Heatworm treatment for Hurricane Dogs

Hurricane Heartworm treatment

http://www.aahahelpingpets.org/root/heartworm_detail.htm

VIDEO - St. Bernard Sereant shooting dogs

VIDEO - Former St. Bernard Sergeant Mike Minton shooting dogs in the streets of post-Katrina New Orleans

http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/photography/2005/katrina_video/straydogs.html

Pet Photo Contest! Something Fun!

Sumbit! Submit! Submit!

"Eve the cat was abandoned at a shelter as a five-month-old kitten. Now that she's a member of the Thompson family, she wanted to do something to help other animals who are waiting for their forever homes.

So, she and Vicki decided to do a fundraiser. For every photo that is entered in Eve's photo contest, Vicki will donate $1 to animal rescue. Half the proceeds will go to support the Humane Society of Southern Arizona, which gave Eve her second chance at life, and the other half will go to Best Friends Animal Society, the largest no-kill sanctuary in the United States."

See the webpage for full details and rules:

http://www.vickilewisthompson.com/evephotocontest.html

Foster expenses paid!

http://network.bestfriends.org/News/1683.html

Best Friends Hurricane Relief
Can We Help You Help Them?

February 22, 2006 : 12:00 AM

Saving the Dogs of Hurricane Katrina

We’re now in the closing stages of the Best Friends rescue operation in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast.

SO FAR: About 4,000 rescued, hundreds reunited with their families, most of the rest in foster/adoption homes or in the care of humane groups around the country. This past weekend, we held a Best Friends Super Adoption in New Orleans, including homeless pets from humane groups and animal control shelters throughout the region. Over 100 dogs and cats were adopted into good homes.

STILL TO GO: There remain about 60 dogs who need special care. And we’re turning to you – the nation’s top trainers and rescue groups – for help.

Mostly, these are dogs who need help with social skills before they can be placed into the average family home. They are healthy and, in the right hands, good-natured. We will not allow them to be killed simply because there are too many of them and because people may be afraid of them. That would violate our basic no-kill philosophy.

So we’re asking any and all of you who have the appropriate expertise to join with us in saving them, working with them, and preparing them for good permanent homes.

HOW YOU CAN HELP: All of you who work with special needs dogs are the special forces of animal rescue. These dogs, who suffered most dreadfully in the wake of the hurricane, need your help most urgently.

(Frankly, for some of them, from what we’ve seen, the hurricane was even a blessing in disguise, in that it freed them from an already abusive situation.)

We know that caring for them and giving them the training they need will take time and expense, so here’s our proposal:

THE PLAN

1. Come down to the Best Friends rescue center at Tylertown, outside of New Orleans. Best Friends will pay for your travel and accommodation.

2. We’ll introduce you to the dogs, help you select one or more whom you feel you can work with, and send them back with you. For groups taking five or more dogs, we’ll provide the additional transport.

3. Once they’re in your care, we’ll provide $1,000 per dog upfront to cover any medical costs or other special care needs. After that, we’ll cover any continuing medical costs up until the time of their adoption.

4. We’ll also showcase the great work you’re doing – on the Best Friends website, by getting word out across the Internet and through local or national media wherever possible and appropriate. We want the world to know about the work you’re doing for these much maligned dogs.

We know that with good, patient care, these dogs can be saved. Many can be placed in good homes. And the idea of them being destroyed is just unimaginable – not after all they’ve been through and after all the work that heroic volunteers have put into rescuing and caring for them. So, if you are an experienced dog handler who knows that firm direction, love and kindness can turn a dog around, please go to the Adoption tab to help.

THE WASHINGTON PITS: One more thing. A couple of months ago, Best Friends was involved in another rescue situation when we were approached by the sheriff of Washington County, Utah, who had taken in 51 pit bulls and was looking for an alternative to destroying them. We couldn’t add these to the growing numbers here at the sanctuary and at our Gulf Coast rescue centers, but we were, and still are, able to help in other ways. Most of these dogs have already been placed into rescue or permanent homes, but 13 are still being boarded in Las Vegas and are at risk.

We are making the same offer for these remaining 13 dogs in need. For any qualified trainer or other expert or rescue group who can take in any of these dogs and give them the care they need, we’ll provide the same transport and funding for medical care, and we’ll work with you to showcase the great work you’re doing.

AND SPEAKING OF SHOWCASING . . .

There is, of course, the much bigger issue of pit bulls nationwide. More and more, these basically good-natured dogs are being subjected to breed discrimination that does nothing to get at the underlying problems of animal abuse and neglect.

These dogs are not the aggressors; they are the victims. And if, between us all, we show what can be done for a much-publicized collection of them, we’ll be playing a critical role in turning things around for these innocent creatures.

Please go to to the Adoptions Tab to help.

