behind him confronted him. The gashole said "what are you going to do, shoot me?" The other driver did. I would like to be on that jury.

During the gas lines of old somebody tried to jump lines, then started arguing with the attendant. The employee doused him with gas, pulled out a lighter and said "You'd better get out of here."

Thanks for checking in.

 

[tallyho8]

I need internet with a printer to make shipping labels with postage to mail my orders for my online business. I do not know how to hook my phone to my printer or if that is even possible.

Yesterday I phoned a library in Gulfport MS to ask their hours today, Saturday. They told me 9-4. I drove all the way there as I couldn’t find anywhere closer with internet and printer. Got there and found out they and all libraries in Mississippi are closed for Labor Day weekend.

Having 80 orders that need to go out
I had to look for another place on my phone. Closest place I found was FedEx in Mobile Alabama, another 200 mile round trip added on. Drove there and found out they charged me $1.15 for each label I printed on plain paper.

I printed out 30 labels then PayPals web site screwed up and wouldn’t let me print the rest. Then the only thing I could do was to get 30 gallons of gas in my cans I brought for my generator and make the three hour drive home. What a wasted day. Tomorrow I will try to find a friend on the north shore who has electricity a computer, printer and internet so I can finish up.

At least I had a day of rest from cutting up fallen trees. I finished one oak tree and only have about 12 more to do then I can start on my fences and barn.

 

[Wakey]

Hang in there Tally!

 

[MossRoad]

I need internet with a printer to make shipping labels with postage to mail my orders for my online business. I do not know how to hook my phone to my printer or if that is even possible.

Yesterday I phoned a library in Gulfport MS to ask their hours today, Saturday. They told me 9-4. I drove all the way there as I couldn’t find anywhere closer with internet and printer. Got there and found out they and all libraries in Mississippi are closed for Labor Day weekend.

Having 80 orders that need to go out
I had to look for another place on my phone. Closest place I found was FedEx in Mobile Alabama, another 200 mile round trip added on. Drove there and found out they charged me $1.15 for each label I printed on plain paper.

I printed out 30 labels then PayPals web site screwed up and wouldn’t let me print the rest. Then the only thing I could do was to get 30 gallons of gas in my cans I brought for my generator and make the three hour drive home. What a wasted day. Tomorrow I will try to find a friend on the north shore who has electricity a computer, printer and internet so I can finish up.

At least I had a day of rest from cutting up fallen trees. I finished one oak tree and only have about 12 more to do then I can start on my fences and barn.

I don't know what kind of phone you have, or printer. If you have time and if they are in stock, walmart, best buy, office stores, etc... usually have cheap bluetooth enabled printers for sale. You don't need any network or cables to print to them from a phone. You just enable bluetooth on your phone and printer and off you go with wireless printing. Hope that helps.