Need info! Washington Parish, LA! Is anybody out there?

[Dylan Garcia]

Please...

[crispini]

1. There's just not much out there yet.

Where are your people?

[Dylan Garcia]

3. My little girl is in Thomas near Stateline

I'm about to lose it....

Are there any ham radio reports or anything?

[crispini]

7. Where is that, near Bogalusa?

[Dylan Garcia]

16. 10 miles north of Pine

rural

[jean]

2. I'm in the same situation - but need info on Gulfport MS - it's hell not

knowing if our people are okay

[scudrunner]

6. My son has been trying all day

to reach his Friends in Gulfport,no response from anyone.He is a Navy Seabee recently stationed in Gulfport.

[jean]

15. my people are retired Navy ... can't get through on any phone but

that is to be expected from what I can gather about the devastation there.

[scudrunner]

23. I just returned from Gulfport and New Orleans

last week.I enjoyed 2 weeks in the area,its very hard to see this destruction. My prayers go out to your family and everyone in danger on the Gulf Coast.

[Lindacooks]

34. Welcome to DU

Wish there wasn't such a disaster in the Gulf.

[jean]

38. here's a report on two Seabees doing rescue in Gulfport

http://eyesonkatrina.blogspot.com/

...Two young Seabees who lived in the brick house just south of the railroad tracks were climbing over the piles of debris on 18th.

...The Seabees crawled all over the place, hollering for survivors. They'd survived Katrina, with water up to their waists in the first floor of their brick rental.

Petty Officer Third Class Jesse Good said he'd been the target of an insurgent mortar attack while stationed in the Middle East with NMCB 7.

"I haven't seen nothing like that in Iraq," said Good, 22.

[seabeyond]

4. i am sorry for you all. will be thinking of you. hope you get your

i am fine, soon.

[Rainscents]

5. Last I heard, no one can't get to it, as whole town is under water!

You can only see the roof of the SOME of the buildings!

[crispini]

9. Where did you hear this?

Link Please?

[Rainscents]

11. I heard it on MSNBC early this afternoon. PST

You know how MSM report can be, they can be all wrong on their reporting.

[crispini]

14. Ok, now did you hear that specifically about Washington Parish?

Or are you maybe confusing it with some other parish? I just want to be sure, because I haven't heard anything like this about Washington Parish.

[bpilgrim]

13. and phone lines are supposed to be down all over LA as a whole

not to mention other states =(

this is horrible for folks with loved ones they can't reach, hopefully HomeLand Security will have some phone lines avail and will make them available to the public and also provide a website for more detailed information, county by county.

my thoughts are with you all :cry:

peace

[coffeenap]

8. Try this link--lots of locals discussing and reporting--

http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=39068636d9b191ab87fc412749b3a35e

[SlowDownFast]

46. There is a "sticky" already up for Washington Parish

where folks concerned about that area and any news of the area is being posted at this forum.

It's good place to start getting reports on specific areas.

http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=39068636d9b191ab87fc412749b3a35e

[crispini]

10. News from Amite!

In Amite we have no electricity and numberous trees are down. Trees are down along Hwy 16 east of town and on streets all through amite and roseland. As far as we can tell the entire town is without power and will be out of power for a while. I've lived here for 15 years and I am from New Orleans, never have I seen so many trees and power lines down. Most houses have some structural damage but no flooding. We can make local calls but can't make long distance calls because the circuits are down.
I hope this info will help those needing info about their families. We will help in anyway we can....

Our thoughts and prays are with all.....

from here:
http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2507

[Name removed]

18. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[crispini]

19. I'm in Dallas.

I can try but I don't think I can get through either.

[Dylan Garcia]

22. Sorry--thought you were in Amite

We're trapped in Waco--couldn't get home from Crawford in time. Our seven year old daughter is with friends in Thomas.

[crispini]

26. Post your request here

http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2507

the person from Amite is online there.

[crispini]

24. Fast busy

Check your PM. I sent you my phone number. Send me yours and I will call you when I have news.

[liberaltrucker]

32. Got "all circuits are busy"

My prayers are with you and yours:hug:

[Spinzonner]

21. Perhaps you can setup some kind of a local relay

by offering to send text messages from people locally who can reach you and having people on the other end of an internet relationship make voice calls with the messages to phone numbers provided

I think that ham operators do some things like this with a different technology, of course.

[Dylan Garcia]

25. This is what I'm trying to do.

I need to get word from Washington Parish any way I can.

[mikelewis]

12. If the place is destroyed, we will have equipment to restore it.

The Kenner Fire Department has sent two thirds of its equipment and personnel to a command post at a school at Mount Hermon, in Washington Parish. Fire Chief Mike Zito says the move is designed to protect some of the citys equipment from wind and flooding damage.

Public works department vehicles and some ambulances also have been moved out of the city. Zito says -- quote -- "If the place is destroyed, we will have equipment to restore it.
http://www.klfy.com/Global/story.asp?S=3776537

[crispini]

17. sounds to me like they thought Washington Parish

was safer than Kenner.

[mikelewis]

20. That's what I thought too...

[SoCalDem]

27. PARISH by PARISH UPDATE link..(may help)

http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=www.wwltv.com/082905reports.wmv

[tjdee]

28. I started a thread for you in the Lounge....

Different folks may have some different ideas for you....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3936272

Try not to worry too much yet. I hope she's fine.
:hug:

[tjdee]

29. kick.

kick

[tjdee]

30. A lady is giving the address of her family to CNN right now.

Rick Sanchez just said they've been getting calls like that all day.

