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<blockquote data-quote="Ryder" data-source="post: 119860" data-attributes="member: 663"><p>Storm cont.</p><p>People from New Orleans had homes, jobs, businesses, a structured life. Now it is all gone.</p><p>Some people were moved from a NO nursing home to a Baton Rouge shelter. Three of them died enroute. They can't really be moved very far now as they are too weak. They were low on supplies, food and medicine. I am sure that they have been provided with more food by now, but I am concerned about their medicine.</p><p></p><p>Hospital patients were evacuated from NO and taken to Baton Rouge, smaller towns, north Louisiana, etc. Their families may not even know where they were. I have heard them call the talk radio stations and tv stations trying fo find out how they could locate relatives, but no one could help them. People in other places can't checkon family members because of no phone service.</p><p>Tonight I was able to take a little extra time to check on one man so I could use e-mail to let his very worried brother in London know that he was ok. </p><p></p><p></p><p>People leaving NO the day/night before the storm formed a sea of cars on the interstates going north and west, moving at a snails pace. It was awful to see. They drove for hours going up into Mississipi, west to Houston, To North Louisiana, Dallas, into Arkansas. Many couldn't find rooms and backtracked not knowing what else to do. There may have been shelters open, but they didn't know where they were. The only "place" they had was their car.</p><p></p><p>They are told it will be weeks if not months before they can get back into New Orleans. Of those that have hotel rooms, Many cannot afford to pay for a room plus restaurant prices for extended periods of time.</p><p></p><p>New Orleans is a big city, built in a mud hole, it is 12 feet below sea level, and largely surrounded by water. The levee and pump systems were designed to protect the city from a category 3 hurricane. This one came in as a 4. Had the storm not moved slightly to the east and also lost strength on the western side, it would have been even worse. I'm not too clear about the Mississppi coast, but I don't think they anticipated the course change and by the time they said evacuate, it was just a little late.</p><p></p><p>Don't ever take a chance with one of these storms! </p><p></p><p>Again, thanks for caring. I am ok. But please continue to remember those thousands that have lost their homes and don't know where to turn.</p><p></p><p>May God bless us, each and every one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ryder, post: 119860, member: 663"] Storm cont. People from New Orleans had homes, jobs, businesses, a structured life. Now it is all gone. Some people were moved from a NO nursing home to a Baton Rouge shelter. Three of them died enroute. They can't really be moved very far now as they are too weak. They were low on supplies, food and medicine. I am sure that they have been provided with more food by now, but I am concerned about their medicine. Hospital patients were evacuated from NO and taken to Baton Rouge, smaller towns, north Louisiana, etc. Their families may not even know where they were. I have heard them call the talk radio stations and tv stations trying fo find out how they could locate relatives, but no one could help them. People in other places can't checkon family members because of no phone service. Tonight I was able to take a little extra time to check on one man so I could use e-mail to let his very worried brother in London know that he was ok. People leaving NO the day/night before the storm formed a sea of cars on the interstates going north and west, moving at a snails pace. It was awful to see. They drove for hours going up into Mississipi, west to Houston, To North Louisiana, Dallas, into Arkansas. Many couldn't find rooms and backtracked not knowing what else to do. There may have been shelters open, but they didn't know where they were. The only "place" they had was their car. They are told it will be weeks if not months before they can get back into New Orleans. Of those that have hotel rooms, Many cannot afford to pay for a room plus restaurant prices for extended periods of time. New Orleans is a big city, built in a mud hole, it is 12 feet below sea level, and largely surrounded by water. The levee and pump systems were designed to protect the city from a category 3 hurricane. This one came in as a 4. Had the storm not moved slightly to the east and also lost strength on the western side, it would have been even worse. I'm not too clear about the Mississppi coast, but I don't think they anticipated the course change and by the time they said evacuate, it was just a little late. Don't ever take a chance with one of these storms! Again, thanks for caring. I am ok. But please continue to remember those thousands that have lost their homes and don't know where to turn. May God bless us, each and every one. [/QUOTE]
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