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Unrest grows in flooded New Orleans...Louisiana governor calls for prayer as conditions worsen |
Unrest grows in flooded New Orleans
www.cnn.com/
Louisiana governor calls for prayer as conditions worsen
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- As parts of flooded New Orleans slip
into chaos and Gulf Coast communities struggle to deal with the
devastation left by Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana's governor is
declaring Wednesday a day of prayer.
Officials in New Orleans have not even begun tallying the dead -- there
hasn't been time. With waters rising from broken levees, all efforts
have been focused on rescuing survivors.
Those survivors are facing dire conditions -- no power, little drinking
water, dwindling food supplies, gunfire in the distance -- with no way
to get out.
And the waters are still rising, at times dotted by the bodies of those
who perished when the hurricane roared into town Monday morning.
Authorities were having to evacuate the thousands of people at city
shelters, including the Louisiana Superdome, where a policeman told CNN
unrest was escalating.
The officer expressed concern that the situation could worsen after
three shootings, looting and a number of attempted carjackings during
the afternoon. (See video of the looting -- 1:25)
National Guard troops moved into the downtown business district, and
state police squads backed by SWAT teams were sent in to scatter
looters and restore order, authorities said late Tuesday. (Full story)
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said it was "impossible to even begin to
estimate" how long it will take to restore power and drinking water in
New Orleans.
"This is a tragedy of great proportions, greater than any we've see in
our lifetimes," Blanco said. "We know many lives have been lost."
The death toll from the storm so far is estimated at 70 -- mostly in
Mississippi. Officials stressed that the number is uncertain and likely
to be much higher. (See aerial video of the aftermath -- 3:02)
In New Orleans and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast, authorities used
boats and helicopters to reach stranded residents and search for
survivors.
The storm ripped ashore in Louisiana on Monday morning with winds
topping 140 mph before scourging Mississippi and Alabama.
In declaring Wednesday a day of prayer in the state of Louisiana,
Blanco asked residents to ask "that God give us all the physical and
spiritual strength to work through this crisis and rebuild."
"As we face the devastation wrought by Katrina, as we search for those
in need, as we comfort those in pain and as we begin the long task of
rebuilding, we turn to God for strength, hope and comfort," Blanco
said.
Anger on the rise in New Orleans
Anger was rising along with the muddy water in New Orleans.
Mayor Ray Nagin on Tuesday night blasted what he called a lack of
coordination in relief efforts for setting behind the city's recovery.
"There is way too many fricking ... cooks in the kitchen," Nagin said
in a phone interview with WAPT-TV in Jackson, Mississippi. (Full story)
Nagin was fuming over what he said were scuttled plans to plug a
200-yard breach near the 17th Street Canal, allowing Lake Pontchartrain
to spill into the central business district. (Map)
An earlier breach occurred along the Industrial Canal in the city's
Lower 9th Ward.
The rising flood waters overwhelmed pumping stations that would
normally keep the city dry. About 80 percent of the city was flooded
with water up to 20 feet deep after the two levees collapsed. (See
video of knee-deep and rising water in the French Quarter -- 1:19)
Nagin told CNN that at least 30 buildings had collapsed but that no
attempt had been made to determine a death toll.
"There are dead bodies floating in some of the water," Nagin said. "The
rescuers would basically push them aside as they were trying to save
individuals."
Nagin said that as of late Tuesday "a significant amount of water" is
flowing into the bowl-shaped city and sections of the city now dry
could be under 9 or 10 feet of water within hours.
"The bowl is filling up," he said.
Frustration was also rising among people who now find themselves
refugees in their own city.
Thousands of people were being housed in the Louisiana Superdome, where
toilets were overflowing and there was no air conditioning to provide
relief from 90-degree heat.
Nagin estimated the number of people in the Superdome at between 12,000
and 15,000 people as of late Tuesday. He said they could be there for a
week unless evacuated sooner.
Blanco said officials are making plans to evacuate people from the
Superdome and other shelters, but she did not say when that might
happen or where they might be taken.
