Reply #108: Storm Aftermath Statistics [View All]

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Hurricane Katrina statistics
Statistics on Hurricane Katrina and the after-effects as of Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005 from the New Orleans Times-Picayune

Here are some of the statistics released at a Saturday morning press conference of FEMA, Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard and Red Cross officials.

Area affected by Hurricane Katrina covers 90,000 square miles, greater that the area of Great Britain

4,000 people were airlifted from the Greater New Orleans area Friday alone.

95 percent of the refugees gathered at the Louisiana Superdome have been evacuated to other shelter, many in other states. People continue to show up at the facility and the evacuation continues.

7,500 lives have been saved by rescuers. That is believed to be a very low estimate because it excludes "spontaneous rescues,¨ which officials described as neighbors and passersby rescuing people in private boats and vehicles.

1.9 million meals ready to eat (MREs) and 6.7 million liters of water have been brought into the hurricane-ravaged area.

Evacuations by Amtrak passenger train began Friday night. Officials expect to evacuate 1,500 people per day by train.

1,700 patients still need to be evacuated from hospitals.

3 cruise ships will be brought to New Orleans for use as temporary housing for the elderly, disabled and those needing basic medical attention.

An Army mobile medical hospital is being constructed on Zephyr Field in Kenner
President Bush signed the $10.5 billion emergency appropriation bill Friday night. The bill had been approved by Congress earlier in the day.

Additional troops from the 82nd Airborne Division have been assigned to help with security and recovery efforts.

There is ¡§no humanly possible way of knowing¡¨ how many people remain trapped by flood waters and need to be rescued.

The American Red Cross has set up a link on its Web site where notices seeking missing persons can be posted. The site will also include list of people in shelters trying to notify people who may be looking for them.

In the past 48 hours, no one has fired shots at rescue workers or security forces in New Orleans, officials said Saturday morning. Such incidents had delayed earlier rescue efforts in the city.
500 of the 1,200 U.S. Corps of Engineers workers who live in the New Orleans area and are working to repair damaged levees and pumps, have had their own homes flooded.

Corps of Engineers estimate that the flood water can be drained from the city, 36 days after the levees are rebuilt and pumps restored. They hope to have pumps operational in seven days.
Between 7 and 10 a.m. Saturday, six flights had departed Louis Armstrong International Airport carrying 870 evacuees. Between midnight and 10 a.m. 197 buses had departed the city with 8,350 evacuees.

In all 55 airplanes and 788 buses had evacuated more than 35,000 from the city.
Air evacuations from Belle Chase Naval Air Station will begin at noon Saturday.
Officials expect to evacuate as many as 25,000 more from the Greater New Orleans area in the next 24-36 hours.

A U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said that 52 aircraft had rescued 720 people in the previous 32 hours. About1,300 Coast Guard personnel have been assigned to the rescue efforts.
Evacuation shelters have been established in at least eight states including Tennessee, Indiana, Texas and Arkansas.

More than 100,000 people are currently in shelters