Uptown Patrol

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[edit] Patrol by Sgt 09-04-2005

This is a repost of some definitive information from my friend who drove through last night.... 9/04/05.

On Sunday night, 6:00 pm.

I have a friend who works on a merchant marine ship that is docked up past Audobon Park on the Missisippi river. He and some shipmates took a couple cars and rifles and drove into the uptown area.

They drove down Magazine street to Napolean, and up to Prytania, to the 4100 block of Prytania to check on my house. No flooding along the way, some trees and power lines down. He said everything was quiet, a few locals wandering around. I only had one window broken in my building from wind damage, no flooding, and all seemed quiet.

I was disappointed that he said there was not too much of a national gaurd / military presence, but it has been increasing, and there is a staging area at Audobon park and they are now going on 24 hr patrols on the non-flooded parts of uptown.

He is going to make another trip in today or tomorrow around 6:00 pm. They are bringing food and water to people they met along the way. There was one tourist couple, foreigners, who could not speak english who are just kind of lost, maybe staying somewhere around there. He gave them all the food and water i had in my apartment, and is going to try and contact the national guard to help them. They met some other people along the way, and they are going back in tonight to bring more food and water to people they ran into.

They are doing this as private citizens, hoorah for the merchant marines...