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[Betticus]

Betticus, you're such a pervert...





Oh! That's why we like you! N/M.

Well, if that isn't like the pot calling the kettle black. Except your pot fell in the fire and got covered in soot then shut in a dark room with no windows.

I may be a perv but you are a perv and devious.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Well, if that isn't like the pot calling the kettle black. Except your pot fell in the fire and got covered in soot then shut in a dark room with no windows.

I may be a perv but you are a perv and devious.

Thank you! That's the nicest thing anyone's said about me in quite a while!

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Note: I just found this article indicating that the NOLA Times-Picayune (newspaper) has temporarily relocated to the offices of the Houma Courier, which would lead me to believe that Houma was not as badly hit as New Orleans itself...

Of course, that conclusion may be wrong, but it does provide a little sense of relief, at least regarding KM and his family.

 

[FurryFury]

I wonder...maybe he has developed a freindship or three with someone or ones on lit who know his real name? or maybe have heard from him?

Maybe and I think he wrote in a post on a thread somewhere that his ex wife comes to lit sometimes.

Fury

 

[graceanne]

Betticus, you're such a pervert...





Oh! That's why we like you! N/M.

You're just jealous he thought of it first. Perv.

 

[graceanne]

I wonder...maybe he has developed a freindship or three with someone or ones on lit who know his real name? or maybe have heard from him?

I'd think that if someone knew his real name or had heard from him they'd have said something. Unless they're total jerks and don't care that we're all worried about him.

 

[h_i_s]

In reading the news online today (No idea if this was todays or yesterday's news), i happened upon the following bit of info regarding Houma, LA.

11:05 a.m.: Houma Fares Better Than Expected
Houma, La., which is about an hour southwest of New Orleans, fared better than expected, reported NBC's Steve Handelsman. However, roofs have been damaged, including some that peeled off, and trees and power lines are down. In New Orleans, there is extensive flooding and officials fear it will get worse before it gets better because Lake Ponchartrain is quickly filling and the water will have to go somewhere. -- WDSU.com Web Staff

http://www.turnto10.com/weather/4908558/detail.html

 

[redelicious]

I think somebody (grace maybe?) posted wanting to know where to send donated items. I know the prefered donation is cash, but there are some shelters in Houston that are taking clothing and other supplies for the refugees to be housed there.

I think this is a link to a local tv station:

click2Houston

 

[redelicious]

One last link for those who want to donate/volunteer. Links to a variety of major charities, information, and tips.

Network for good

 

[TNRkitect2b]

Fyi

If you have not been able to contact a friend or a loved one who did not evacuate from the Mississippi coast, you can call MEMA at (601) 352-9100. You’ll have to give them a name and an address and they will send rescue crews to find them. They rescued a family in Ocean Springs that way this afternoon. A lady was stranded on her roof with her children and got in touch with a friend via cell phone (surprisingly) and her friend contacted the TV station, who then contacted a TV reporter at the MEMA headquarters, who then gave all the information to MEMA, and then sent a rescue crew down to get her.

 

[Krinaia]

I wish you had given someone your contact info here before things got bad km. The more I see of what' happening on the news, the more I worry about you - you are the only person I know from that area other then my first college roommate's family. And I know that they are finacially able to get the heck out of there and are probably well insured so I'm not worried for them. But your gram and the heat and the water situation. I don't pray but I've got my fingers crossed that we will see you again soon here at Lit.

 

[graceanne]

I heard that they're trying to evacuate the whole area so they can start repairs. Is that true?

 

[Private_Label]

Just heard from Kerker miester

I sent him a PM

We are all praying/meditating/lighting candles/hoping for your family's safety and health.

And just got this back:

Thank you my friend
I am fine as well as my family I will ask you to do me a small favor and pray/meditate/and light a few candles for the thousands that have lost more than I in this storm. thanks again

Kerker Miester

One family accounted for... who do we still need to hear from?

 

[Krinaia]

I sent him a PM


And just got this back:


One family accounted for... who do we still need to hear from?

I heard from km in pm tonight too - he's probably busy sending word that he survived to everyone. At last.

 

[Private_Label]

I heard that they're trying to evacuate the whole area so they can start repairs. Is that true?

From what I heard about 100 buses took about 1000 people from the Superdome to the Astrodome - and more will be moved tomorrow.

I think they are trying to get everyone alive to some sort of shelter first so they can be treated and fed. They are looking for donations of money (Red Cross) so they can move people to better shelters, then looking for food, water, and clothing.


Then they will work on the bridges and the infrastructure - power lines and roads/bridges first so they can get in to asses the damage, and look for and move survivors. One big question is the state of the oil refineries there - So I think it goes Roads & Bridges, Power generation and transmission, telephones, Oil refineries, everything else.

 

[Kajira Callista]

I sent him a PM


And just got this back:


One family accounted for... who do we still need to hear from?

now he needs a spanking, if he was able to answer your pm he coulda popped in the thread *looks around for a spanker type*

 

[Krinaia]

If you watch the news - msn.com ha some good video stories you can watch - the astrodome evacuation has been stalled because someone fired a gun at the helicopters.