The city's main public hospital, Charity Hospital, was no longer
functioning and was being evacuated, Blanco said.
Also under way was the evacuation of more than 1,000 people from Tulane
University Hospital with the help of the U.S. military, hospital
spokeswoman Karen Troyer Caraway said.
"It's an unbelievable situation," she said. "We're completely
surrounded by water. There's looting going on in the streets around the
hospital."
Hundreds of people were looting businesses downtown, throwing rocks
through store windows and hauling away goods.
Nagin told Mississippi television station WAPT a police officer was
shot and wounded when he surprised a looter Tuesday, but the officer
was expected to recover.
The biggest problem facing authorities, they said, was an inability to
communicate.
Nearly all of the parishes in the New Orleans area -- Orleans, St. John
the Baptist, Plaquemines, St. Tammany and Jefferson -- have curfews in
place.
Inmates from a flooded parish jail were relocated to a freeway on-ramp,
where they sat out in the sun, under the watch of armed officers.
Authorities warned that efforts to limit the flooding have been
unsuccessful, and that residents may not be able to return home for a
month.
"The Corps Of Engineers has attempted to fix the situation under
emergency conditions," Blanco told CNN. "They're not the best
conditions, and probably too little, too late."
Getting anything into New Orleans will be difficult because of the
damage to two bridge spans seven miles long that carry Interstate 10
over Lake Pontchartrain, linking the city to points east.
Death toll rising in Mississippi
Katrina has inflicted more damage to Mississippi beach towns than did
Hurricane Camille, and its death toll is likely to be higher, the
state's governor said Tuesday. (Full story)
Camille killed 143 people when it struck the state's coastal counties
in 1969 and a total of 256 after it swept inland. (See a video
explaining what makes hurricanes so powerful)
"There are structures after structures that survived Camille with minor
damage that are not there any more," Gov. Haley Barbour told reporters
in Jackson.
Katrina destroyed "every one" of the casinos that raked in $500,000 per
day in revenues to state coffers, Barbour said after a helicopter tour
of the affected areas. (See scenes of tragedy and devastation)
"There were 10- and 20-block areas where there was nothing -- not one
home standing," he said.
Barbour would not give a confirmed death toll, but said it was likely
to be higher than previous reports of 50 to 80 dead.
Jason Green of the Harrison County Coroner's Office said funeral homes
in Gulfport had received 26 bodies since the storm passed Monday.
In the small town of Bay St. Louis, search and rescue crews put paint
marks on homes known to contain bodies, because there weren't enough
refrigerated trucks to remove the corpses.
In Biloxi, an employee of the city's Grand Casino was awed by the
extent of the damage.
"I was a senior in high school when Hurricane Camille hit, in 1969, and
I have never seen destruction of this magnitude," said Scott Richmond.
Part of the city's sea wall was washed away, and nearly every downtown
building had extensive damage to its first level.
State emergency management officials said 80 percent of the state's
residents had no power.
In Biloxi, a 25-foot swell of water crashed in from the Gulf of Mexico
Monday and inundated structures there.
Up to 30 people are believed to have been killed when an apartment
complex on the beach collapsed in the storm. (See the devastated
apartment complex)
Distraught resident Harvey Jackson told a local television station
about losing his wife in the floodwater as they stood on their roof.
(Watch the video report of a husband whose wife slipped from his grip
-- 1:07 )
"I held her hand as tight as I could and she told me, 'You can't hold
me.' She said 'Take care of the kids and the grandkids,' " he sobbed.
(Victims left with nothing)
Streets and homes were flooded as far as 6 miles inland from the beach,
and looting was reported in Biloxi and in Gulfport, officials said.
Other developments
=B7In Mobile, Alabama, the storm pushed water from Mobile Bay into
downtown, submerging large sections of the city, and officials imposed
a dusk-to-dawn curfew. (Full story)
=B7The impact of Katrina on U.S. oil production and refinery
capabilities may be worse than initial reports estimated and could lead
to a national gas crisis in the short-term, analysts warned Tuesday.
