# Share the good stuff about Katrina **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 31, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509 "2005-08-31T23:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/41 "2005-09-02T18:00:51Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > The emergency convoy trucks are coming in. What a beautiful sight. Where did you see this, it would be wonderful, I am not questioning just want to see it myself. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/42 "2005-09-02T18:04:55Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Where did you see this, it would be wonderful, I am not questioning just want to see it myself. Found it: [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/katrina.impact/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/katrina.impact/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/43 "2005-09-02T18:10:03Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Where did you see this, it would be wonderful, I am not questioning just want to see it myself. Fox News had footage of army truck after army truck driving through the flooded streets. Now they’re showing footage of that collapsed burning building. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/44 "2005-09-02T18:13:03Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Fox News had footage of army truck after army truck driving through the flooded streets. Now they’re showing footage of that collapsed burning building. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/45 "2005-09-02T18:13:26Z")
Our hospitals are geared up to accept lots of patients, as soon as they can get here. (I think they’ve already seen some.) Our universities and medical schools have already started accepting transfer students and are waiving late fees, postponing transfer paperwork, etc. - generally doing whatever they can to get students back in class as soon as possible so they don’t lose the semester. We’ve got 2500 National Guard on the way as well as at least 1000 private volunteers. The governor has relaxed the laws governing state purchases to keep red tape from slowing down the supplies. I’ll guarantee that by this weekend, there’ll be several busloads of volunteers and truckloads of supplies down there, organized by local groups and churches. I’d bet there’s some there already, actually. (Happens every time.) I’ve heard that our lieutenant governor is working to throw open all the state parks (lodges and cabins) for refugees come Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/46 "2005-09-02T18:21:26Z")
> [@redtail23](#): > > Our hospitals …snip… Where’s here, you didn’t say. I am assuming Texas? ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/47 "2005-09-02T18:41:02Z")
**VunderBob** I have two friends who work for the USGS at Stennis … and one lives (_lived_ I should say) in Bay St. Louis. Do you know of any way to check if these folks are ok, thru your contacts? My e-mail’s in my profile. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/48 "2005-09-02T18:49:27Z")
Last night on the news there was a story showing two men bringing two elderly women, one in a wheelchair, out of a flooded area. The women were put into the news van and taken to a bus evacuation point. The two men had been rescuing people from flooded areas since the disaster hit, and they said they intended to stay in the city until everyone had been rescued. To the news crew who decided they could help and report the news at the same time, to those two men, and to the thousands of heroes whose names and deeds we will never know, thank you and bless you. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/49 "2005-09-02T18:50:47Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > **VunderBob** I have two friends who work for the USGS at Stennis … and one lives (_lived_ I should say) in Bay St. Louis. Do you know of any way to check if these folks are ok, thru your contacts? My e-mail’s in my profile. Thanks. I’ll see what I can do, but don’t hold your breath. I leave work in an hour, and I’ll be out Tuesday so VunderWife can have surgery. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/50 "2005-09-02T19:05:53Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > To the news crew who decided they could help and report the news at the same time, to those two men, and to the thousands of heroes whose names and deeds we will never know, thank you and bless you. I think you’re seeing a lot of that. Reporters are people too, and I think they can’t help but help if they can. That said, Shepard Smith needs some sleep. He keeps looking more and more haggard as the days go on. He’s doing an excellent job of reporting, but yeesh, man. Your eyes are so puffy it looks like someone punched you in the face. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/51 "2005-09-02T19:23:34Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > **VunderBob** I have two friends who work for the USGS at Stennis … and one lives (_lived_ I should say) in Bay St. Louis. Do you know of any way to check if these folks are ok, thru your contacts? My e-mail’s in my profile. Thanks. NASA HQ is reporting on the FirstGov website that there are no reported human casualties among the NASA and contractor personnel at Stennis. I don’t know if this covers USGS, however… ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/52 "2005-09-02T19:44:41Z")
This snippet from the CNN article linked earlier in the thread is the most encouraging thing I’ve read today: > [@](#): > > CNN’s Barbara Starr, who is traveling with the three-star general, said Honore is “very determined to keep this looking like a humanitarian relief operation.” > > “A few moments ago, he stopped a truck full of National Guard troops … and said, ‘Point your weapons down, this is not Iraq,’” Starr reported. ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/53 "2005-09-02T23:03:42Z")
