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Parish-by-parish re-entry schedule
by The Times-Picayune
Wednesday September 03, 2008, 1:25 PM
Except for Terrebonne and Plaquemines parishes, all residents were allowed back into their homes on Wednesday. All parishes had started admitting essential medical and utility workers, along with employees of construction supply stores, groceries and gas stations, on Tuesday.
In some parishes, dusk-to-dawn curfews remain in effect.
ORLEANS
-- Evacuees on state-chartered buses may return before week's end.
-- Plans to return elderly and infirm residents who were taken to Memphis via Amtrak trains are uncertain. A section of track on the City of New Orleans line along the Bonnet Carre Spillway was damaged during Gustav and cannot support rail traffic. Evacuee trains can take alternate rail lines back to the city.
JEFFERSON
-- All residents could return at 6 a.m. Wednesday
-- Louis Armstrong International Airport expects to reopen to commercial flights Thursday.
ST. TAMMANY
-- All residents: 6 a.m. Wednesday
ST. BERNARD
-- All residents: 6 a.m. Wednesday. All homes without electricty.
ST. CHARLES
-- All were allowed back Tuesday. Residents returning to the area should enter the parish via Interstate 55 to I-10, and I-310. State Police enforcing the roadblock on I-55 at Ponchatoula, have been instructed to let parish residents with proper identification cards through the checkpoint.
-- St. Charles Parish's Web site provides re-entry information, services available and the status of various neighborhoods. www.stcharlesparishgov.net
ST. JOHN
-- All residents: allowed back at 6 a.m. Wednesday.
LAFOURCHE
-- All residents: allowed back 4 p.m. Tuesday. Most homes without power. Estimate on restoring power is 3-4 weeks.
TERREBONNE
-- Remains under a 24-hour curfew. Parish officials have indicated residents could be allowed to return Friday though no official determination has been made.
PLAQUEMINES
-- Residents who live north of the Conoco Phillips refinery are allowed back effective 6 a.m. Wednesday.That includes residents in Belle Chasse and Jesuit Bend.
-- Re-entry date has not been set for residents in the lower end of the parish and those who reside on the east bank.
i'm staying next time. i'd rather die broke and at home, than broke and hungry in a strange place. say what you want, but i don't make as much as the people still in the city.
"Mandatory dawn-to-dusk curfew remains in effect."
Guess we can only come out at night. OH well, it is new orleans!!!!!!
Question. Will Orleans parish/LA state police allow St Bernard people to travel through the city to et home? Will we be allowed to take the I-10 to I-510 ?Or once we get to St Tammany be told that we can't cross the lake??
Instead of complaining we need to be thinking God that most of us can go home..3yr's ago it was a diff story...i dont care how long it take so long i can go back home..i dont care about being broke God bless in the mist of the storm... my life is worth more money the the world can produce...
yeah, jordan, easy for you to say. can't feed a child with my life.
yep, formula costs money. you think walmart gonna give me formula because i'm alive???
well, yeah, you're right. i'll just let my child starve to death, but, i'll thank god i still have MY life.
burdur dur dur. :\
Burnzkushjr
I bet you are kicking yourself in the butt for not using what God gave you to feed your baby with in the first place.
Nagin was right to do what he did and said to get morons to leave ahead of a potentially lethal storm. Those who don't understand that residents being rescued from rooftops was an utterly preventable situation aren't worth wasting time debating. You don't know how much it pains me to defend an idiot like Nagin but if it takes rhetoric like mother of all storms to scare people into doing what they need to do so be it.
Clearly, too many of our neighbors need that kind of push to take some responsibility to keep themselves safe.
My only criticism at this point, and I am one of those waiting to return, is that it seems as all this post storm return protocol was kept pretty quiet. I'm sure it was out there but I think the city did a poor job in explaining the amount of time it would take to get people home.
The public needs to understand evacuation is multi-day process. It takes a day or two to get out of town, its going to take a day or two to get back into town.
The State and Federal government should offer a tax credit for everyday an evacuation order is in place. Use the same formula the State uses for per diem travel expenses.
burnzkushjr,
Let me get this straight. You supposedly don't have the resources to feed your child yet you have the time to squander talking about it on an online forum? I suspect you are full of it.