Celebration Station Trapper Update

Barb is on her way home. She reports that Don and she and Carol, pulled 6 dogs out of the lower ninth ward, after I left. One being a huge German shepherd. The shepherd had mange really bad. She was about half of her normal weight. She should have been around 120 lbs and weighted around 60lbs. She was very heartworm positive. Don has named her "Chance" and may be adopting her.

Puxley and puxleys mom, Precious are on there way home to Nebraska with Barb. Precious had been adopted out, but apparently she urinated in the new family's house, so she was returned. Barb just had to take her when she heard this. If you were alone in the wild jungle of flooded New Orleans for five months, fending for yourself, and then for a litter of puppies, you have the right to take a little time getting used to the indoor life again. When Barb brought the two dogs in one carrier on the plane, Precious, weighted 11 lbs, unoffically. Officially Continental Airlines bent the rules a little and she turned up weighting 9-1/2 lbs. THANK YOU Continental! Luckily both Puxley and Precious, formerly named PeeWee, both turned up heartworm negative. Precious needs to gain a little weight though. Her hip and back bone is perturding, so I am sure Barb will fatten her up right away. Precious spent her last night at Celebration Station curled up, first on the bunk of Carol Guzy, and then cuddled the rest of the night with Barb.

For those of you who know some of the trappers: Corolla, I understand she is heading home today. Don may be working for St. Francis Sanctuary. Al & Zoey are down at the ARNO site, but may end up working for St. Francis Sanctuary also. David and Craig are still around, but probably leaving soon. Sarah has plans to leave at the end of the month.

Randy Wheat's New Orleans Animal Rescue Video

Thank You, Randy Wheat of http://www.nopitbullban.com/ and http://www.cosanostrafilms.com/

for this wonderful touching video!

Click here to see the video!

NOLA Levee system

CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR A LARGER VIEW!



I found this great JPG of the Levee system at http://www.nola.com/hurricane/popup/nolalevees_jpg.html

American Society of Civil Engineers Progress Report

Panel Satisfied with Progress of Corps' New Orleans Levee Performance Assesment

Organizational and System Issues Need 'Urgent Attention'

While expressing overall satisfaction with the work product and progress made to date by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' investigation, performed by the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET), a report issued today by the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) External Review Panel (ERP) identifies four key areas that require urgent additional attention.

http://www.asce.org/files/pdf/ERPLetter.pdf

Transport coming NorthEast - Animal Rescue Front

I am actively working with Animal Rescue Front in whatever way I can from my home. Right now I am working on updating the webpage, while Chris prepares to fly back down to Mississippi to arrange another transport out of the overcrowded animal Shelters there. My former Dogbuster, Kristen Johnson and her husband will be driving the vehicle north this coming weekend. Please check out animalrescuefront.net for details. On this transport I expect I may have a special delivery of three beagle puppies around 12 weeks old. These little guys will need homes. Email me if you have interest in any of them. (griffinsgallery@mac.com) Also check out my next post for another dog that needs a home before he can hitch a ride on the transport.

March 14-19th - What to Bring

Walking to New Orleans, Vet March (with our four footed friends.)

Logistical Information


WHAT TO BRING TO THE MARCH AND RALLY

The Gulf Coast is still devastated. That's one reason we are marching: to draw the attention of this country to the crying needs of the region that are being neglected while our government wages a billion-dollar-a-week war. There will not be the great metropolitan technical life-support system to which we are accustomed. What exists there now is inadequate for the needs of those who live there.

One reason we are doing the march the way we are doing it -- self-sufficient and even a bit austere -- is because we are demonstrating that we can use the experiences, skills, and mental toughness we learned in the military community for the purpose of justice, not war. In some of our descriptions of this pilgrimmage we have called ourselves "a justice army marching into the heart of a great injustice." We mean that. Just as Malclom X served notice on the establishment with a disciplined display of collective unity in front of a police station holding a beaten brother, we are serving notice that we will stop this war and ensure justice in the Gulf Coast, no matter what.

In the same way that the Freedom Riders of the Civil Rights struggle set the example for the rest of the nation by making sacrifices and enduring hardships which boosted that struggle to a higher level of commitment, we have the opportunity to set that example now.

We will make arrangements for other-abled participants on a case-by-case basis, as well as children. No one will be left behind. But we ask that those who can participate with only the basic necessities for five days, do so. This applies to those who make the trip to New Orleans for the rally, too. Be prepared to "squat" and camp. Bring your own tents, and your own food and water. This will not be a hotel trip. Some home stays will be coordinated along the route.

In addition to bringing your own food when you have the ability (no one will go hungry), we encourge all to bring a 20-, 30-, or 4o-pound donation of non-perishable food to be handed out from a distribution point at the March 19th rally.

