Concern for New Orleans, and fellow Buzzers

Peabody...any word from Lauren on how things are going for her and the hospital/staff?

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Frontrider said:
Checked out the Dallas Zoo today. It's nice to get my mind off all of this. I actually ran into an SFNO employee there.
I have no idea yet how SFNO, or my house, fared.
Frontrider

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I am so glad that you are able to get out and do some things to take your mind off of the storm. That is a very good thing to do. For you and everyone else here personally hit by the storm, I hope for the best.

- Jeff

Edited to shorten quote. *** Edited 8/30/2005 1:17:28 PM UTC by Uncle Coaster***

That's what I've been waiting to hear too, Redman.

Hey Peabody, I dunno if you remember me, but I hope your fiancee is okay and I hope you are okay as well. I wouldn't be able to sleep a wink until I knew my wife was safe from something like this.

You are in my thoughts.

~Rob

Hey everybody. Good news! My father in Illinois just got a call from a nurse in Lauren's hospital. This nurse took a list of several hundred numbers of people to call and called my dad because Lauren knew she could get through to him. The nurse said Lauren is fine, the hospital is "ok", and she has to stay another 72 hours. So, we are all relieved BIG TIME.

If anyone watched the weather channel, a guy was doing live remotes from Covington, LA all day because he was too scared to be in NO. That location was abotu 2 miles from our house. I don't think we will have flooding, and I hope there is little to no structural damage from trees, wind, etc.

New Oreleans, SLidell, and all things east of it are many, MANY times worse than us. Being below sea levels I see 90,000 people have been flooded in New Orleans alone.

So, I thank God that I know my fiance is safe, now I wonder when we can go back, and I selfishly pray that all our possessions are ok.

Glad to hear that Jeff. Really glad that the Wedding Plans are still on (still the same day?) :).

Good to hear, Jeff.

Although the hurricane was pretty bad and many lost their lives, from all accounts, it could have been a lot LOT worse...A few MPH stronger...hit 10 miles further west.......

Glad to hear your fiance is safe!

Now, I need to get back to work. I work for a company that writes software and manages the servers for property insurance companies and my department is claims. Its gonna be a busy couple of weeks... at least I know the nights and weekends I will be putting in will help these people get back to some sense of normalcy...

Great news Jeff! Glad to hear it... :)

That slight *nudge* to the East at the last second really did save Nawlins...being on the West side of the eye is infinitely better than the East side...

My sister JUST e-mailed me that her power is now restored in South Florida, where Katrina passed over as a Cat. 1....

Jeff, glad to hear your fiance is okay. I'll keep the fingers crossed that your house and posessions are in good shape as well.

Glad to hear she's ok, Jeff! They mentioned something on the news about how all the doctors, nurses, emergency personnel having to stay another couple of days to help out.

Looking at the videos and seeing the damage is just overwhelming. We have a lot of flooding here in WV but nothing even remotely close to this.

I didn't realize New Orleans was under sea level! That's a bit unnerving.

-Tina

Hey Jeff, I'm glad the fiancee is okay. She was the one I was concerned about since its a bit difficult to replace her. The same goes for everyone else out in Florida and Louisiana that lost any loved ones there.

My prayers are with all of them.

~Rob

It's nice to see this pass and find that many are ok, but this is just the start. It's real easy to forget about stuff like this after the news lays off of it. The real battle is just beginning for everyone hit by the storm.

My wife's parent's got nailed hard by Ivan last year, they're still living in a trailer in front of the house. Work on the house had just finished in the last few weeks and they just had the new couch and TV delivered on Friday.

Heck, even with Andrew in Miami our place at the time didn't get any damage at all and all of our possesions were fine, but we went with out electric for 13 days and the water was either not flowing or not good for about a week after. It doesn't seem like much, but it's a serious pain in the ass to try to exist for two weeks without power and water in additional to getting back to work and trying to get up to speed - back to 'normal'. I still rmember everyone in the neighborhood coming outside the day the power company trucks rolled in and watching them do repairs. Once the power kicked on everyone clapped and cheered. Even those not hit hard have an uphill battle.

I can't imagine how long it will be for many people in the south before things even start to resemble 'normal' again. They'll still be feeling the effects long after the country has forgotten.

*** Edited 8/30/2005 4:16:51 PM UTC by Lord Gonchar***

The settlers of New Orleans had probably never seen a hurricane when they built the city, so it's not really their fault.

In other news, my wife's brother and his pregnant wife live in Saucier, Miss., about 20 miles from the coast, north of Gulfport. He's in the Navy and his unit got called to the coast before the storm to help out with the coming destruction. No one has heard from him or his wife, as all phone lines and cell towers are inoperable.

So if you've got any prayers left in you, let 'em loose. Thank you.

Jeff I'm glad your fiancee is okay but my prayers are still with her.

Den, my prayers are with you and your family also. I hope you hear from them soon.

Same here, Den. I will keep them in my thoughts.

-Tina

As this storm moves north and east is that it's going to be dumping a lot of rain in the Ohio and Tennessee valleys. But what nobody has mentioned in any of the coverage I've seen-- where does all that water ultimately go? Unfortunately, into the mighty Mississippi.

NO is going to be getting another wave of water in another couple of days. Those poor souls.

Any word on the park and any damage suffered?

Haven't heard a thing.

Don't know if this is common knowledge yet, but I have it from a pretty good source that they are going to evacuate pretty much the entire city soon. "Lady T's" family is from that area and thankfully, it appears that all of them left early. But there is talk that pretty much the whole city is under at least five feet of water due to one of the levees collapsing.

Makes you stop and think...Godspeed, jeremy

Another levee broke, the city is under at least 8 feet in places, over ten in others. It will take MONTHS to fix the pumps and get it out, and get the levees fixed.

The hospitals and shelters are going to evacuate.