(Full story)
=B7President Bush will fly Friday to Louisiana to tour parishes ravaged
by Hurricane Katrina, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said. Bush returned to
Washington two days ahead of schedule to help oversee Hurricane Katrina
recovery efforts, the White House announced. (Full story)
=B7The U.S. military Tuesday started to move ships and helicopters to
the region at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to
aid in rescue and medical needs, military officials said. (Full story)
=B7Katrina was downgraded to a tropical depression Tuesday. As of the
11 p.m. ET update from the National Hurricane Center, the storm was
pushing through the Ohio River Valley, causing flood watches in several
states.
CNN's Anderson Cooper, Kathleen Koch, David Mattingly, Jeanne Meserve,
Miles O'Brien, Jim Spellman, Gary Tuchman and John Zarrella contributed
to this report.
Find this article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/31/katrina
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31 Aug 2005 06:40:20 AM |
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"Uncle Wally Da HOOROO Big Kahuna ;-)T" <stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca>
wrote in message
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Unrest grows in flooded New Orleans
www.cnn.com/
Louisiana governor calls for prayer as conditions worsen
Has it helped? The Swedish press is mentioning sharks swimming in the
streets eating corpses, though that sounds like tabloid sensationalism to
me. If it's true though, what can it mean? Maybe the sharks have been
praying harder? Maybe god is a shark? Maybe he just prefers sharks?
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| User: "Jane" |
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31 Aug 2005 07:58:05 AM |
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"tw" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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"Uncle Wally Da HOOROO Big Kahuna ;-)T" <stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca>
wrote in message
news:1125483737.834737.243480@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
Unrest grows in flooded New Orleans
www.cnn.com/
Louisiana governor calls for prayer as conditions worsen
Has it helped? The Swedish press is mentioning sharks swimming in the
streets eating corpses, though that sounds like tabloid sensationalism to
me. If it's true though, what can it mean? Maybe the sharks have been
praying harder? Maybe god is a shark? Maybe he just prefers sharks?
I haven't heard that report, but it would certainly seem possible. We heard
similar stories after the tsunami. At the risk of making more enemies than
I already have, the animals are performing a service in cleaning up these
corpses.
However, I'm sure that the governor's suggestion will help emotionally at
least. The Deep South is deeply religious and no doubt the victims will be
comforted by a day of prayer, even if you and I wouldn't be.
Jane
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| User: "tw" |
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31 Aug 2005 08:31:01 AM |
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"Jane" <pushlinque@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"tw" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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"Uncle Wally Da HOOROO Big Kahuna ;-)T" <stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca>
wrote in message
news:1125483737.834737.243480@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
Unrest grows in flooded New Orleans
www.cnn.com/
Louisiana governor calls for prayer as conditions worsen
Has it helped? The Swedish press is mentioning sharks swimming in the
streets eating corpses, though that sounds like tabloid sensationalism
to
me. If it's true though, what can it mean? Maybe the sharks have been
praying harder? Maybe god is a shark? Maybe he just prefers sharks?
I haven't heard that report, but it would certainly seem possible. We
heard
similar stories after the tsunami. At the risk of making more enemies
than
I already have, the animals are performing a service in cleaning up these
corpses.
'course they are. I mean that's not much comfort for the relatives (though I
must remember to write in my will taht I want my body to be disposed of to
sharks - it seems way cool) but it's all a part of this wondrous, complex,
fascinating eco-system we share with our sharky friends. As you say, it does
the city authorities a favour and will prevent disease.
However, I'm sure that the governor's suggestion will help emotionally at
least. The Deep South is deeply religious and no doubt the victims will
be
comforted by a day of prayer, even if you and I wouldn't be.
I know, I was being flippant. I realise that religion long ago managed to
reconcile what insurance compaines call "acts of god" as being anything
but.I have every sympathy for the people who have lost loved ones, friend,
homes, property etc etc in this incident, and wish them every comfort they
can find to help themselves through this.