Here is a suggested packing list:

---Marchers---

Two bags, maximum. One kit bag or small suitcase, and one pack/rucksack (one day pack may be packed inside rucksack to carry small quantitites while walking)
Toiletries (avoid scented soaps and other manufactured fragrances -- they attract insects)

Small first aid kit (antiseptic, band-aides, moleskin, sewing needle [for blisters], Benadryl (over the counter, for allergies, itching, insomnia, nausea), and aspirin (or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, like Ibuprofen, for pain, inflammation or fever)

Six sets of non-cotton socks (Cotton holds sweat, causing blisters -- Nylon-wool blends, polypro, Thor-lo, and others are good -- Thin Polypro liners under thick outer socks are very good to prevent blisters -- also aluminum-based anti-perspirants applied to the feet and ankles every day one week prior and throughout the march will prevent sweating which causes blisters)

Six sets of comfortable clothes (weather from 55-90 degrees F)

Light jacket
Rain jacket or poncho
Boots
Sneakers
Shower shoes (flip-flops)
Lightweight, non-perishable food
Canteen or water bottle
Small sewing kit
Lighter or waterproof matches
Small pocket knife
Tent, or lean-to with mosquito bar
Ground mat or air mattress
Bivvy-sack, poncho liner, or light sleeping bag
5 small trash bags
Telephone and battery charger (we will set up a recharging console with the generator)
Extra glasses (if you wear them)
Sunglasses
Cap with bill or brim
Insect repellent
Sunscreen
Lip balm
Nail clippers
20-feet of string or cord
Two cheap keychain carabiners
Small flashlight or headlamp
Toilet paper with plastic waterproof bag
Notebook and pencils (with waterproof bag)
Camera (optional)
Medical alert tags (if you have them)
Any medications you take (waterproofed)
Musical instruments, if you want to make music at night

---Rally-ers---

Same list, but with clothes for two-three days.

Katrina Dogs Marching - March 14-19th

ARF - ARF - Are your ears burning? I have been talking about you. My name is Bert. I evacuated from New Orleans with nine other dogs and two wonderful humans in a small pickup truck. Please join me on March 14 -19th joining the Vet Gulf March, on a march from Mobile, AL to New Orleans, LA. For more details humans might need to know see, http://www.vetgulfmarch.org

Every dog has a story, please send me yours along with a photo if possible, and I will have my new mom post it on her website. Please register on the VetGulfMarch.org site and for the affiliated organization write, Animal Rescue Front.

Please also note if you are able to attend the march, and for what time period, so we can know what to expect. Thank you. Updated information will be posted on her blog at http://www.dogbusters.blogspot.com and at http://www.animalrescuefront.net

Please cross post, and please also email Rachel with any ideas you may have! griffinsgallery@mac.com

BERT

March 14-19th Survior March

I just called Paul, and spoke to him about our four footed surviors! He was very positive about the idea, and wants to adopt one himself! This March is not exclusive, anyone can join in, unlike the email that is going around. But if you feel more comfortable, you certainly can adopt a Katrina Survior to go along! So I am going to spread the word to the doggie world, please help me do so and I will post more updates here about the plans for our four footed friends. -Rachel

Latest News

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=5881
February 16th, 2006 9:10 pm
WAR VETS AND STORM SURVIVORS PLAN EPIC MARCH


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
C/o VFP * 216 South Meramec Ave. * St. Louis, MO * 63105 *
www.vetgulfmarch.org

WAR VETS AND STORM SURVIVORS PLAN EPIC MARCH

February 13, 2006 – Veterans For Peace, the turbulent new Iraq Veterans Against the War, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, and Gold Star Families for Peace – all national organizations demanding a US withdrawal from Iraq – will march with hurricane survivors, beginning March 14, 2006, from the historic Stone Street Baptist Church in Mobile for five days, through three states down coastal Highway 90, and arrive in New Orleans on March 19, the third anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. They are demanding not only an end to the Iraq war, but a large increase in resources to the Gulf Coast, with those resources being placed under “democratic control by the actual survivors, along with an unconditional ‘right of return’.”

“If we can build cities in the desert to wage war on foreigners, why can’t we rebuild the cities of the Gulf Coast for justice?” asks Paul Robinson, president of the Mobile, Alabama Chapter (#130) of Veterans For Peace. For months now, since Hurricane Katrina devastated the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, Robinson has been heavily involved in relief and reconstruction efforts, with little response from the federal government. So Robinson put out a call for national antiwar organizations to come to the Gulf Coast to “make the connection between a $2 trillion war and the negligence of the same administration in addressing the needs of disaster victims.”

“Dr. King once said that every bomb dropped over Vietnam explodes in Harlem,” says Vivian Felts, director of the Mobile-based hurricane relief organization Saving Ourselves (SOS). “We are saying that every bomb released over Iraq is exploding from Mobile to New Orleans. And that’s where we will walk.”