If my suspicions are wrong, here's a few suggestions:
1) If you really are that destitute, there isn't a community in this country that won't help you get formula to feed your child. Here in Memphis they are bending over backwards to help people without resources or running out of money.
2) Try finding some temporary work. We aren't talking career here but something for a few dollars so you can buy that formula.
3) And here's the most important one. If you are finding it difficult to feed your child, log off and focus your energies on that!
"The State and Federal government should offer a tax credit for everyday an evacuation order is in place. Use the same formula the State uses for per diem travel expenses"
Great idea. Most of us are taking financial losses as a result of this evacuation. Since there are so many variables in per diem formulas, I'd suggest it should be some sort of lump some number like $100/day instead.
You know what is bizarre about the entire thing? We are all complaining about being alive. Ok Nagin is an idiot. We all know it. So when he was crying "Storm of the Century" my wife and I went "Ah he's full of it as usual."
We all knew it wasn't the storm of the century. It looked like an embryo compared to Andrew, David, Katrina, etc. However, we STILL made the decision to leave. Why? If our car floods and the roof blows off, what could we do about it? Nothing. We could watch the roof blow away, try to figure out how to repair it during a hurricane, get wet, and give up until the winds were gone. Better yet... right after the storm, we could run around the neighborhood looking for the lost wood and put it back! And then... we could hook up a hair dryer up to our generator and dry out the car... right?
Wrong.
The car would be lost. The roof still gone. The interior of my home would still be wet. It doesn't matter whether we are there or not. Insurance will pay, but at what cost to us? Months of waiting, fighting, hiring an attorney while waiting for a check? Yummy.
Nope... pretty narly.
Our choice? We took our most valuable possessions and clothes and animals. We are extremely lucky to be able to do so. We boarded up completely. We secured our gates. And we left with tears in our eyes.
Our home is fine. We are alive. And that's what's important. If you have been alive for more than 2 years, you'll already know that money comes and goes, but someone is always there when you need help IF you know how and where to ask for it.
We are afraid for the city, its infrastructure, the lack of confidence people have in the administration, the diminished capacity of the levees after this recent storm, and what that could mean to us as far as a disaster is concerned.
All of these factors add up to an increase probability of the type of failures we saw during Katrina. The Industrial Canal is damaged by a barge. Emergency sandbagging saved a town in JP. The states ENTIRE POWER GRID was affected. Do you people understand that 25% + of the ENTIRE state of Louisiana was offline? That's an incredible failure.
Yet, all we can do is be pissed because our nucklehead mayor played Chicken Little? It is a foregone conclusion that he is a corrupt lying moron, and I'm positive he will be indicted over this NOAH scandal. But look around you folks. There are MAJOR issues to consider here. This isn't fiction. This is fact.
Our levee system is weak. Our infrastructure is weak. I don't care if you are poorer than Joe Crackhead under the bridge... if there is a storm that is coming that has a potential to make landfall as a strong Cat 2 or better? You had best tuck your tails between your legs and get the hell out of town. Forget the mayor. Just go!
If one too many hit us this year or the next, I'm sad to say this, but I truly believe we will see flooding and more loss of life.
It's just my opinion. But don't let Mayor Willy Wonka make you so angry that you needlessly put your life in danger. That would be the wrong thing to do my friends.
What is all the talk about people can't feed their kids. IF you can't afford to live in N.O. than move to another city where it is cheaper.
No wonder there are so many liberals in this country. They want the Feds to give them everything. There is already a place like that, it is called Russia.
Many people left KAtrina and won;t be coming back because it costs so much to live in N.O. now. There are cheaper places to live, you just have to pick up and move. Big deal!
Get a life, keep a life.
I guess some people are never happy becuase it was not a major storm now they are pissed about the time to return home, had it been the other way around (major storm) they would have complained how its a doomed city,,,,. just deal with the situation i know its easy to say but not to do but it is what it is..and may the best happen to everyone..
dayspast
I usually am not baited to respond to rambling incoherent rhetoric and hot air, but you last two submissions have a heavy streak of anger without empathy; pigeon holing without reason and just does not make sense. Wake up before you post. I will fight for your right to be different, but I have a strong instinct generated feeling that you are angry at the world.
