A reader has sent this link to a picture of the Dry Dock. As s/he pointed out, the buildings behind look okay…
Also - from the Times-Picayune (Nola.com) update page: Alert in Algiers
And on a personal note - I have finally heard from our missing family member. :>
I’m posting this mostly to the many who want to know when they can come home, if only to check the damage and grab some belongings (as they’ve said they’re going to allow for Jefferson Parish).
I have arranged a call tomorrow with officials, and I plan to at least ask the question. I will absolutely […]
Okay - some specific requests. Please keep in mind these observations are all from the street. People are getting pretty jumpy there now, and it is probably unwise to approach a stranger’s house.
Re: Tout Suite - the building, at least, is fine. Still boarded, so no looting I think. They […]
Somebody with the handle “gorditafer” posted about a house on Belleville. Can you please contact me direct at polimom@hotmail.com. (Note: nothing wrong with the house…. messages…..)
I keep seeing rumors floating around on the boards about power in Algiers. The short answer is, “there is NO power in Algiers”.
The long answer is that rumors are everywhere, including Algiers. But nobody I’ve talked to actually has power, or knows of anybody with it.
What Algiers DOES have, that really is […]
Folks - knowing that the Point was (relatively) spared, and also knowing that nobody can come home for quite a while… is anybody interested in allowing their empty homes to be used in some fashion?
I’m kind of thinking out loud here…. bear with me…..
There are obvious concerns, not the […]
I’ve received lots of mail the last two days. Some have been answered at a general level in other posts, and some are stacked up. I want you to know that I am looking at them as they come in, though, and trying to stay in front of things. A couple of recent items struck […]
Ha - I love hearing good news!
They’ve announced on the radio that the water levels have stabilized. Not rising any more! Major effort going now to close those breaches. (I got to listen to the local radio over the phone - too funny!)
And so you know all is not terrible - the people on Slidell […]
First, some good news for a few folks:
My “b-i-law” went by a couple of addresses as he was handling some other things this morning. I’ve debated about posting these on the main page (for a number of reasons) but basically decided that since the comments are public, and there are many address queries out […]
No. No and no.
Please, folks. Take a deep breath and try to think rationally.
Yes, Algiers seems to be an island. Certainly it appears to have ducked the devastation continuing to build across the river. Even in comparison to the rest of the West Bank, Algiers came out ahead somehow. But […]
Sounds like they’re starting to get more serious with the exodus out of the city. I don’t know how many will be coming to Houston, but the Houston Chronicle online is running this headline on the article:
Buses prepared to bring Superdome refugees to Astrodome
I know that there are many people already here in the area, […]
I’ve seen lots of “chatter” on various forums about “punching a hole” in the levee to relieve the flooding in the city. Frankly, that doesn’t make any sense. Punching a hole in the Algiers levee would not help the east side of the city in any way.
There is, of course, a ship on the […]
I wish I could end this day with some good news for all of you… but I can’t. Things are unraveling in the city at an extraordinary clip, and I cannot begin to comprehend the horror.
WWLTV.com reports that Mayor Nagin has stated the 3,000 pound bags (actually, I was told “sand cargo boxes”) never […]
Just a quick note -
Apparently, the Police Chief has said that things are actually calm in the Superdome, contrary to stories hitting the world. (Gotta tell ya - it makes me nervous to contradict CNN…) It is true that people are not allowed to leave, but then… where would they go? Hard […]
Many of you have written to ask about specific addresses. I have passed these along to my friends there on the Point. However, they will not be able to get out again until perhaps sometime tomorrow. I’ll let you know what I find out.
Don’t know if I’ve told you that […]
This just hit on http://www.wwltv.com/:
ALL RESIDENTS ON THE EAST BANK OF ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON REMAINING IN THE METRO AREA ARE BEING TOLD TO EVACUATE AS EFFORTS TO SANDBAG THE LEVEE BREAK HAVE ENDED. THE PUMPS IN THAT AREA ARE EXPECTED TO FAIL SOON AND 12-15 FEET OF WATER
ARE EXPECTED IN THE ENTIRE EAST BANK.
This is […]
It’s not clear to me whether there has actually been a call yet for a full-scale evacuation. I’ve seen headlines that indicate this, but the articles don’t sound definitive. I do hear a great deal of concern, and in that eventuality, it’s sure hard to figure out how to get out of there!
I […]
Just talked to Algiers….
According to the information they’re getting - the source of the flooding in the city has been found. There are apparently 3 breaches now at the 17th St. Canal levee. (They only knew about one before, I think.) The CBD (Central Business District) is continuing to flood, but the closer one […]
Like all of you, I am in anguish over what is happening in New Orleans. As relieved as I am about the situation in Algiers, I know that the people in the rest of the city and surrounding areas are living through absolute hell on earth right now.
I am very afraid for the “Big Easy”. […]
They (my family/friends) did a walkabout around the Point, and called me with some details. Pretty much all good news.
Yes, there is indeed a ship, nose into the levee, at the bottom of Pacific. My second mom went close enough to take pictures, and I gather there are a couple more boats underneath the ship […]
Another Algiers-specific update:
Phone
I can’t speak for the rest of the city, but Algiers, at least, has sporadic phone service. However, they do not seem to be able to call out. If you have not heard from someone who you believe to still be there, keep trying to call. I am getting […]
Just hung up with my second mom in Algiers. They are planning a foray down General Meyer and River Road today, and I’ll hopefully learn more then. Here’s what’s going on now, either via radio reports, or just right out the windows:
The radio is also reporting the ship on the levee […]
Panic is setting in, it sounds like. There are many reports now that looting is taking place on a large scale, and martial law has been imposed. WDSU.com has ongoing updates here: http://www.wdsu.com/weather/4913354/detail.html
It sounds as if there are several ships and barges that broke free (or were collided with by others) during the storm. I’ve […]
First - on a personal note - I’ve now talked to and confirmed the locations and safety of all but one of my ’second family’. Phew! From them, I have learned:
Algiers Point (aka Old Algiers) is dry, although there are lots of trees down. I’ve heard rumors that there is a break […]
I am straying widely from my normal blog focus. It’s easier to vent here than go through the trouble of setting up another site just because people are used to finding information about crime and other ills here. Bear with me…
Sunday morning, as it became clear that New Orleans was going to get smacked hard […]
Every person who reads this blog knows that I am highly concerned with the sex offender problems. Today, though, my attention is focused fully on the Central Gulf Coast area; I’m thinking nothing but hopeful thoughts for my friends and family there. Yet even in the midst of potential disaster, the madness continues.
The Times-Picayune (a […]
When we were young and immortal, my friends and I would greet the periodic hurricanes that came through New Orleans with Hurricane Parties. We laughed in the face of the winds and knew (as all young people know) that nothing would hurt us.
I don’t think they are laughing this morning in the Crescent City, […]
Even after reading this article twice, I’m at sea. In today’s online Houston Chronicle is a story by Allan Turner and Cynthia Garza called, “Efforts to halt execution of black woman surge“.
Is the issue that Frances Newton is black? That would certainly be an assumption based on the title. Yet other than noting that […]