Jane
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| User: "Su Zanadu" |
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31 Aug 2005 11:34:29 AM |
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Jane wrote:
However, I'm sure that the governor's
suggestion will help emotionally at least.
The Deep South is deeply religious and
no doubt the victims will be comforted
by a day of prayer, even if you and I
wouldn't be.
Jane, in New Orleans, Louisiana? We're talking Voo Doo and Hoo Doo!
So HOO stuck the final pin in Louisiana on the map?
SuZanne-ah
Oh SuZanna, won't you cry for me...
I've gone to Louisiana with a banjo on my knee-heeeeeee!
No disrespect meant....you know I can't contain this...that is within
me. ;)
Jane
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| User: "Jane" |
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31 Aug 2005 03:35:03 PM |
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"Su Zanadu" <tugbertswife@webtv.net> wrote in message
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Jane wrote:
However, I'm sure that the governor's
suggestion will help emotionally at least.
The Deep South is deeply religious and
no doubt the victims will be comforted
by a day of prayer, even if you and I
wouldn't be.
Jane, in New Orleans, Louisiana? We're talking Voo Doo and Hoo Doo!
So HOO stuck the final pin in Louisiana on the map?
SuZanne-ah
Oh SuZanna, won't you cry for me...
I've gone to Louisiana with a banjo on my knee-heeeeeee!
No disrespect meant....you know I can't contain this...that is within
me. ;)
No offense taken, I'm sure! New Orleans was on my "short list" to visit,
but I never got there, :( !
Jane
Jane
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| User: "Half-Mad" |
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31 Aug 2005 09:07:43 PM |
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Jane wrote:
No offense taken, I'm sure! New Orleans was on my "short list" to visit,
but I never got there, :( !
Jane
You still can. Bring a bathing suit, and water purification tablets. A
lot of water purification tablets.
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| User: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Uncle_Wally_Da_HOOROO_Big_Kahuna_;-=99?=" |
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31 Aug 2005 11:25:56 PM |
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& get vacinated against typhoid & cholera too !!!
HOOROO
UNCLE WALLY
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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31 Aug 2005 06:01:53 PM |
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Jane wrote:
"tw" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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"Uncle Wally Da HOOROO Big Kahuna ;-)T" <stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca>
wrote in message
news:1125483737.834737.243480@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
Unrest grows in flooded New Orleans
www.cnn.com/
Louisiana governor calls for prayer as conditions worsen
Has it helped? The Swedish press is mentioning sharks swimming in the
streets eating corpses, though that sounds like tabloid sensationalism to
me. If it's true though, what can it mean? Maybe the sharks have been
praying harder? Maybe god is a shark? Maybe he just prefers sharks?
I haven't heard that report, but it would certainly seem possible. We heard
similar stories after the tsunami. At the risk of making more enemies than
I already have, the animals are performing a service in cleaning up these
corpses.
Do sharks eat carrion? I always thought they preferred fresh meat, but
I don't know enough about sharks to be sure of that.
Woods
However, I'm sure that the governor's suggestion will help emotionally at
least. The Deep South is deeply religious and no doubt the victims will be
comforted by a day of prayer, even if you and I wouldn't be.
Jane
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| User: "tw" |
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01 Sep 2005 03:43:52 AM |
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"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
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<snip>
Do sharks eat carrion? I always thought they preferred fresh meat, but
I don't know enough about sharks to be sure of that.
From what little I know, most sharks aren't scavengers (except dogfish) and
e.g. Great Whites can be very fussy and eat what they're expecting to eat
(which is why they often spit surfers out, apparently. They look like
seals/turtles from underneath but once they've had a bite and realise it's a
human in a rubber suit they get put off). Tiger sharks will eat absolutely
anything though - they have found number plates, bits of chain, bits of
outboard engine.. all kinds of crazy stuff in them. Beautiful creatures
though:
http://www.elasmodiver.com/Tiger%20shark.htm
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| User: "JJ" |
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31 Aug 2005 06:55:05 PM |
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Being that I once lived there, I would bet Alligators, not Sharks, are
swimming the waters.
