It is sooo Devastating:(
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It is sooo Devastating:(
CNN reported that a police officer shot the seal and put it out of it's misery because there is just no help to be had for man or beast right now. :(Quote:
Originally posted by momoffuzzyfaces
Several seals were displaced from a zoo. One of them is in a puddle slowling burning to death. (thanks fox news. I didn't need to hear that!!! I'm upset enough all ready!!!)
I don't think I EVER want to see another disaster movie again!:(
Such sadness and so much more to come in the days ahead I'm afraid. :(
This is all so disheartening, all the devastation:(
My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone.
Please be sure to check out this thread -- posted as "huricaine pet rescue site" in General and Dog General, posted by Lorraine: it has the site to donate money for the emergency rescues of pets left behind in the devastated areas. I feel pretty helpless to do much but pray, but I know my donation will help a little - every bit helps! ALL of the money donated goes for this emergency.
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...07#post1244107
It is hard to imagine that all this devastation could happen so quickly, my prayers go out to all affected.
Today you will...
Turn on an appliance
Get a cold drink of water
Hang out in the air conditioned comfort of your home
Have a great bowel movement with dry toilet paper to follow
Get in your car and drive to
Get an ice cream
Get fast food
Go to work
You will get home and sleep in your home
your dry bed
take a shower
put on clean, dry clothes
You will take ALL THOSE THINGS FOR GRANTED.
When you do something take a moment and think about how
much you think about those simple things.
For most of us we will not think twice, for some of us we will think once and know how lucky and blessed we are.
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I do feel badly for all those people.
But my heart fills with pride knowing that the rest of us will forget all the petty crap that we have in our lives and we'll pull together to rebound from this.
IT is not what happens to us.
It's how we pull together, It's how we help and how we recover.
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The projected price of this disaster is projected at 25 billion dollars.
What is the price of an open hand, an open heart and hope?
Well said, Richard. (Though I'm sure some will find a way to blame Bush for this hurricane)
I however, feel guilty even eating when I see all those going without food.
I see we have 4 battle ships heading toward MS and LA loaded with supplies! YEAH!
Another thing has been on my mind; what about the people who did evacuate but will soon be out of money and probably have, not only no home now, but no jobs either? What on earth will they do???? :(
I just saw on Fox news that Germany has offered assistance to help cope with the disaster. Whether we accept or not, I just want to say:
THANK YOU GERMANY! IT'S SO KIND OF YOU TO OFFER!
:)
It's so terrible all this devastation:(.....Sending prayers to all the people affected from the other side of the world... I've heard on the news all the damage that it caused, so stay safe you all, guys, and your pets of course....Hope everything ends soon....
Why?
Why aren't they dropping supplies to the people who are trapped on the road by the Superdome buy using the choppers? People are coming up out of the projects and have had no food or water for two days. Being poor is no crime. THEY NEED HELP TOO!!! :(
Where are all the charities who brag about helping out???:(
My solution is to use some of the choppers to drop supplies and some to do the recovery.
25,000 people are being brought here to Texas to stay in the Astrodome for as long as necessary. They have cancelled all football games scheduled to be held in the Astrodome from now through December. I think it's the only good thing our governor has done. :rolleyes:
While I don't think I could handle living in a football stadium, I can't imagine the place these people are coming from. :(
Bring a few thousand National Guard back from Iraq. They
are needed here now.:(
Officials Helpless Against Looters
By KEVIN McGILL
Associated Press Writer
Published August 31, 2005, 3:40 PM CDT
NEW ORLEANS -- With law officers and National Guardsmen focused on saving lives, looters around the city spent another day Wednesday brazenly ransacking stores for food, beer, clothing, appliances -- and guns.
Gov. Kathleen Blanco said she has asked the White House to send more people to help with evacuations and rescues, thereby freeing up National Guardsmen to stop looters.
"Once we get the 3,000 National Guardsmen here, we're locking this place down," Mayor Ray Nagin said. "It's really difficult because my opinion of the looting is it started with people running out of food, and you can't really argue with that too much. Then it escalated to this kind of mass chaos where people are taking electronic stuff and all that."