People have a right and duty to criticize those that govern. They have the right to over throw that government.
Government in my opinion is there to do for the public what is not possible them to do for themselves as individuals and to provide a cohesive structure for infrastructure that supports that citizenry.
LONG LIVE FREE SPEACH!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
I also believe in the value of free speech so here is my contribution.
Only in the south would people be arguing about an evacuation order. Anywhere else people would just be happy that life and property were preserved and life was soon getting back to normal. Here it is gimme, gimme, gimme. Any problem I have, inconvience I suffer, or hardships I go through are the result of the government and therefore they owe me.
Let me tell you, the government doesn't owe you anything. Do you really think the NO is the only place in the country that has had to deal with natural disasters? Of course not, they just get the most publicity and have the loudest whiners.
This is not true of everyone. There are some that stick it out, realize that everyone is doing their best, and that evacuations are a part of life if you are going to live on the gulf. Then there are others who are looking for an opportunity - any opportunity - to make a buck and get some attention.
Thirdday, you rock, I couldn't have said it better myself.
For those complaining that it's so difficult that you survived think about your options.
A. Dead
B. Hungry
C. Get a job.
While waiting to go full-time at my job I worked part-time at 3, working seven days a week to support my household. If that cuts into your free time I don't want to hear about it. Save your money instead of buying a big screen TV and you wouldn't be so destitute when you have to evacuate for less than a week.
i find alot of the replies appalling in regards to the person saying he/ she cant feed child. first of all there is such a thing called library..maybe this person was online seeking resources and stopped to post. why is it we all are with this gimme gimme..have we forgotten when at one point we may have fallen short? have we forgotten that all may not have the influences n life others have? have we forgotten its not who the person is that will be judged more so what he has done in his life that will be stand judgement in is time? o yea to the person n Memphis,, everyone didnt evacuate there. I'm in Georgia and when i tell u i have called around seeking shelter, etc.. and the first response i receive is we dont have monetary assistance..im like wth? i called for food , and shelter nothing more nothing less..its that mindset that makes alot of people become homeless! i work.. i have a home but guess what...due to hurricane i had no access to my funds due to bank freezing all access..so next time someone seeks help before judging...think outside the BOX!
Tiredofrunning, I think you missed my point. My point was making myself self sufficient without having anything given to me. I'm sorry for your unfortunate circumstances, but you seem to be different than the person who was complaining about having survived and now they are forced to find a way to feed thier child. Two different things by a long shot.
JjShort:
I'm willing to bet at some point, someone gave you something to help you out in some way. No man (or woman) is an island. We all fall short at some point. Just live a littgle longer and you'll be calling me a prophet.
I think that was DUSK to DAWN, not dawn to dusk. The curfew is at night! But you're right ... this IS New Orleans!
How about Livingston Parish? Any idea when residents near the Hill-Top Restaraunt off of Highway 16 will be able to re-enter?
To all those out there with a child to feed I can bet if you go to your nears Church they will help you. To all those complaining about someone complaining about bad situation they should try stepping in there shoes and not making assumption on the person. Most everyone here has been in a situation where they aren't in control some more than others. When there it is a nature responds to complain it might not do any good but complain we will. I pray everyone! Those with money and those without make it home safe and with as little problems as possible.
Jjshort, that comment dosen't make as much since as you hoped it would, this is the end of the month and I dont know how you do things but some people pay their bills around this time and may not have that extra .The man(burnzkushjr) said he ran out of formula for his baby ,how could you (ass)ume thats his only child?
One of the residual benefits of Hurricane Katrina was that it got rid of the criminal element for a good while after the hurricane. Remember how crime was down?
Well, it would have been nice if Gustav could have also rid the city and these blogs of all the naysayers and Nagin hatemongers who would be crying bloody murder had Gustav caused more damage. At least it would have shut the complaining factory down.
Those individuals who think the mayor overdid it or cried wolf need to keep in mind that to the people of Terrebonne Parish, Houma and Baton Rouge, Gustav WAS a monster. That could easily be New Orleans. Easily.
