We wish all those suffering in Louisiana well
 

I KNOW OF ONLY 2 PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN LOUISIANA , FROM THIS FORUM ... NOT SURE HOW FAR FROM WHERE THE HURRICAINE IS LANDING... (TEESAM) AND (CAJUNASIAN) .

WELL I WISH YOU TWO THE BEST ... HOPE YOU HAVE MINOR DAMAGE, HOPEFULLY NONE. AND THAT YOU COME OUT OF IT ... SAFE AND SOUND.

ELI AKA DAJIZZARIZZA.

ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO LEAVE THEIR BEST REGARDS ... PLEASE DO.

Good luck to everyone.... weevil also lives in Louisiana... near the Texas border and northwest of New Orleans I believe...

Wish ya the best of luck. Hope everyone is safe.

If anyone gets word from any of our friends in the affected area, give a shout out to let us know they're okay, or in need of assistance, as the case may be.

Thoughts and prayers to everyone who has been or will be affected by this latest storm - the Eastern part of the country will probably be seeing an impact for days to come.

I know AOA is there, but higher up in the state.
I forget who, but somebody from CPS is right above New Orleans.

weevil! That's fozzy!!! lol LS thats who I Was talking about... anyhow, I hope every1 is okay.. I know a few people in that area.. Hope all is well, GL all :(

good luck everyone out there!

hi, don't forget those of us in Mississippi. i hope and pray everyone in the path of the storm is kept safe. thanks

Hi all,

We're doing ok here where I'm at (in central La). Just some strong winds...
Been hearing about the damage down in the N.O. area...hopefully it won't be too bad for them...

Let's see...have heard about the damage to the Superdome's roof...there was a hotel that collapsed in Harvey, La...heard that a levee collapsed near the French Quarter...someone here at work told me that in Cameron, La there was 4 foot of water in the city hall there (Cameron is way over by Texas).

Haven't heard too much about damage in other areas...hope the rest of our friends, both trading and non-trading come out safely! Ya'll are in our prayers!

Take care all and stay safe!
Sam

i could have sworn ... Cajun ,.. lived in Baton rouge .. one of the hard hit areas ,.. hope she is well ...

They need to be in our prayers.

just a quick note....

watch out...gas prices are going up! Yesterday morning it was 2.45 a gallon and by midday, it went up to 2.81 a gallon and they say it's gonna get even higher! Also, in some places here there is no gas and in some others, it's being rationed....you can only get 10 gallons....just wanted to let others know that the gas prices are gonna get bad!

Rationing doesn't make sense.
With a gas station on every corner, just go to 2-3 places to fill up.
Silly.

I thought she did too. :(

hordeprime lives just north of New Orleans, in the suburb of Metairie, sandwiched between New Orleans and Lake Ponchartrain. His last forum visit was on 08/28/2005. Katrina hit on 08/29/2005, the next day. I hope he's alright. As well as his cartoon collection. He's got a lot of good stuff. Much of Metairie was flooded by 4-10 feet over water due to the failed pumps and broken levies. I've sent him an e-mail asking how he's doing.

This is a horrible event thats for sure, I hope everyone is doing okay. Its so sad to see all these people on the news, without homes, food, or even water. I cant imagine how horrible it must be. I hope everyone is safe, and things get better fast.

well, what's happening is that many stations near the La./Miss. border don't have power and those that do are only getting in half loads...so they have to ration it. I'm not sure how the rationing is set up. Like you, I would just go to another station (if you can find one that has gas).My father-in-law and other family came to stay with us from Miss...he told me that he couldn't get any gas until he made it to La.
I also know that a few stations here (Alexandria, La) ran out of gas yesterday. As far as I know the rationing is only along the border.

How is Alexandria fairing?

Its only getting worse:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9156612/

NEW ORLEANS - Storm victims were raped and beaten, fights and fires broke out, corpses lay out in the open, and rescue helicopters and law enforcement officers were shot at as parts of hurricane-flooded New Orleans descended into anarchy Thursday. “This is a desperate SOS,” Mayor Ray Nagin said.

Anger mounted across the ruined city, with thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims grew increasingly hungry, thirsty and tired of waiting for buses to take them out.

“We are out here like pure animals. We don’t have help,” the Rev. Issac Clark, 68, said outside the New Orleans Convention Center, where corpses lay in the open and evacuees complained that they were dropped off and given nothing — no food, no water, no medicine.

About 15,000 to 20,000 people who had taken shelter at the center to await buses grew increasingly hostile. Police Chief Eddie Compass said he sent in 88 officers to quell the situation at the building, but they were quickly beaten back by an angry mob.

“We have individuals who are getting raped, we have individuals who are getting beaten,” Compass said. “Tourists are walking in that direction, and they are getting preyed upon.”

In hopes of defusing the unrest at the convention center, Nagin gave the refugees permission to march across a bridge to the city’s unflooded west bank for whatever relief they could find. But the bedlam at the convention center appeared to make leaving difficult.

Meantime, a frenzied rescue effort was under way up and down the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Alabama, where seaside communities built on resort and casino business were flattened.

A military helicopter tried to land at the convention center several times to drop off food and water. But the rushing crowd forced the choppers to back off. Troopers then tossed the supplies to the crowd from 10 feet off the ground and flew away.

National Guardsmen poured in to help restore order and stop the looting, carjackings and gunfire that have gripped New Orleans in the days since Hurricane Katrina plunged much of the city underwater.

In a statement to CNN, Nagin said: “This is a desperate SOS. Right now we are out of resources at the convention center and don’t anticipate enough buses. We need buses. Currently the convention center is unsanitary and unsafe and we’re running out of supplies.”

In Washington, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the government is sending 1,400 National Guardsmen a day to help stop looting and other lawlessness in New Orleans. Already, 2,800 National Guardsmen are in the city, he said.

But across the city, rescuers themselves came under attack from storm victims.

“Hospitals are trying to evacuate,” said Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesan, spokesman at the city emergency operations center.

Yeah I told my wife while watching the news that it reminded me of the LA Riots of the early 90's mixed with Dawn of the Dead :(