Fellow Americans,

I don't know the people forwarding this email about the devastation in New Orleans but it rings true. I already sent my donation to the Salvation Army because they have lower overhead costs than some of the other big-name charities. By all means, pray and do your best to help.

Cheree
www.ifire.org
Valparaiso, IN












Forward FYI
God be with them.




To All:

The following email was forwarded to a friend who is a Retired FBI Agent. It was forwarded to him from one of his friends. I am not sure of the accuracy of the numbers information, but it seems to stated sincerely and as accurately as possible by the Law Enforcement officer involved....Terry


Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:32 PM
Subject: Fwd: Update on New Orleans



In a message dated 9/1/2005 12:58:43 PM Central Daylight Time, CKite writes:





please keep N.O. and all others in gulf coast area in your prayers



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Forwarded Message:
Subj: Update on New Orleans
Date: 9/1/2005 11:31:24 AM Central Daylight Time
From: RogerMontgomery@oscn.net
Sent from the Internet (Details)


This is from a very good friend of mine in the Blue Knights from Tulsa Oklahoma, He is also with the Tulsa Sheriff's department ........... this note is from a Blue Knight friend of his that has been sent down to New Orleans................
It sounds like he tells it like it is......................and it's not good...
Read and think about it.................about what has happened and what you might hear in the near future..
Roger

From: dstone@NAICO.COM [mailto:dstone@NAICO.COM]
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:11 AM
Subject: Update on New Orleans




>Subject: Hey
>
>Wanted to let ya'll know that we got our power back around 4:30
>yesterday afternoon. We still do not have cable or internet so we only
>see what is on the local news and that's very fuzzy. I can tell you that
>you and Mike both need to hug and kiss the kids the next time you see
>them and understand that we are all so very lucky. This with out a doubt
>will surpass anything this country has EVERY seen in it's history !!!!
>We had a meeting yesterday with OEP (Office of Emergeny Prepardness) and
>every single manager and administrative person in the room was crying.
>They told us that the city of New Orleans has effectively ceased to
>exsist. They are having to evacuate everyone starting this morning from
>all shelters and hospitals where they can. The ones they can't get to
>may not make it. Close to 30 buildings in the dowtown and surrounding
>areas has collapsed. The french Quarter is no more. River Walk and the
>aquarium does not exsist. Most of the factories, refineries are 90-100%
>destroyed. All state wide infrastrucure and services based in the city
>are destroyed. We do not have phones here at the hospital. We have right
>now close to 350,000 people from the city, here in Baton Rouge. They are
>pleading with people to help. We only have a few places to get gas. The
>grocery stores are bare. Wal Mart said they are down to less than 20% of
>normal stock in all stores in the state. They said they expect Baton
>Rouge to grow 10 times it's current size in the next 5 years because
>people now are trying purchase any home or shelter they can find here to
>move. People do not realize that do not live here, that this will effect
>the entire country. New Orleans is one of three ports in the US where
>imported goods and services comes in the country. There are 1.5 million
>people in the state with no jobs and no way to suppport their families
>now. Most of all the companies based in New Orleans are here looking to
>move the business to BR just to keep their name going and have something
>to start with when they can. It is just so incredible. It seems like we
>are playing the part of some sick movie about a natural disaster that
>seems to unreal to ever happen. Well, I am seeing from the inside and
>it's not pretty. We cannot get supplies for the hospital, not even food.
>OEP calls ever hour to check bed counts. We are adding makeshift rooms
>to take patients from New Orleans starting today. It is so
>heartbreaking, I just want to cry. My nerves are are being pushed to the
>limit as well as every one here. I know they are saying on the news that
>no official body count has been done and that no bodies have been seen
>in the city. THIS IS A LIE!!!!!. They do not want to put that out yet.
>Doug, our Plant Ops Supervisor, his son is down there doing rescues. He
>sent Doug a picture, that I saw, of them floating in the water. He went
>to put in a boat and when he cranked the motor, they hit something under
>water and five bodies floated up under the boat. They had a place where
>they take care of people who are bed ridden, not much more than a
>vegtable, they were told to evacuate and put toe tags on the patients so
>they could identify the bodies. They could not get the patients out.
>There was a nursing home with over 200 residents that had been evacuated
>to one of the hotels on the fourth floor. When the levey broke, it
>started to fill up with water and they had to leave them. They all
>drowned. We are getting reports like this all day long from people who
>are there and seeing it first hand. Martial Law has been declared
>despite what is on TV. This all sounds so unreal, but damn, it is real.
>I just never thought I would ever see anything like this in my lifetime.
>It really humbles you and makes you feel fortunate to have what you
>have. People say they have it bad down there and everything will be ok,
>well, peolpe just have no way of understanding what is going on and
>cannot grasp the situation. I-10 east out of New Orleans, both spans has
>collapsed. The causeway bride going across the lake from Slidell to New
>Oleans has chunks of bridge that has collapsed in both directions. There
>is only one road that is open into the city. The one we went down when
>ya'll were here. Both airports are under water and it is rising a foot
>an hour right now. One levey has a 200 ft break in it and the other has
>a 200 ft break and a 300ft break in it. There is no way at this point to
>stop the water coming in. They have all kinds of people down there
>trying different things and cannot get it stopped. I just cannot descibe
>to you or anyone just how bad things really are. We have a major US
>city, that does not exsist anymore. They have 50,000 body bags down
>there now. Another 50,000 has been ordered. I just don't know what to
>say. The news is trying to focus more on the other hard hit areas
>because the govenor has aked that limited reports be issued to the rest
>of the country for now until they can get a handle on things and believe
>it or not, it seems the media is doing that. Biloxi and Gulfport got hit
>really hard but they can rebuild. I just don't see how they can in New
>Orleans. There will easily be more deaths than there has been in any
>single event this country has ever seen. I'm sorry to say all this cause
>I know how much you worry but I needed to say it for myself also. Don't
>worry about us. We will be fine and we are fine. I just feel so damn
>sorry for those people that lost everything. Not just their belongings,
>but their way of live is gone. They will be starting over from scratch
>basically their entire life. It's just so sad. I bitch when Tena and I
>argue or when somehthing does not go how I think it should, well not
>anymore. I looked at me kids and Tena last night and I had to go outside
>and cry. Anyway, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT WORRY. WE WILL BE OK. It's
>another one of life's challenges and we will make it. I just had to get
>this all of my chest.
>Anyway, I need to get back to work. I will talk to ya'll later.
>We love ya'll and miss ya'll
>Wayne
>