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A national guardsman said today that New Orleans is 'worse than Baghdad'.
A national guardsman said today that New Orleans is 'worse than Baghdad'.
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Fats Domino. other musicians missing...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fats Domino was missing Thursday, days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, said his longtime agent, Al Embry.
Embry told The Associated Press that he hadn't been able to contact Domino since talking to him Sunday evening by phone.
The 77-year-old R&B legend, whose real name is Antoine Domino, told Embry that he planned to stay at his New Orleans house with his wife, Rosemary, and their daughter.
"I hope somebody turns him up, but as of right now, we haven't got anybody that knows where he's at," said Embry, who has worked with Domino for 28 years. "I would think he might be safe because somebody said he was on top of the balcony."
Checquoline Davis, Domino's niece, posted a message on Craigslist.org Thursday pleading for information. Davis wrote that Domino, his wife, their children and grandchildren "didn't get out" of the second floor.
Domino, who has rarely appeared in public in recent years, has a home in the 9th ward, a low-lying area of the flooded city. (Watch a report on the chaos in New Orleans -- 4:36)
Getting information on possible missing persons has been nearly impossible as phone lines for hospitals and police haven't been working. (Evacuees can e-mail to tell people they are safe)
Domino has sold more than 110 million records in his long career, including the legendary singles "Blueberry Hill" and "Ain't That a Shame."
His 1950 recording of "The Fat Man" is sometimes called the first real rock 'n' roll record. He was among the first honorees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Meet us in the future, not the pastureComment
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Originally posted by Nickdfresh
How will they get the floodwaters out of a city below sea-level?I heard on NPR that there is a canal where the water is pumped out of New Orleans to sea. That's where the breeches happened.Originally posted by Warham
I asked the same question, Nick.
Some guy on FOX said they'll have to pump it out.
Sounds like it'll take years.
I guess the plan is to build gravel roadways in for access, seal the levee with sand bags and other make-shift barriers, then check the rest of the levee, and then begin the pumping...Comment
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They said last night it would take one to two months to pump out the water, then another three to six months to rebuild the water systems. Then you've got to sanitize, and test the supply throughout the city. One guy I heard on the radio today said he doesn't really know how long that will take, and it's much worse than they thought.Comment
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When I think in New Orleans situation rigth now, the first thing in my mind is "Good by to the Mardigras".
In my opinion, they must leave the city as it is and move to other place and start again......anyway nomatter if they stay in New Orleans must have to start from cero again.
Leave the city under sea and ten years from now New Orleans will be a leyend as Atlantis.BastardogComment
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Originally posted by Cathedral
Unfuckinbelievable!!!!
Choppers and boats getting shot at?
So, everything is stalled because we have assholes shooting at those who are trying to help them. This is fucking insane, and the dude that killed his sister over ice?
How quickly the civilized resort to barbarism.
Indeed
This is exactly why my ass has been collecting guns and ammo for several years.
That's just a bit ironic :D
Let this be a lesson to you all, those you know to be rational won't be if society breaks down.
Another good point.
And it's only going to get worse over the next week as people start getting sick from wading around in contaminated water with no way to get clean anytime soon. they are all covered in bacteria, do the math.
Sorry if I sound selfish, but this has the halmarks of good epidemic starting up.gnaw on itComment
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fuck!, everytime it's on the news it reminds me more and more
of 'the stand'.Comment
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Fats Domino Apparently Rescued by Boat By JAKE COYLE, AP Entertainment Writer
Thu Sep 1,11:05 PM ET
NEW YORK - Fats Domino apparently rode out the hurricane in his New Orleans home and was rescued by boat from his flooded neighborhood, his daughter Karen Domino White said Thursday.
The 77-year-old R&B legend had been reported missing Thursday by his longtime agent, Al Embry, and his niece, Checquoline Davis.
White said late Thursday that she saw a photograph of her father that had been taken Monday by the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The photo showed Domino, whose real name is Antoine Domino, in jeans and a blue-striped shirt being helped off a boat by rescuers.
"We're very relieved," White said in a telephone interview.
White said she has been unable to speak to Domino and had no information on his wife, Rosemary, or any other family members in the flooded city.
Domino, who has rarely appeared in public in recent years, has a home in the 9th ward, a low-lying area of the flooded city. On Sunday night, Embry said he spoke over the phone to Domino, who told him that he planned to remain in New Orleans despite the order to evacuate.
Getting information on possible missing persons has been nearly impossible as phone lines for hospitals and police haven't been working.
Domino has sold more than 110 million records in his long career, including the legendary singles "Blueberry Hill" and "Ain't That a Shame."
His 1950 recording of "The Fat Man" is sometimes called the first real rock 'n' roll record. He was among the first honorees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Meet us in the future, not the pastureComment
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