From the 'Sent Mail': More Apocalypse

From: The Mighty Favog
To: ***@***.com

Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 13:46
Subject: More apocalypse . . . at least hundreds dead in N'Awlins. Maybe thousands.

Again, from the invaluable WWL-TV.

-- Favog


Updates as they come in on Katrina
01:40 PM CDT on Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Tom Planchet


1:39 P.M. -- Hoss: Airline Highway is still underwater.

1:28 P.M. -- WWL-TV's Mike Hoss said the I-10/Causeway interchange has turned into a massive first aid station. 50 ambulances are stationed there, and those who need immediate medical attention are being kept there in tents. Black Hawk helicopters and other rescue copters are constantly ferrying evacuees in to the area.

1:20 P.M. -- (AP) Mayor Ray Nagin says at least hundreds of people are dead -- maybe thousands -- in New Orleans. "We know there is a significant number of dead bodies in the water," and others dead in attics, Mayor Ray Nagin said. Asked how many, he said: "Minimum, hundreds. Most likely, thousands."

1:12 P.M. -- WWL-TV's Josh McElveen describes the stench coming from the bathrooms in the Superdome as horrific.

1:03 P.M. -- Mayor Nagin: Medical ship on the way to New Orleans.

12:56 P.M. -- Governor Blanco - Time is not on our side for stopping the levee break. There were two breaches, when we thought there was only one. Communicatiion, or lack of same caused the problem.

12:55 P.M. -- MIAMI (AP) -- Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines says it is considering a federal request that the company use some of its cruise ships as emergency shelters or help in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in some other way.

12:53 P.M. -- Governor Blanco - thousands still need to be rescued.

12:52 P.M. -- Governor Blanco: We will rebuild.

12:51 P.M. -- Governor Blanco: The magnitude of this is overwhelming.

12:15 P.M. -- Army Corps: 1,200 sandbags that are 20,000 pounds each are being brought in to bridge gap...water level is no longer rising.

12:11 P.M. -- Army Corps: Water has become level with the Lake in the city so no more water should flow into the city, except at high tide.