![]() ![]() ![]() President Bush urged Americans not to buy gas if they didnt need it. Gasoline prices were rising before Katrina hit, but the storm caused prices to spike around the country, surpassing $3 per gallon and pushing the United States "closer to a 1970s-style energy crisis," The Wall Street Journal said. Storm rips into nation's oil supply, job market. The airlift, projected to take place over three days, was scheduled to augment bus transports that ferried residents from New Orleans to Houston and San Antonio. 2, the Department of Homeland Security enacted an emergency plan to enlist commercial airlines to transport up to 25,000 refugees from New Orleans to San Antonio, The New York Times reported. The Superdome was later evacuated with inhabitants bused to the Houston Astrodome, which quickly filled to capacity. National Guard members, local police and sheriff's deputies patrolled the stadium to maintain order. Looting, violence and unsanitary conditions were reported, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram said. The Superdome lost electricity and part of the roof caved in. 28th's mandatory evacuation order meant that about 25,000 people in New Orleans who didn't have the means to evacuate were corralled into the Louisiana Superdome. New Orleans major newspaper, The Times-Picayune, hosted an online bulletin board where flood survivors could post messages in search of missing loved ones.Īug. Other refugees were marooned on Interstate 10, CNN reported. Throughout the city, conditions deteriorated rapidly looting was reported, and some people died as a result of lack of food or medical care. Others took refuge in local hospitals, in a city convention center and in the Louisiana Superdome, where about 25,000 were temporarily housed. Media reports showed people being rescued from rooftops after cutting holes in their roofs to escape. Rescue crews from local, state and federal authorities floated and flew through neighborhoods of the city, searching for stranded residents. ![]()
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