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Evac train will not run until Tuesday the 2nd set of equipment is in houston TX and will not leave there just like the Evac train in Lafayette LA will not until at least Tuesday.
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Amtrak is on hold with the evac train until they figure out where there going to run the trains there having a meeting tomarrow about how and where to run the trains they could be sending the trains north up to ST Louis.As far as the 2nd set of equipment it could run to Lafayette today and sit next to the 1st set.
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Amtrak only ran 1 evac train out of Avondale abd it was yesterday.The problem is there is no more room in LA or TX to house the evacuated people so there is no sense in running more trains and adding to the problem.The thing that now could happen is take some people from LA and TX and send them north but there waiting to hear where these people can go.
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Amtrak may yet still play a very minor role in relocating these folks as they are dispersed around the country. The Astrodome and Alamodome were never meant to be a 'home' for 16-20 weeks for these refugees but more or less a staging ground. Texas is accomodating a staggering quarter-million 'refugees' until they could be relocated to some type of housing or to other states like, Massachussets, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, Arkansas, Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia, etc. or to other neighboring states, or even back to Louisiana. I heard on CNN that one member of the NAACP said that none of the Superdome, Convention Center, and other New Orleans refugees should have ever left Louisiana, that they should have been kept in-state to maintain 'neighborhoods' and 'community'. I dont think that Louisiana, much less any state, could have handled it, not a quarter-million of them.
The airlines and military airlift will most likely come into play now as hundreds upon thousands of these folks are scattered across the US to temporary housing.
-------------------- The best part of life is the journey, not the destination. Posts: 497 | From: Clarksburg, West Virginia | Registered: Oct 2003
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Well done, very nice picture. Under www.digitalglobe.com there is a heading HURRICANE KATRINA IMAGERY and after that is linked there is a subheading called DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS...
could you possibly post a cropped picture of the New Orleans Amtrak Station too?
THANKS!
I think I found it, are those Superliners?- probly not, but they do look like it kinda
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If you have been watching CNN's coverage from MSY you know that the airlines are, indeed, part of the evacuation though "Operation Air Care".
As part of the Continental "family" I also know that CO was able to get a 737-800 into MSY on Wednesday with water, toiletries, and other supplies. They left with a number of stranded passengers (this was before the airport became a triage center). To their credit, the airport based employees chose to stay and help with the relief effort.
Frank in sunny SBA
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I had not heard of operation air care until your post, 'Googled' it and came up with this in case anyone else had not heard of it either...
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12 Airlines Launch 'Operation Air Care'
Program will provide emergency airlift services to over 25,000 stranded New Orleans residents.
September 2, 2005: 6:03 PM EDT
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The airline industry Friday launched an enormous all-volunteer operation to airlift over 25,000 stranded New Orleans residents to safety.
"Operation Air Care" had its first flight to the city Friday morning at 8 a.m., and has indicated it will continue until relief efforts are completed.
Planes depart from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and fly to sites designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, such as Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
This extraordinary civilian airlift is unprecedented in U.S. history, and is a shining example of how America can come together to help those in need," said Air Transport Association President James C. May in a statement. "Our member airlines have willingly offered to help the federal government get the job done and we will continue these efforts until they are no longer needed."
The airlines participating in the effort are Alaska, America West, American, ATA, Continental, Delta, Jet Blue, Northwest, Southwest, United, US Airways, and Air Canada.
Cargo carriers are also involved in the relief effort, including ASTAR Air Cargo, Federal Express and UPS Airlines.
-------------------- The best part of life is the journey, not the destination. Posts: 497 | From: Clarksburg, West Virginia | Registered: Oct 2003
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The equipment is on hold for good 1 more set of equipment is headed for Lafayette LA we will have 3 sets of equipment in the BNSF Lafayette Yard until further notice there having a meeting on Tue 9-6-2005 there trying to figure out where to start hauling the people to and from what city's.
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It appears that Amtrak's relief effort contribution is being limited to one train and one jailhouse.
Actually, we should note that NOUPT has always been city owned. Therefore, it can be concluded that the city was simply making use their own property
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