now it's really serious in New Orleans
In an running on WWL TV right now, Mayor Ray Nagin says that a planned sandbag drop to stop the levee breach near pump #6 at the 17th St. Canal didn't happen and the pump has failed, so the probability is that the "bowl will now be filled," meaning water will flood the majority of the city including the Garden District, French Quarter and CBD. If unabated the water will go to the level of Lake Pontchartrain, about 3 feet ASL, which means, for example, 9 feet of water on St Charles Street. The mayor called the missed opportunity a "blunder" and said this would unfold over the next 12-15 hours. Now it's time to really worry. fh
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 18:07 -0700, Fred Heutte wrote:
In an running on WWL TV right now, Mayor Ray Nagin says that a planned sandbag drop to stop the levee breach near pump #6 at the 17th St. Canal didn't happen and the pump has failed, so the probability is that the "bowl will now be filled," meaning water will flood the majority of the city including the Garden District, French Quarter and CBD. If unabated the water will go to the level of Lake Pontchartrain, about 3 feet ASL, which means, for example, 9 feet of water on St Charles Street.
The mayor called the missed opportunity a "blunder" and said this would unfold over the next 12-15 hours.
Now it's time to really worry.
fh
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On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 12:38:24AM -0500, Andrew D Kirch wrote: ...
While we're off topic, the Red Cross needs blood donations. It wont keep networks up, but hopefully it will keep people in need alive. For more information/ to locate the nearest Red Cross. Please visit https://www.givelife.org for the location of the nearest blood drive.
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While I'm not in a position to do this myself, as much as I would like to, I'm wondering if any of the relief organizations that are mobilizing down there are in need of volunteer IT/networking clue and hands setting up C&C infrastructure and whatnot. If anyone knows who the appropriate folks to contact if you're in a position to help out, even if it's just over the long weekend, I would recommend posting here. -C On Aug 31, 2005, at 1:38 AM, Andrew D Kirch wrote:
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 18:07 -0700, Fred Heutte wrote:
In an running on WWL TV right now, Mayor Ray Nagin says that a planned sandbag drop to stop the levee breach near pump #6 at the 17th St. Canal didn't happen and the pump has failed, so the probability is that the "bowl will now be filled," meaning water will flood the majority of the city including the Garden District, French Quarter and CBD. If unabated the water will go to the level of Lake Pontchartrain, about 3 feet ASL, which means, for example, 9 feet of water on St Charles Street.
The mayor called the missed opportunity a "blunder" and said this would unfold over the next 12-15 hours.
Now it's time to really worry.
fh
While we're off topic, the Red Cross needs blood donations. It wont keep networks up, but hopefully it will keep people in need alive. For more information/ to locate the nearest Red Cross. Please visit https://www.givelife.org for the location of the nearest blood drive. -- Andrew D Kirch | Abusive Hosts Blocking List | www.ahbl.org Security Admin | Summit Open Source Development Group | www.sosdg.org Key At http://www.2mbit.com/~trelane/trelane.asc Key fingerprint = 4106 3338 1F17 1E6F 8FB2 8DFA 1331 7E25 C406 C8D2
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 01:13:48PM -0400, Christopher Woodfield wrote:
While I'm not in a position to do this myself, as much as I would like to, I'm wondering if any of the relief organizations that are mobilizing down there are in need of volunteer IT/networking clue and hands setting up C&C infrastructure and whatnot. If anyone knows who the appropriate folks to contact if you're in a position to help out, even if it's just over the long weekend, I would recommend posting here.
I have noticed that the Red Cross is now looking for any vaguely disciplined people whom to train and send down there. There is also a Red Cross IT group. Let me see ... the answer I'm given is, go to your local Red Cross Chapter, sign up to be in the Disaster Services Human Resources (DSHR) program, tell them your only skill is in IT [because 95% of the people going down there RIGHT NOW will be doing Mass Care]. And hope that the ARC DS people who know whom to contact about this haven't already left for Mississippi. [I used to have a contact in the Regional Headquarters, but there isn't a Regional Headquarters any more, and he's probably down in the thick of things right now.] -- Joe Yao ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is not an official statement of OSIS Center policies.
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