Traffic comes to stop on the Interstate 10 freeway over Lake Pontchartain between New Orleans and in Slidell, La., Wednesday Sept.. 3, 2008, as residents of New Orleans return home after Hurricane Gustav swept through the city.
(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
The traffic leaving New Orleans was accommodated by open lanes out of the area without allowing traffic to come in. The traffic returning is going to be considerably slower because the access to the city is halfed by the fact that the lanes are again flowing in both directions.
There needs to be a change in the access rate to the city otherwise the problems will compound until everyone is back in their driveways. Then there are the issues of access to driveways and city steets depending on any damage sustained.
My concern is that with other storm potential in the near future, delays and inconvenience will change the willingness of people to leave the city in the first place.
What's going on with trash and debris cleanup (clean up)
by The Times-Picayune
Wednesday September 03, 2008, 2:17 PM
FRENCH QUARTER
-- Public works departments and private garbage haulers across New Orleans are already clearing streets littered with tree limbs, marquees, light poles and power lines.
-- Trucks with wood chippers caravaned along Interstate 610.
-- SDT waste trucks were out cleaning up debris and sweeping streets in the French Quarter Tuesday morning.
-- Outside of Harrah's Casino, workers trimmed back palm trees.
by The Times-Picayune
Wednesday September 03, 2008, 2:17 PM
FRENCH QUARTER
-- Public works departments and private garbage haulers across New Orleans are already clearing streets littered with tree limbs, marquees, light poles and power lines.
-- Trucks with wood chippers caravaned along Interstate 610.
-- SDT waste trucks were out cleaning up debris and sweeping streets in the French Quarter Tuesday morning.
-- Outside of Harrah's Casino, workers trimmed back palm trees.
Unexpected consequence of Hurricane Gustav
Sick baby dies in Texas after family fled Gustav (click here)
By ANGELA K. BROWN – 11 hours ago
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A couple who fled the New Orleans area in advance of Hurricane Gustav will have to return home without their 7-month-old daughter, who died of a rare genetic disorder after becoming stricken at an amusement park.
Kaitlynn Foret suddenly stopped breathing at Six Flags Over Texas on Monday and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was later pronounced dead....
... Vidal said she does not regret evacuating their Harvey, La., home. Her daughter's death, while an unexpected tragedy, could have happened anywhere, she said.
"Right now, I just can't believe it," said Jason Foret, Vidal's fiance and the baby's father. "One minute she was here — the next minute, she was gone."
By ANGELA K. BROWN – 11 hours ago
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A couple who fled the New Orleans area in advance of Hurricane Gustav will have to return home without their 7-month-old daughter, who died of a rare genetic disorder after becoming stricken at an amusement park.
Kaitlynn Foret suddenly stopped breathing at Six Flags Over Texas on Monday and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was later pronounced dead....
... Vidal said she does not regret evacuating their Harvey, La., home. Her daughter's death, while an unexpected tragedy, could have happened anywhere, she said.
"Right now, I just can't believe it," said Jason Foret, Vidal's fiance and the baby's father. "One minute she was here — the next minute, she was gone."