Keep in mind, New Orleans has yet to suffer a DIRECT hit from a hurricane. Katrina hit Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian, Biloxi, Gulfport and Long Beach, Miss., far worse than it hit New Orleans. In case some of you need reminding, the LEVEES in New Orleans broke. They were also perilously close to breaching in Gustav. Ray Nagin did the right thing by ordering the mandatory evacuation, and was just as strong in his decision to urge people not to return too soon. If he had ordered an immediate return, some of you would be talking with your lawyers if anything had gone wrong. I remind you, 80 percent of the city was underwater in 2005 after a hurricane MISSED the city directly.
What would you be saying if that had happened this time? Would you still be looking for something to blame Nagin? Of course. It is all some of you know.
Look, whether you want to admit it or not, Ray Nagin did an admirable job of warning the citizens of New Orleans of the impending danger, getting the infrastructure ready, helping law enforcement get ready and working with state and federal officials to prepare for what was a very dangerous hurricane. Of course, it was a solid the regional effort but those of you who still can't get past Ray Nagin's "chocolate city" remark two years ago need to get over it. Really. If some of you had been as adamant in the '60s when Bull Connor, George Wallace, Leander Perez and even our own Vic Schiro were exacerbating the racial animosities in this country, we'd be a whole lot better off as human beings. If your feelings are still hurt over the remarks, it is time you visit a professional who can offer you a couch and cookies.
Now, for those of you who protested when Nagin received that award last week, deal with it. He proved during Gustav that he deserved it.
Heh... Nagin did it? Look again chump. Chertoff and Jindal did it. Nagin grabbed his mega phone and blew his usual idiotic gaffs into it:
"Storm of the Century"
"Mother of all Storms"
to Tampa Bay Bucs Fans "We don't want you here anyway"
It was not the Storm of the Century or the Mother of all Storms. We do need tourists back in our town ASAP.
Nagin is inept, incompetent and above all ignorant. He speaks with his foot jammed down his throat and has no clue which way is up. If it wasn't for Jindal and Chertoff running the state and federal support for the evacuation, Nagin would STILL be the village idiot.
An award? Indeed...
The only award that corrupt piece of trash is due is his prison blues and prison ID. Let the grand jury reconvene so that the indictment of this corrupt city administration can continue while the rest of us get back to our lives.
I am checking this site to see how safe it is for friends, family, and employees to return to the area this morning.
It is sad to see how much energy is being expended fussing over uncontrollable issues. There are '0' politicians in the country who can control the weather. If Katrina taught us anything, is was that local cant control state, and state cant control federal, and citizens cant control any of the above. I agree with the majority of the posters in this thread that it was a blessing that NOLA didnt have to experience another Katrina. That in itself is the greatest blessing.
I love visiting NOLA, but I can honestly tell you, I love seeing california, but hate earthquakes; seattle is beautiful, I hate rain; montana would be nice - I could use 200 acres @ $250/ea - cant stand snow....bottom line, if you dont like hurricanes and floods....go somewhere else...and ps, if anyone thinks the govt [local-state-federal is going to act perfectly, you have never worked in a company larger than three people, or served at a church with more than 20...
I wish you all the best of luck in the most sincere fashion, I fear for the next storm as your mayor has maybe cried wolf---the next one may huff, and puff, and blow your......
You can complain all you want. I won't send another DIME of 'aid money' to NOLA or anywhere else if y'all want to ignore an evacuation order and then complain about it. You are choosing to live in the path of hurricanes. GET IT??? Stay there and lose all you got or don't, just don't keep asking for help if your choice is to stay. You're living in a city below sea level with inadequacy on EVERY level.
It ain't smart.
Netherlands builds to a 10,000 year flood standard. Guess why they're still dry?
You can complain all you want. I won't send another DIME of 'aid money' to NOLA or anywhere else if y'all want to ignore an evacuation order and then complain about it. You are choosing to live in the path of hurricanes. GET IT??? Stay there and lose all you got or don't, just don't keep asking for help if your choice is to stay. You're living in a city below sea level with inadequacy on EVERY level.
It ain't smart.
Netherlands builds to a 10,000 year flood standard. Guess why they're still dry?
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