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Headlines : EnvironmentMARTIAL LAW DECLARED: Situation Deteriorating in Hurricane Aftermath
Even with Katrina swirling away to the north, two different levee breaches in New Orleans sent a churning sea of water coursing through city streets. Col. Rich Wagenaar of the Army Corps of Engineers, said a breach in the eastern part of the city was causing flooding and “significant evacuations” in Orleans and St. Bernard parishes. He did not know how many people were affected by the flooding. Authorities also were gathering information on a levee breach in the western part of New Orleans. Jason Binet, of the Army Corps of Engineers, said that breach began Monday afternoon and may have grown overnight. Emergency personnel faced flooding problems of their own.
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Republished from WBEN.com
New Orleans, LA (CBS) – Martial Law has been declared in New Orleans as conditions continued to deteriorate. Water levels in The Big Easy and it’s suburbs are rising at dangerous levels and officials stated they don’t know where the water is coming from. Residents are being urged to get out of New Orleans in any way they can as officials fear “life will be unsustainable” for days or even weeks.
Gulf Coast residents were staggered by the body-blow inflicted by Hurricane Katrina, with more than a million people sweltering without power, miles of lowlands under water and unconfirmed reports of as many 80 people dead in Mississippi alone.
“We heard one report of 30 dead at just one apartment complex on the beach in Biloxi,” said CBS News Correspondent Jim Acosta. Much of the devastation is being blamed on a storm surge.
“It’s not like when you see big tornadoes or hurricane force winds come through and the house is blown away,” said Acosta. “A storm surge rises up to the house and clears out everything in its path, moving furniture and cars around.”
The Ohio Valley could see severe flooding from Katrina Tuesday.
“Katrina is now moving to the…
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What were all those FEMA conspiracies about death camps being set up on US soil if some kind of shit hits the fan? I can’t remember the gist of these theories anymore, but isn’t this the kind of thing FEMA was set up to deal with?
You guys over there better start being nice to “Federal Emergency Management Agency director Mike Brown” ;-)
Hehe, this looks like the beggining of “The day after tomorrow”. If it starts snowing in india, then the north hemisphere is gone.
Me? I live in the south, hehehehe
FEMA does have camps, but yes, they can also help in emergencies…
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the camps are in place for a different sort of emergency. see the history of internment camps in the US, like during WWII, when conscientious objectors were imprisoned, along with Japanese americans, and others. i don’t think they’re in place for this sort of disaster. this is the sort of event where FEMA can help. they’re saving a lot of lives right now. the majority of FEMA employees know nothing of the other side of FEMA, the darker side…
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the majority of FEMA employees know nothing of the other side of FEMA, the darker side
Haha! You can’t end a post with that sentence and not elaborate. Come now, you have adequately demonstrated foreboding and menace – now out with it.
Cocktease.
ahh geeze:
DID GOD SEND THE HURRICANE? Deborah Caldwell, Beliefnet This natural disaster is bringing together a perfect storm of environmentalist and religious doomsday sayers.
Zen:
U.S. CONCENTRATION CAMPS – FEMA AND THE REX 84 PROGRAM