Oh no! Sounds like people are trapped in the Superdome.

[Bluzmann57]

The Governor of Louisiana just said that water is lapping at the entrance of the Superdome. Sounds like those people are trapped inside that place for a while. Shit! The hits just keep on coming. I heard this on Ed Schultz show.

[MnFats]

1. HOly shit. Superdome.....a tomb? No, No.

they can climb up to the rafters. but the much of the place will be useless if not downright dangerous. sanitary conditions there must by now be absolutely terrible. It's a shitstorm.

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[Bridget Burke]

4. It's a modern sports arena with no power.

No water, no flushable toilets. Not much food, either.

[tjdee]

5. Not that modern.

The toilets aren't functioning so well, there's no AC....

[enigma000]

13. Until last week I never traveled south of Niagara Falls, NY

so I assumed you Americans had state-of-the-act, high-tech, comfortable sports stadiums, recreational sites and other hospitality locals. Wasn't the Superdome stocked with a few days of supplies?

[tjdee]

19. No.

People were told to bring their own food for 3-5 days, but I believe they were given box meals by the National Guard?

Also, the Superdome can manufacture its own weather--sounds unreal, but if all the heat builds up in there, storm clouds will form.

There are holes in the roof though, so maybe not.

The bathrooms *were* working fine, until thousands of people used them (with no janitorial service, I'd imagine) and I wouldn't be surprised if the plumbing is all jacked up in the area.

[Mnemosyne]

7. Are you insane or just completely

insensitive?

The Superdome is being evacuated, this is tragic, not a time for the bullshit you just spouted.

[Shadder]

8. Lets see

Holes in the roof, no power, no running water, toilets not working and overflowing, no air conditioning, trash all over the place. Yeah your right, sounds like a place I'd want to stay.

[meganmonkey]

12. Please tell me you are joking

at the very least.

The conditions there are terrible. There are 30,000+ people there, more showing up all the time because it is basically the only place that isn't underwater.

The plumbing doesn't work. Can you imagine what the bathrooms are like? They are oozing shit all over the place. There are no janitors to clean up the trash, the place is a wreck.

It is so bad that one guy jumped to his death today

And as for it being a place 'to stay the night' - it is going to be a hell of a lot longer than one night. There is no where for these people to go right now, and no way to get them there even if there were.

I don't like to scold people your post pushed me over the edge a little.

Peace.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

17. I smell frozen pizza.

[meganmonkey]

18. Yep, the really cheap, crappy kind

;)

[tjdee]

3. They are going to evacuate those people.

The governor just said they're trying to evacuate all the people out of NO, even those in the Superdome.

Don't know how they plan to do that, but...

[Xenotime]

6. THey are not moving fast enough...

That is the perfect condition for the outbreak of disease.

[Dem Agog]

9. oh puhleeze

just more panic mongering...

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. Wonder if you would feel the same if you were in the Super dome?

:eyes:

[Dem Agog]

15. ...

:eyes:

it's not about whether or not we should be concerned, but to jump into instant panic mode about this is unproductive.

[Bluzmann57]

14. Well excuuuuuusssse me!

I was just passing along something I heard on a radio program. I hope like hell none of us are never in that position, but if so, hope people will have more sympathy than you show.

[Dem Agog]

16. i'll try...

[HadItUpToHere]

11. We have to EVALUATE our PRIORITIES people...

like-
what's going to happen to the Saints home games?
has anyone heard anything? :shrug:





:sarcasm:

[expatriate]

20. The latest I have read is that the Superdome

will be used to stage evacuations. There has to be a central location where people can be gathered to start moving them out of town. The entire Superdome will not fill up with water, it goes pretty high up.

Conditions there are very grave, yes, and I'm sure everyone will be glad to get out. However, at this point, for the poster who is sure that the Superdome is a modern facility with all the comforts of home - it has been without air conditioning in very humid conditions and high temperatures since Katrina hit. The toilets won't flush because of the flooding. It isn't my idea of a "modern sports facility" any longer. Perhaps you would like to spend the night there, and let us know how pleasant it all is?

For the poster who rolls their eyes and says this is more panic mongering - what do you suggest? I appreciate any information that I can get about New Orleans, because I'm in another hemisphere, and I'm getting little news. I have a mentally ill son who is a street person in New Orleans. I have little contact with him, and the people I depend on to keep me in contact with him have either evacuated or are in the Dome and I have been unable to reach them, as the communications in the area are pretty much knocked out. He might be there in the Dome too. I was resident in New Orleans for many years. I have known for many years that a disaster such as the one we're looking at, could very well happen. It gives me a little bit of relief, in my condition of really not knowing what is going on with someone I care about, to be able to glean some news here. There are other DUers in the same boat, with relatives stranded in New Orleans.

Let's all hope that the evacuation begins quickly, and they get those people out of the Superdome. It's okay for an overnight shelter, or even for a couple of days, but with the levee breaches, the Superdome will have to be evacuated, as it will not be habitable for the long term.

[faithnotgreed]

21. thank you expatriate - i do hope your son is ok

and that everything that can be done to help all persons is being done