Joe Horn of the New Orleans Saints, probably most known for his cell phone touchdown celebration, showed he’s a good guy, regardless of what anyone might think of said touchdown celebration. From [Your e-mails: Hurricane Katrina](http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/30/katrina.emails/index.html): > [@](#): > > There was a Saint in New Orleans during the wrath of Hurricane Katrina and his name is Joe Horn, pro-football player for the New Orleans Saints. As I sat in my room at the Hilton Riverside, New Orleans, on Saturday two days before Katrina was scheduled to directly hit New Orleans, I weeped while I phoned home to North Carolina, to speak with my mother and my children. It had been confirmed that my flight was canceled along with that of my husband and 50 others. We all were frantically trying to evacuate. I sobbed as I was told by each rental car company that there were no cars available. I thought I was trapped. But, unbeknownst to me my mother had placed a call to Joe Horn to see if he could help. I hadn’t spoken to him in over 20 years. Joe was a friend of my sister’s in high school and had always kept in touch with my mother. This wonderful man personally came to pick up my husband and I and arranged for his driver to drive us from New Orleans to Atlanta, Georgia, at his expense, at which point we could fly on to Fayetteville, North Carolina. I’m still amazed at his generosity and I will always be grateful to him. There is truly a saint in New Orleans!! Thank you, Joe Horn. You’re my hero!! > Aleta Quinones > Fayetteville, North Carolina ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/54 "2005-09-03T01:23:33Z")
philly’s mayor said today that phila would be able to house 1,000 and 5,000 people. we have a mostly empty naval base, an empty hotel, and numerous warehouses. great story about you brother and the phone. i’m so glad y’all were able to check on each other. knowing everyone is alive and well is the greatest peace of mind and spirit. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/55 "2005-09-03T02:19:31Z")
M’kay, heard this on NPR this afternoon & thought of this thread: First they spoke with survivors who’d been bussed to Houston’s Astrodome, only to find that the facility was overwhelmed and could not house them. People still lacked basic necessities, and there were plenty of illnesses and injuries that needed urgent attention. A doctor said more physicians were desperately needed. Well, within an hour, doctors had showed up, of their own accord (I don’t know how many). And this morning, there was a traffic jam around the Astrodome. Citizens had loaded up their cars & trucks with supplies, water, food, diapers, and brought to their fellow Americans themselves. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/56 "2005-09-04T03:02:22Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Where’s here, you didn’t say. I am assuming Texas? Oops, sorry, Oklahoma. Actually just heard from a friend who’s calling for volunteers (hasn’t even hit the news yet); we’ve already got at least 2000 refugees up near Tulsa at Camp Gruber. [On preview]Just saw it on the news, they’re also talking about moving people into Falls Creek (very large church campgrounds) in the next few days. They’re also collecting supplies/money everywhere, with caravans already moving down to the Gulf. Plus various places that are matching survivors with people who have volunteered space in their homes, apartment complexes that have offered empty apartments, etc. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/57 "2005-09-04T05:40:18Z")
Senator Bill Frist is in Houston, helping in his capacity as a doctor. Say what you will about his politics, but I think that’s a wonderful thing to do. Doctor first, politician second. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/58 "2005-09-04T06:06:41Z")
[Correction, Senator Frist is in New Orleans](http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/D8CD4TIG0.html) ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/59 "2005-09-05T00:25:24Z")
> [@lisacurl](#): > > This snippet from the CNN article linked earlier in the thread is the most encouraging thing I’ve read today: [Yoink](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6544548)! ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509/60 "2005-09-05T05:17:02Z")
My sister and her family, who live in NOLA, are safe in Houston. She sent her family out on Sunday AM, did one last NPR broadcast, and headed out by herself. She’s e-mailed that people in Houston are showing great kindness to refugees. Restaurants are giving free food, movie theatres are allowing LA folks free movies, A local vet treated their cat for free, the toll booths are letting LA plates have a free pass. Small kindness that adds up. They were able to have a GPS savvy friend get a closeup of their house online, and it looks like it’s escaped flooding. They could even see the shingles blown off the roof. Amazing. She’s with NPR, so hopefully can find a job for awhile in Alabama, and can live with my Dad. My bro-in-law works as an engineer for the Space Shuttle, in fuel tank systems, no less; his work life has been awfully hard these past couple of years. But, he can temporarily relocate to another site, hopefully. I’m so glad they’re safe. I’ve spent alot of time in New Orleans, consider it a second home. I have many friends not heard from. My heart is jjust breaking to see the devastation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-good-stuff-about-katrina/319509.md?page=4)