Louisiana is set to be *smacked*

[Emperor Valerian]

Ok... they're now saying there's some kind of "situation" at the Superdome... its big enough that they just told a waiting general's aircraft to wait for its codes, and told everyone to keep the channel clear.
I'll post more when they say more.

 

[Emperor Valerian]

UPDATE - Soldier was shot at 1:45, the assailant was cornered in one of the lockerrooms and is surrounded.

EDIT- The soldier's going to be fine, he's getting medical help.


Just shows how chaotic things are down there... and its probably an indication on why no one can tell anything for certain. People are getting desperate and angry. And its getting late... I'm headed to bed.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

When they were throwing aspersions of criminality on the first busload I wondered what the problem was. Maybe they were armed or something.

I watched an interview with one of the guys from the "renegade bus".

They were lieing about where they came from. Saying they came from the Superdome, giving stories like witnessing lots of old people dying all over the place in the Superdome (they weren't). That everyone there was sleeping on cots (they didn't). Just making stuff up about what happened there that the reporters knew hadn't happened. They dodged other easily answered questions if they had actually been there. All that added up to suspicion towards them.

Still, makes you wonder why someone who had fled New Orleans would want to make up that stuff. They're refugees and are going to be given a bed even if they hadn't been in the Superdome. Maybe they thought that the Astrodome would only hold the people in the Superdome.

 

[Scutisorex]

A few rules about communication -

Good information:

You witnessed it yourself.
Reported by authorities.
Recorded and hearable/viewable.

Bad information:

Rumours heard from other sources eg. "hearsay".
Wrong panicked conclusions yourself purported as fact.
Given by extremist sources known to lie.

Just to be clear, the info I got was reported to me by Louisiana State Police.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

I found the original link to it here:

http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8254
If you use realplayer, sometimes the software will end the loop. If it does, just hit play and it'll reconnect again.

I just got it working on iTunes flawlessly. Pretty compelling stuff. At this late hour though it's pretty empty of any voice traffic.

 

[Scutisorex]

Children's Hospital was not looted...

From Nola/Times Picayune

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Children's Hospital was not looted...

Well, I am definitely glad to hear that.

 

[Scutisorex]

Well, I am definitely glad to hear that.

I am too. My son was there for the first three months of his life, and had his CF clinic there. Now that I sent my family to NC though, his new hospital is in Chapel Hill (which, although innundated with leftists, is pleasantly hurricane-free most of the time).

 

[diaglo]

I am too. My son was there for the first three months of his life, and had his CF clinic there. Now that I sent my family to NC though, his new hospital is in Chapel Hill (which, although innundated with leftists, is pleasantly hurricane-free most of the time).

glad to hear it.


diaglo "whose wife graduated from UNC med school" Ooi

 

[MonsterMash]

ForceUser and Fett - glad to hear that you're families are ok, good wishes also to RyanL and his folks. Just hope that things settle down there soon so the authorities can get a handle on evacuation and making people safe.