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ROCK 'n' roll pioneer Fats Domino has been rescued from the floodwaters of his New Orleans hometown, allaying fears that he might have perished in the grim aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, news reports said today.
The 77-year-old musician, who had told friends that he planned to ride out the storm, was rescued on Monday night, according to the Associated Press and CNN.
AP quoted his daughter, Karen Domino White, who lives in New Jersey and identified her father from a newspaper photograph showing a man being helped out of a boat by authorities.
Ms White told AP that she had been unable to speak to Domino and had no information on his wife, Rosemary, or any other family members in New Orleans.
Domino's manager, Al Embry, told Reuters he spoke with Domino by telephone twice on Sunday, trying to persuade the singer to evacuate. But the musician insisted he was "going to try to ride out" the storm at home with his wife and his youngest daughter.
In most pictures we see in the media over here it's mostly black and hispanic people wading through water. Is it just a coincidence or a sad fact? Reminds me of the movie Titanic when the rich upper classes where the only ones allowed in the boats.
Originally posted by worldwatcher
did you not hear what Mayor Nagin said, the people out of control in New Orleans are more likely the normal criminal elements and drug addicts crashing badly. They are looking for anything to get high on, hence the attacks on hospitals and looting of drug stores.
Lowering the water level a foot per day was called an optimistic estimate on Friday, depending on how much of the pumping capacity can be restored and whether any more storms complicate the work.
Dan Craig, director of recovery at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told foreign diplomats invited to a State Department briefing that it will take six months to get the water out of New Orleans and another year for the city to dry out. An account of the briefing was given by a State Department official who attended but asked not to be identified because the official was not authorized to discuss the session.
After the drying out period, it will take another year to clear everything away, the diplomats were told. At that point, rebuilding would begin.
Originally posted by worldwatcher
per CNN, bus carrying evacuees to Dallas flips over north of Lafeyette.
what else can go wrong?