Mayor Ray Nagin ordered an immediate evacuation Sunday for all of New Orleans

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Koyaanisqatsi

Yeah, that's how ours work too. Generally they have to work off their tanks, though, then run off to a nearby stream to fill up. I think theres a fire hydrant about 15 miles from here, but I'm pretty close to the big city, ya know...

Ya we had 500 gallons (IIRC)on our pumpers and the response model was that the first truck went to the fire, pumped its 500 and then laid hose to a water source. The second truck went directly to a water source and laid hose to the fire. Ferrying water was VERY uncommon but then again, this was in newfoundland which has many many many streams,brooks, ponds.

[lord of the mark]

In case you were wondering:


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[Flubber]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Fighting fires is not all, and in fact is one of the lesser worries on water.
Lack of water to drink seems more ironic to me.
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Given all the water around, a major fire spreading does seem unlikely-- sorry for the tangent but not beiong able to use standing water made no sense to me.

Drinking water will be a huge issue and some people may try drinking the floodwater out of desperation if trapped with no choice-- Does anyone know if it would be predominantly fresh water? The maps I saw seemed to indicate that NO is mainly bounded by lakes and rivers so the floodwater may seem palatable even if it would make you sick

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Dis
What are the odds of the same city being hit twice in the same year by hurricanes?

About as likely as Ft. Pierce, FL being hit by two Cat 3s in a month or Pensicola being hit by two cat 3s in less than a year. NO almost got hit by Ivan last year.

[DanS]

Does anyone know if it would be predominantly fresh water?

Lake Pontchartrain is brackish water, so it would be unsuitable for drinking, even if there weren't all sorts of nasty things in the soup...

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Dis
But I still blame Fox news.

I blame you for using websites like FOX News and The Drudge Report when you know damn well they are spurious at best.

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Cajuns are arriving in Dallas. Arriving in Houston.
Cities are providing all possible, with the exception of crawdads.
No one can keep Cajuns in supply.

We needed that, Sloww.

[mrmitchell]

All the hotels and churches providing assistance are near full in Camden. I think the picture is the same across south AR.

We've housed refugees from hurricanes down south before...just not for this duration of time.

Murphy Oil (in El Dorado) IIRC has a couple Gulf oil rigs and a bigass refinery in Mereaux, LA (I think shortly north of New Orleans). I bet the refinery is junk now, but they have other locations.

[chequita guevara]

So, what happens to the Saints this season?

BTW, Slowwy multiple governments around the world are offering aid to the U.S., including our NATO allies (including France), Venezuela, etc. The U.S. has so far not responded to the offers. Typical BS of this administration, just like after 9/11.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
So, what happens to the Saints this season?

They're planning to practice in San Antonio and play at LSU.

[chequita guevara]

According to NPR this morning, an entire LA parish (the LA equivalent of a county) was washed away by the hurricane. The Gulf of Mexico intrudes 40 miles further than it did previously.

[mrmitchell]

According to NPR this morning, an entire LA parish (the LA equivalent of a county) was washed away by the hurricane. The Gulf of Mexico intrudes 40 miles further than it did previously.

Environmental catastrophe...this is what the eggheads have been warning us about...

Which parish?

[chequita guevara]

I don't remember the name.

[Dr Strangelove]

Wasn't it the Lower 9th Ward?
Estimates of the mortality rate are now in the thousands.

[chequita guevara]

Nah, it was definately a Gulf Coast parish.

I wonder if this is gonna top Galveston.