Comments on: New Orleans on Fire!

By: crn

crn — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 05:36:31 +0000

There’s a new message board/support group for Katrina. http://www.katrinatalk.org Come over and give some support and get some, too. Blog authors–would you mind adding a link? It will be helpful to people.–Thanks

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:52:35 +0000

Leggy, this satellite infographic from MSN give you a good idea of where the flooding is worst. Uptown and the French Quarter (towards the bottom of the graphic, for those who don’t know), have received flooding in parts, but not as severely as further north. Some of the hardest hit areas are Spanish Fort, Gentilly, and south into midcity. I think that much of the old architecture has survived, at least through the initial flooding. My largest concern, however, is contamination caused by chemical leakage. Even if the architecture has survived until now, we may not be able to adequately decontaminate the buildings.

As far as help goes, a good place to start is the Katrina Help Wiki, which is aggregating information about all the aid efforts.

By: Leggy

Leggy — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:05:45 +0000

Found you via Amanda- thanks for the news updates. Do you know anything about the status of Uptown? I know 80% of the city is flooded, but its my understanding that in Uptown its more like first floor flooding vs. up to the rooftops.

Also, what is that status of the French Quarter? Is that rooftop flooding or first floor? The reason I’m asking is that I’m trying to get an understanding of whether all that beauty, all that history is hopelessly lost or not. I haven’t been able to find out much beyond all the horrific looting, etc. that CNN is reporting.

Also, I’m feeling a little helpless up here in the Northeast. I’ve given $$, but how can we help in a more personal way?