Explosions fill New Orleans sky with smoke

[sabra]

http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/national-50/112565994286502.xml&storylist=hurricane

Explosions fill New Orleans sky with smoke


NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An explosion jolted residents awake early Friday, illuminating the pre-dawn sky with red and orange flames over the city where corpses rotted along flooded sidewalks and bands of armed thugs thwarted fitful rescue efforts.

Congress was rushing through a $10.5 billion aid package, the Pentagon promised 1,400 National Guardsmen a day to stop the looting and President Bush planned to visit the region. But city officials were seething with anger about what they called a slow federal response following the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina.

"They don't have a clue what's going on down there," Mayor Ray Nagin told WWL-AM Thursday night

"Excuse my French — everybody in America — but I am pissed."

This report is from NO not Baghdad!

[meganmonkey]

1. Unbelievable

I can't believe this is happening.


:cry:

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Things just went from to worse

to really worse.

[soup]

3. A chemical storage facility

>>At 4:35 a.m. Friday, an explosion rocked a chemical storage facility near the Mississippi River east of the French Quarter, said Lt. Michael Francis of the Harbor Police. A series of smaller blasts followed and then acrid, black smoke that could be seen even in the dark. The vibrations were felt all the way downtown.

Francis did not have any other information about the explosions and did not know if there were any casualties. At least two police boats could be seen at the scene.<<

The article can also be viewed at the St Petersburg Times without registration:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HURRICANE_KATRINA?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-09-02-05-35-51

[jus_the_facts]

4. Explosions Fill New Orleans Sky With Smoke...Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/02/AR2005090200606.html

Friday, September 2, 2005; 7:23 AM

NEW ORLEANS -- An explosion jolted residents awake early Friday, illuminating the pre-dawn sky with red and orange flames over the city where corpses rotted along flooded sidewalks and bands of armed thugs thwarted fitful rescue efforts.

Congress was rushing through a $10.5 billion aid package, the Pentagon promised 1,400 National Guardsmen a day to stop the looting and President Bush planned to visit the region. But city officials were seething with anger about what they called a slow federal response following the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina.


At 4:35 a.m. Friday, an explosion rocked a chemical storage facility near the Mississippi River east of the French Quarter, said Lt. Michael Francis of the Harbor Police. A series of smaller blasts followed and then acrid, black smoke that could be seen even in the dark. The vibrations were felt all the way downtown.

"They have M-16s and they're locked and loaded," she said. "These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so, and I expect they will."

[bushisanidiot]

9. White men with guns ready to shoot and kill the poor and hungry black

refugees.. what the hell kind of country is this??!!!

where is america??!!

where is AWOL Bush??!!

[David__77]

12. Black people still aren't free.

They--the vast majority of Black people--are not born onto a level playing field--not by a long shot.

[Massachusetts]

18. where is AWOL Bush??!!

He is trying to finish reading My Pet Goat, then he is supposed to begin reading (mandatory), How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.

The poor boy king has a busy weekend ahead of him.

[tk2kewl]

5. Blast Rocks NOLA!

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-ushurr0903,0,2166445.story

Blasts heard along New Orleans’ waterfront

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

September 2, 2005, 8:37 AM EDT


NEW ORLEANS -- An explosion at a chemical depot jolted residents awake early Friday, illuminating the pre-dawn sky with red and orange flames over a city awash in corpses and under siege from looters. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Vibrations from the blast along the Mississippi River and a few miles east of the French Quarter were felt all the way downtown. A series of smaller blasts followed and then a cyclone of acrid, black smoke.

more...

[Liberal Veteran]

6. It just doesn't stop, does it?

How sad for America.

[Roland99]

7. I thought it was rail cars? That's what ABC was reporting this morning.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

8. Note to NO Residents Left Behind...

Given the number of chemical plants in the region, my sincere advice is that you not inhale for the next 24 hours. God only knows what's floating around in the air now.

[Kool Kitty]

10. My thoughts exactly.

[azoth]

13. Hey, and don't forget to stay out of the water. Wouldn't want anyone

to start glowing.

Or for your hair, teeth, or limbs to begin falling out suddenly. Because, you know, there just aren't enough people to clean THAT kind of mess up!

Thanks and Much love,

The Big "self-regulated" Chemical Companies

[AspenRose]

11. This is a nightmare

Please, God, make this madness stop.

:cry:

[xchrom]

14. does disaster begin to describe this bush enhanced

tragedy?

[Name removed]

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[ret5hd]

16. you wasted your first post for that tripe?

see ya' round.

[sabra]

17. huh?

are you sure you are in the right place?

[KamaAina]

19. Enjoy your stay.

I think I'll have a Tombstone pizza for dinner tonight...