Amid the chaos Wednesday, thieves commandeered a forklift and used it to push up the storm shutters and break the glass of a pharmacy. The crowd stormed the store, carrying out so much ice, water and food that it dropped from their arms as they ran. The street was littered with packages of ramen noodles and other items.
Looters also chased down a state police truck full of food. The New Orleans police chief ran off looters while city officials themselves were commandeering equipment from a looted Office Depot. During a state of emergency, authorities have broad powers to take private supplies and buildings for their use.
At one store, hordes of people from all ages, races and walks of life grabbed food and water. Some drove away with trunkloads of beer.
At one point, two officers drew their guns on the looters, but the thieves left without incident. One of the officers said he is not going to arrest anyone for snatching up food and water.
One young man was seen wading through chest-deep floodwater, carrying a case of soda, after looting a grocery store.
John Matessino, president of the Louisiana Hospital Association, said he had not heard of anyone breaking into the hospitals, but he added that thieves got into the parking garage at one hospital and were stealing car batteries and stereos.
Officials tried to balance security needs with saving lives.
"We're multitasking right now," said New Orleans Police Capt. Marlon Defillo. "Rescue, recovery, stabilization of looting, we're trying to feed the hungry."
New Orleans' homeland security chief, Terry Ebbert, said looters were breaking into stores all over town and stealing guns. He said there are gangs of armed men moving around the city. At one point, officers stranded on the roof of a hotel were fired at by criminals on the street.
The Times-Picayune newspaper reported that the gun section at a new Wal-Mart had been cleaned out by looters.
Authorities said an officer was shot in the head and a looter was wounded in a shootout. The officer and looter were expected to survive.
I am Laura'sBabies daughter, just wanted to let everyone know that didn't see it on the cat general side, we are all fine, no major damage. My brother has mom's other cats and they are all fine.
We are about 50 miles from New Orleans, and I can say it got pretty darn scarey here. When my husband boards up the windows, I know it's going to be serious. New Orleans is totally devastated and it will be months, maybe years before get back to any sort of normalcy. My uncle, mom's baby brother lives in N.O. and we've not heard anything from him. All we know is that his wife and two kids left out early Mon. morning and we don't even know where they are. It's hard for me to watch the news and hold back the tears for all those people that have lost everything.
It's not only N.O., you can go to CNN.com and see some photos of Miss., Alabama, it's bad everywhere that was in Katrina's path.
Just please pray that my uncle will get out, he had to stay because he is a cop there. Thank you all for thinking of us. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!
I am glad you checked in with us and I'm glad that you are okay.
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Originally posted by slick
I will be making a donation to my local Red Cross.....and hope that it makes a difference.
My heart aches for these people and what they have to face in the coming months. :(
Vickie - Before I had even read this, I did the same. I was sitting here at my desk - outside is a beautiful late summer day, and was unable to fathom what it would be like if I had to pack up and not be able to go home (if there even was one) for months.
Feeling hopelessly useless and feeling the need to do something, I looked up the Red Cross and made a donation.
Its so wierd - population wise, New Orleans is almost identical to Portland and the surrounding area. I cannot fathom what it would be like for this entire area to have to pack up and leave.
My prayers are with everyone suffering from Katrina.
It just seems to keep getting worse. I watched a little of 20/20 and there was one poor lady on the bridge with her dead husband laying beside her...oh god I can't even imagine.
Lord please be with these people in their time of need.
If anyone is interested here is a link to see pictures taken by the Civil Air Patrol. It certainly drives home the magnitude of this. :(
THere is no way on the planet that the US government could possible plan and save all the people in dire straight at this moment,
The first rule of survival is-
Plan to be on your own for up to four days.
If you cannot, then you are on your own.
That is the first and only rule whem you have to deal with a natural disaster.
Even tho people were 'caught off guard" they have lived in a hurricane zone.
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let's just so what we have to right now,
The dead, starving and sranded won't benefit from finger pointing,
there's plenty oif time later on.