And he just took that lady's number. I don't know how the hell she got on air, out of everyone...that'd be something to try, anyway, Dylan.

[geomon666]

31. Sigh...Rick Sanchez

What a tool. Miami people know what I'm talking about.

[tjdee]

33. I'm not even from there, I know he's a tool.

From back in his days on MSNBC.

[geomon666]

35. You missed him during his 'youthful' term

Back when he was on WSVN channel 7 in Miami. Fox station, figures. He never met a cuban he didn't cry over in some stupid way.

[SoCalDem]

40. I giggled like a loon when they tasered him

:)

[faithnotgreed]

36. kick

[brook]

37. Found this.

message board Washington Parish

No news yet but they are trying to get some.

[crispini]

44. Thank you!

Great help.

[Horse with no Name]

39. Dylan? Is this number a SPRINT number?

I have found you can only call in to people on Sprint phones network to network--so if this is a sprint call if someone with a sprint number can call it may help.
Good luck.

[Technowitch]

41. I know you're worried, Dylan, but...

...don't post phone numbers here, as you'll make it even harder to get through.

Please keep any personal requests -- and personal information -- restricted to private messages and off-board emails.

Good luck to you and yours.

Technowitch
DU Moderator

p.s. :kick: to keep this up in GD

[Tsiyu]

42. My heart goes out to you

I am hoping you get word really soon.

Katrina is headed our way and I will post quick before the power goes out again. Between wind and rain we can't slep, but will think positive thoughts for you !!!!:hug:

[Tsiyu]

43. Here is a link, ignore if you've seen

Didn;t have time to sift through:

http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_08.html

[cally]

45. Any news?

I hope you found her and that she is safe. My prayers are with you.

[crispini]

47. Kick

:kick:

[Lochloosa]

48. Found something..good luck..i'm in florida so I know how hard this is

Quote:
I have a cousin in Franklinton with her husband, children, and husband's family up from as far away as Buras. On 10th st. or Ave, I can't remember which the road is called, the house was intact. The few places she could see from her area is the flower shop on a corner that was gone and a commercial building lost the roof. This was earlier yesterday.

My cousin's sister called yesterday evening with news from my Franklinton cousin, which is her sister. She said the same. They were okay with NO flooding, just heavy wind. Neither of us know if there is flooding today though. The phones were down and power was out. My cousin called her sister using the cell phone and even then the battery to the cell phone was going dead.

If I hear more from that area, I will post. I hope your family is somewhere close there. I don't know anything of other areas because my cousin didn't have a radio. Her sister and I were telling her what we were hearing on the news up here.

[ZenKitty]

49. Hurricane Katrina wwltv board

http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=1

[Tsiyu]

50. Kicking again

I hope that you have located your daughter.

We have been without power all night until just now, and I am upset to return to this thread and see there is no good news.

Please help if you know anything.

:kick:

[Midlodemocrat]

51. Kick for Dylan's daughter.

[crispini]

52. NEW POST ON WWLTV BOARD

FUCK!

I am in southern Illinois, but I have recieved a couple of reports about Wash. Parish. I just recieved a report at noon for the Stoney Point area west of Franklinton. Many of the houses along Hwy 450 near Stoney Point and along Wilford Bond road are intact.

Lots of trees are down in this area mostly in people's yards.

Apparently at least two tornadoes went through near this area. One near the Tangi/Wash border near the fish house on Hwy 16 and another outside of Franklinton on the way to Bogalusa. The second knocked down a lot of trees and is effectively stopping all traffic to Bogalusa from Franklinton.

I have heard (third hand) that Franklinton has suffered major damage. This person grew up in Franklinton. Her exact words were that "the Franklinton we knew prior to this storm has ceased to exist". I apoligize for creating fear with third hand info, but I thought that people would want to know about the damage in the area.

May God Bless and Guide the people in Wash. Parish, LA and MS!

Jason

http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2467&start=15

[Nikki Stone 1]

53. I still haven't heard from my friend from Lacombe

Can't get through on the phone. The more I see and hear, the more worried I get.

[crispini]

54. I was mostly OK until I read that post.

And now I'm starting to freak. Generations of my family grew up in Franklinton. I never lived there, but both sides of my family are from there, I would go there every summer to be with my grandma. I am related to half the freakin town. Even though I never lived there I always felt like I was "from there." My grandad owned a pig farm and the feedmill. My cousin owns Jenkins nursery out on the Amite highway. My great-great grandfather Yates who emigrated from London with his family and he had seven kids. Most of those cousins still live in the area. ALL of my family history is in that one small town.

[Horse with no Name]

55. Hugsss Crispini

I am soooo sorry.:hug::cry:

[SammyWinstonJack]

56. kick

:kick:

[AnnInLa]

57. Buddy....it is not a far drive for me....am sending you a PM

with my phone number

Ann in Abbeville

[AnnInLa]

58. Damn, can't PM you.....you don't have enough posts

I have your bellsouth email addy...will send my phone number....can be in there in an hour.

[Generic Other]

59. KICK

:kick:

[never cry wolf]

60. Kick n/t

[Lisa0825]

61. Fingers crossed, good vibes, thoughts and prayers....

and anything else I can drum up all headed your way.

:hug: :grouphug: :pals:

[myrna minx]

62. Kick

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[WolverineDG]

63. kickin' again for sarah