Maybe both?
"tw" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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"Uncle Wally Da HOOROO Big Kahuna ;-)T" <stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca>
wrote in message
news:1125483737.834737.243480@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
Unrest grows in flooded New Orleans
www.cnn.com/
Louisiana governor calls for prayer as conditions worsen
Has it helped? The Swedish press is mentioning sharks swimming in the
streets eating corpses, though that sounds like tabloid sensationalism to
me. If it's true though, what can it mean? Maybe the sharks have been
praying harder? Maybe god is a shark? Maybe he just prefers sharks?
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| User: "Cardinal Chunder" |
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01 Sep 2005 06:24:01 AM |
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JJ wrote:
Being that I once lived there, I would bet Alligators, not Sharks, are
swimming the waters.
Maybe both?
It would be payback for the alligators. I recall every bloody tourist
shop in New Orleans had real alligator heads / feet / meat for sale.
Though sadly I think it's unlikely they'll get a free lunch unless the
corpses wash out to somewhere remote.
I liked New Orleans actually quite a bit when I was there last year.
Loved the Harrahs casino & Bourbon Street for drinking. I thought the
food was extremely overrated though.
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| User: "mondo" |
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31 Aug 2005 07:57:26 PM |
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I was more thinking of alligators and crocodiles, they come up on land and
love to eat people.
mondo
"tw" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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"Uncle Wally Da HOOROO Big Kahuna ;-)T" <stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca>
wrote in message
news:1125483737.834737.243480@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
Unrest grows in flooded New Orleans
www.cnn.com/
Louisiana governor calls for prayer as conditions worsen
Has it helped? The Swedish press is mentioning sharks swimming in the
streets eating corpses, though that sounds like tabloid sensationalism to
me. If it's true though, what can it mean? Maybe the sharks have been
praying harder? Maybe god is a shark? Maybe he just prefers sharks?
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03 Sep 2005 12:27:48 PM |
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On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:40:20 +0200, "tw" <no@no.com> wrote:
www.cnn.com/
Louisiana governor calls for prayer as conditions worsen
Has it helped? The Swedish press is mentioning sharks swimming in the
streets eating corpses, though that sounds like tabloid sensationalism to
me. If it's true though, what can it mean? Maybe the sharks have been
praying harder? Maybe god is a shark? Maybe he just prefers sharks?
God put George W. Bush in charge. Big mistake!
--
Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!
--
The Curse of Tecumseh
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/curse.htm
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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31 Aug 2005 06:00:32 PM |
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tw wrote:
"Uncle Wally Da HOOROO Big Kahuna ;-)T" <stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca>
wrote in message
news:1125483737.834737.243480@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
Unrest grows in flooded New Orleans
www.cnn.com/
Louisiana governor calls for prayer as conditions worsen
Has it helped? The Swedish press is mentioning sharks swimming in the
streets eating corpses, though that sounds like tabloid sensationalism to
me. If it's true though, what can it mean? Maybe the sharks have been
praying harder? Maybe god is a shark? Maybe he just prefers sharks?
AFAIK, the water flooding into New Orleans is fresh water, therefore not
the kind of water that sharks can live in. I'm not sure where the
line of salinity for the Mississippi is, though.
Woods
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| User: "Cardinal Chunder" |
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31 Aug 2005 04:36:37 PM |
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Uncle Wally Da HOOROO Big Kahuna ;-)™ wrote:
Unrest grows in flooded New Orleans
www.cnn.com/
Louisiana governor calls for prayer as conditions worsen
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- As parts of flooded New Orleans slip
into chaos and Gulf Coast communities struggle to deal with the
devastation left by Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana's governor is
declaring Wednesday a day of prayer.
Yeah, that's what vengeful god wants - more idolization and prayers.
Clearly people weren't praying hard enough and a few of them had to be
snuffed out to make a point.
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