The second rule of survival is:
If you are told to get out ..... DO IT!! IF AT ALL POSSIBLE!!!
Strange that they can get supplies and help to other countries faster than we can to our own people! We need to do some serious rethinking about our foreign aid. As much as we want to help the world, we need to help our people first.:(
So glad to hear that you are OK Rie Rie. I'm keeping your Uncle and his family in my thoughts. Please let us know when you hear anything.
Does anyone else think it is STUPID that when the government ordered evacuations, they left it completely on the citizens to get out themselves? Obviously, many were unable to get out. They knew for DAYS before that this hurricane was strengthening, and where it was going to hit, and that it would be very severe. If they were so sincere about their people, they would've sent planes/helicopters/buses from EVERY single state to get EVERY single human being and every single innocent life OUT of there ahead of time. It should've been a ghost town before the storm arrived, and there WAS enough time. There WAS. People should have been forced to leave whether they wanted to, or not. Yet they all had to leave in their own cars. With the traffic, gas problems, and financial problems for some, not everyone was able to make it out. WHY couldn't the government have taken everyone out of there days before? I know its probably easier said than done, but I'm SURE they could have done much better. :( Those who could leave were fine leaving on their own, but there should've been extra help from the government for those who were disabled, poor, on financially/physically unable to leave the area. It is all so scary. Seems like God is really angry. :(
We ALL need to help these people. ALL of us.
You would think that in the "disaster planning" that the homeland security has ordered the states to do, that each city would be ordered to have a plan to get people out in a crisis situation if they couldn't get themselves out.Quote:
Originally posted by popcornbird
Does anyone else think it is STUPID that when the government ordered evacuations, they left it completely on the citizens to get out themselves? Obviously, many were unable to get out. They knew for DAYS before that this hurricane was strengthening, and where it was going to hit, and that it would be very severe. If they were so sincere about their people, they would've sent planes/helicopters/buses from EVERY single state to get EVERY single human being and every single innocent life OUT of there ahead of time. It should've been a ghost town before the storm arrived, and there WAS enough time. There WAS. People should have been forced to leave whether they wanted to, or not. Yet they all had to leave in their own cars. With the traffic, gas problems, and financial problems for some, not everyone was able to make it out. WHY couldn't the government have taken everyone out of there days before? I know its probably easier said than done, but I'm SURE they could have done much better. :( Those who could leave were fine leaving on their own, but there should've been extra help from the government for those who were disabled, poor, on financially/physically unable to leave the area. It is all so scary. Seems like God is really angry. :(
We ALL need to help these people. ALL of us.
I know in our town, you are on your own transportation wise. We have one senior citizen bus that can hold maybe 10. Unless school buses were used. Since our town is becoming a retirement town, it's something that needs considering.
Another thing: DON'T WE ALL FEEL SO SORRY FOR THE CONGRESS PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE TO END THEIR AUGUST VACATION A FEW DAYS EARLY AND GET THEIR BEHINDS BACK TO DC TO HELP WITH THIS CRISES? :p
I've been really upset about this for days but these pictures really hit me hard. I wish there was some way I could go up there and help all of those innocent people. My co-worker was saying something about his brother is up there helping out, and he sees bodies of humans and animals floating around. :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(Quote:
Originally posted by PJ's Mom
If anyone is interested here is a link to see pictures taken by the Civil Air Patrol. It certainly drives home the magnitude of this. :(
This is a nightmare and it happened so quickly.
Okay, I just watched several videos on MSNBC of the people stuck in the convention center in New Orleans. I am sitting here with tears streaming down my face. The look in their eyes, the cries for help, the babies. :(:( My gosh. We all need to get together and help them. Really, we do. Its our duty as human beings, as Americans, as citizens of this country, to help those in need. Those people need us NOW, and we HAVE TO get to them somehow. We HAVE TO. Oh gosh...this is just tearing me apart. :( God, please help those people. Please. :(
For the last couple of days, I've been feeling like Houston was the only city, that understood the seriousness of this situation. From day 1, we've been opening up shelters, providing supplies, putting together telethons and food drives. What was organized for the Astrodome in less then 24 hours was amazing. Today I heard San Antonio was putting together something to take in 25000 refugees too. Where's the rest of the cities? Why has the federal govt been dragging their feet? This situation is of 9/11 type portions. It needs the same type of response.
