More things I found, on the WWL bulletin board where regular people can post info and questions. Sounds like there will be a lot of deaths in New Orleans and environs; many of the posts are from relatives who heard from family members trapped in homes; they give full info: address, phone numbers, names, etc. Very sad. I just picked out things that will be of info to my family; am posting it to the blog at the same time.
Prayers are still very much needed.
Again, the following lines are copied from the WWL-TV website; they are not my own.
Slidell was the hardest hit city. It was hit harder than New Orleans. The entire city is cut off from communications. No radio contacts and phones are gone. Someone needs to get in there.
Fox News on cable is showing brief clips of sites in kenner with serious flooding, KPD cars with windows blown out, and severe damage on some building on the wiliams and vets area.
Windows have been blown out of the Double Tree hotel in Metairie
I have heard from family who stayed in Metairie (near Bonnebell and I-10) that the major damage has been from the winds, a lot of trees are down completely blocking streets and many roof tops damaged. No severe flooding at their specific location - there was water in the street, but that isn't to say that the water has not continued to rise since my last contact with them.
The following are reports from people whom I have been able to contact that have had to stay in the city because of job requirements: I did hear of some levee breaks (not confirmed) causing Lakeview and areas near East Jefferson Hospital to flood, there is some water on the 1st floor of EJGH. Lakeview has been reported to have 6 ft of water in some areas. Veterans near I-10 (Celebration Station) is completly underwater.
Fox News on cable is showing brief clips of sites in kenner with serious flooding, KPD cars with windows blown out, and severe damage on some building on the wiliams and vets area.
Windows have been blown out of the Double Tree hotel in Metairie
I have heard from family who stayed in Metairie (near Bonnebell and I-10) that the major damage has been from the winds, a lot of trees are down completely blocking streets and many roof tops damaged. No severe flooding at their specific location - there was water in the street, but that isn't to say that the water has not continued to rise since my last contact with them.
The following are reports from people whom I have been able to contact that have had to stay in the city because of job requirements: I did hear of some levee breaks (not confirmed) causing Lakeview and areas near East Jefferson Hospital to flood, there is some water on the 1st floor of EJGH. Lakeview has been reported to have 6 ft of water in some areas. Veterans near I-10 (Celebration Station) is completly underwater.
My sister is on Elmwood Parkway between W. Esplenade and the lake in Metairie. No power but landline phone still working. She says there is water in the street but it has not gotten quite high enough to get in the house - by a couple of inches. Water seems to be holding steady ot barely rising, hard to tell. Many trees down. Siding and roofing peeled from many houses. No water from the tap
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