Things are bad down there. I saw one story that gangs of men have been raping, murdering, pillaging.

My mother - a healthcare provider told me a story of a nursing home down there - the people left don't have the knowledge of meds to properly prescribe them and there is no power no food and no water. They've been running to get gas to keep generators running and the nurses that are left there (about she said about seven of them to the 300 patients) have had no sleep for three days and have had to give themselves ivs to keep hydrated. The call has been put out for all kinds of help. She - my mother - has really upset over the lack of planning medically. She said that emergency contigencies weren't put into effect before the storm hit and that they just didn't take into account wht they would need at all or the staffing that needed to stay. She herself has spent nights during blizzards and snow storms and ice storms, making sure that dying patients would still be able to get their meds delivered and have their ventilators and respirators powered even if power lines fall.

It's heart rending. And doubly so since the area is so poor and the people there had nothing to begin with and all hope has probably been stolen from them.

 

[Krinaia]

Just another worry - has anyone noticed other nations offering their prayers and thoughts? I haven't seen that in the news and if the US is so alienated right now that no one globally cares about our crisis - that really worries me.

 

[Xelebes]

Note: I just found this article indicating that the NOLA Times-Picayune (newspaper) has temporarily relocated to the offices of the Houma Courier, which would lead me to believe that Houma was not as badly hit as New Orleans itself...

Of course, that conclusion may be wrong, but it does provide a little sense of relief, at least regarding KM and his family.

I believe sinnocent linked to an article similar to that. I can only assume that the new offices are in a city that has been as damaged as Baton Rouge - which I can assume good things. Just that we won't be hearing from kerker anytime soon. Of course, soon being relative. Anyways, this is good news and there might just be lesser devastation in his town and we can all hope for the best.

 

[Marquis]

I completely rescind my earlier recision!

 

[Krinaia]

I'm going to donate my blood tomorrow. Anyone want to join me? (in your own cities or hometowns)

 

[DVS]

I heard that they're trying to evacuate the whole area so they can start repairs. Is that true?

Yes, that's true. The fear is stagnant water will soon harbor diseases and that will only make matters worse. They need to get everyone out of the city so they can pump the water out and then get to other clean up processes.

They've been relocating hospital patients to other hospiitals outside the disaster area. I know our hospitals in Kansas City have taken some of the patients. I'm sure many others are doing the same. This airlift of people is slow and difficult, but they are taking the worst affected first, like triage, I guess.

When the levee broke in several areas, the water just rushed into the city. I hear it's 20 feet deep in some places and at least knee deep in most. Some estimates say 60 to 80% of the city of New Orleans is under at least some depth of water. This is hindering all efforts of rescue and forcing those still waiting for rescue to find higher areas.

And this doesn't even touch the areas of Mississippi and Alabama that have also been hit hard. This is a large disaster area, and it will take lots of time before the suffering is over.

 

[graceanne]

Ok, I found a site for people who are willing to offer a room or whatever for hurricane refugees.

http://www.hurricanehousing.org/

I posted, although I'm not going to be surprised if no one responds, since I'm in Oregon.

 

[catalina_francisco]

Just another worry - has anyone noticed other nations offering their prayers and thoughts? I haven't seen that in the news and if the US is so alienated right now that no one globally cares about our crisis - that really worries me.

It has been big news in Europe and from what I have seen on the BBC, there is genuine concern and heartache for the people who have suffered through this disaster, but no sympathy for Bush who they are mostly saying is being shown to despite his big words about providing home security for his own people and being the workld power, not be able to cope or provide that security and care in his own country let alone run the world. There have been stories of people being told to go to Continental in NO to meet buses which will take them to safety, only to be still there over a day later with no water or food and no buses or any other forms of help arriving...stories of people dying in shelters without food or water and having to keep the bodies amongst them in the heat because there is no other option. A lot of discussion has been around the continual requests over the last 12 months in particular to reinforce levees around NO which had been leaking only to be told there was not enough money to do it and it was a low priority financially compared to Iraq. So seems as usual, while many people don't trust or respect Bush, they do care what happens to the American people on a compassionate and humanitarian level. Those who are caught in the devastation of what little remains of NO and other affected areas are being called refugees on the news reports....but not refugees who are receiving help apart from a few national guard sent in to chase looters and shoot to kill.

Catalina

 

[Kajira Callista]

Ok, I found a site for people who are willing to offer a room or whatever for hurricane refugees.

http://www.hurricanehousing.org/

I posted, although I'm not going to be surprised if no one responds, since I'm in Oregon.

weird, my kids pediatrician was first on the list when i did a search by zip.i have space here but am pretty far off from new Orleans also,I'm debating if money donated wouldn't be a better idea to help. catholic charities,red cross etc. stopped taking clothing/blanket/food donations BTW. it would cost them too much to ship the stuff to where it is needed.



P.S.

i don't mean to sound mean but please if you are going to do this make sure these ppl are safe. we live in a sick world full of sick people that use opportunities like this to do harm.