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Our housing authority here in town has room for 7 families and they are offering those, I hear. Also, several people from out town volunteered with the Red Cross and are leaving today to go help out. Our Walmart was taking donations too and I put some in that.
There's just so much need! :(
Just heard Dallas is going to take in 25,000 refugees. Yeah Dallas!
Astrodome filled up, so Houston making available more shelters. Reliant Center and George R. Brown Convention Center to be used. Info pulled from a Houston Chronicle Article:
"The City of Houston and this region will use its capacity to care for tens of thousands of families," the mayor said. "We will be making assessments daily of our community capacity. We do need other cities to be accepting busloads of people.''
Reliant Center can take 11,000 people, the mayor said.
"We want this exhibition hall open right now," the mayor said. "If it entails someone suing us, then OK.," the mayor said. "Then (they can) explain to the American public why.''
Buses today are not being turned away from the Astrodome, and there are still people onsite waiting to be processed. About 1,750 refugees who arrived on about 35 buses early this morning were initially told they would be turned away.
White said he's concerned about getting the people into a safe and comfortable situation where they can live with dignity. The city is searching local stores and other sources for cots, blankets and other supplies to house the evacuees.
Volunteers who pull into the parking lot to deliver supplies -- such as soap, towels and other items for personal hygiene -- are being mobbed by small crowds of evacuees.
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Rucker said because of limited mail delivery in some ZIP codes in Louisiana, mail that cannot be delivered there has been diverted to Houston and will be processed, sorted and held here until addresses in those ZIP codes are available for service.
On the Dome floor this morning, areas that previously had been used for clothing lines and other organizational purposes were cleared away for more cots. Breakfast was being served, with evacuees eating grits, waffles and sausage.
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Also outside Reliant Arena the, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was checking in animals.
One of the animals checked in was a five-year-old golden retriever mix named Precious. She and her owner swam for two days to escape the flooding. She was being loaded into a carrier that will be taken to the SPCA, which has taken in 300-400 animals onsite.
"You can tell these past events have started taking a toll. Some people have realized they may not be able to care for them (the pets). That's the sad part,'' said Jim Boller, director of shelter and field services for the SPCA.
Most of the animals show signs of stress and dehydration.
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Dr. Douglas Hamilton of the Baylor College of Medicine said some people have died on the buses en route, and many are very ill. He said he has treated people with with renal failure, bipolar disorder, psychosis and congestive heart failure.
"They all need medication, and they did not have it with them," Hamilton said.
"Many people might think there are enough people here and there are not. We just need help. It's the kind of help doctors know how to give and we need it right now,'' said Dr. Steven Glorsky of Houston. "We have a crisis in there.''
Glorsky said doctors inside were having trouble keeping up the pace with the number of people coming through who need treatment. He said he had treated heart attacks, open wounds and people who shouldn't have been released from hospital care in New Orleans.
A medical team with the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center is providing services around the clock to Hurricane Katrina victims arriving at Ellington Field.
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"As people were coming and supplies were coming and the cots were being laid out, we realized we could accommodate fewer than we earlier thought," said Liese Hutchison, a spokeswoman for the Red Cross said late Thursday.
Organizers said they wanted to prevent a repeat of the conditions at the Superdome.
"We're not going to take people from one miserable situation in New Orleans and put them in another one here," McDuell said.
Tired, distraught passengers got off the buses Thursday night and shouted angrily as police officers told them they could not stay.
"We've got sick people in here and this is how you treat us!" said Angel Alegria. "Welcome to Houston! I hope a hurricane comes to Houston!"
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I'm glad to hear there are people helping the pets.
On Fox news the other night, they showed a white dog, I think it was a poodle, who had been with his owner 9 years. When learning the dog couldn't get on the bus, the owner left him. He looked so confused and scared. A national guard soldier picked him up. I'm praying he got to someone who could help him. :(