On February 2, 2006, the Bush administration indicated it would ask Congress for an additional $120 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but only $18 billion for hurricane relief. This request came on the heels of a respected report from Columbia University economist Joseph E. Stiglitz (former chief economist of the World Bank) and Harvard lecturer Linda Bilmes that estimated the ultimate cost of the Iraq war would be in excess of $2 trillion. At the same time, all recent polls show that the majority of Americans now want the US to withdraw from Iraq.

The “Walkin’ to New Orleans” coalition that is planning the five-day march, which will be exclusively veterans, military families, and hurricane survivors, estimates that over 100 people will walk the entire march, with hundreds more from surrounding communities walking sections of it. They have even set up a web site explaining “the connection to spending on an illegal war and the destruction of social services and disaster relief at home,” at www.vetgulfmarch.org.

“There are two simultaneous crimes being committed here,” says Dave Cline, president of national Veterans For Peace, “and we’re going to highlight the single perpetrator.”

Contact: Paul Robinson, 251-604-1837 or Virginia Rodino, 443-996-5915.
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C/o VFP * 216 South Meramec Ave. * St. Louis, MO * 63105 *
www.vetgulfmarch.org

As Best Friends shuts down...

Rumor is that ARNO plans to continue trapping, but there is no place to take the dogs or cats. Shelters are full. Shelters in the Gulf region are forced to kill daily.
Are there any shelters out there who can care for and adopt out Katrina animals?

Waveland, Mississippi, Animal Shelter Under Investigation

http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?s=4445842

The Waveland Animal Shelter is under investigation. The advocacy group "In Defense of Animals" out of Grenada is looking into allegations of alleged animal abuse at the facility.

The group's chief investigator made a surprise visit to the Waveland Animal Shelter to investigate complaints that dogs and cats here are being neglected. The group says one dog with a head injury and another one with a serious hip injury have spent days at the Waveland Animal Shelter without medical care.

"How many days have these dogs and cats been here that need to go to the vet? Why didn't you have somebody take it to the vet before now?" asked Chief Investigator Doll Stanley.

The shelter director didn't have an answer.

"If it got tended to right away, then if there is an infection or something it wouldn't be as big of a problem. Do you mind if I take a look at them?" Stanley asked.

"Yes, but I want this shut off," Shelter Director Renee Lick said, pointing to our cameras. "And I want to call my supervisors cause you're getting the media involved."

Lick didn't want to be videotaped, ironically, because she says part of her job is to investigate animal cruelty cases in the community.

Doll Stanley also has concerns about clerical issues at the shelter.

"When you put them in a cage, do you not document right away that they came in that morning? When I first came, you had 36 animals and you guys thought there were 18. If somebody calls right now, you don't even know where these animals came from to tell the person. You know what I'm saying? It makes it difficult for reuniting, which is one of the purposes of the shelter," Stanley said.

Lick admits after the storm some of the paperwork was put on the back burner.

"Trying to get things straight, trying to get it back organized, trying to get the shelter back to running like we were before. Not making excuses, my personal life, trying to get my life straight, plus trying to work with this. Things are settling down to where we can get back organized and get back to the way we were."

In Defense of Animals launched its investigation after receiving nine letters from volunteers who worked at the shelter right after the storm.

"From what I gather from their letters, they were just appalled and felt like the staff was playing cards and smoking, leaving early and stuff," Stanley said.

"It's stopped, it's stopped. We've got work to do," Lick said.

Lick took her first step to get things back on track at the Waveland Animal Shelter by calling in a vet to care for the injured animals.

State laws give In Defense of Animals the authority to shutdown shelters not properly caring for animals. However, the investigator says she things the problems at the Waveland shelter can be corrected.

by Al Showers

An Animal Rescuer by Anonymous

I am an Animal Rescuer
My job is to assist God's creatures
I was born with the drive to fulfill their needs
I take in helpless, unwanted, homeless creatures without planning or
selection
I have bought dog food with my last dime
I have patted a mangy head with a bare hand
I have hugged someone vicious and afraid
I have fallen in love a thousand times
And I have cried into the fur of a lifeless body too many times to count
I have animal friends and friends who have animal friends
I don't often use the word "pet"
I notice those lost at the road side
And my heart aches
I will hand raise a field mouse
And make friends with a vulture
I know of no creature unworthy of my time
I want to live forever if there aren't animals in Heaven
But I believe there are
Why would God make something so perfect and leave it behind
Some may think we are master of the animals
But the animals have mastered themselves
Something people still haven't learned
War and abuse make me hurt for the world
But a rescue that makes the news gives me hope for mankind
We are a quiet but determined army
And we are making a difference every day
There is nothing more necessary than warming an orphan
Nothing more rewarding than saving a life
No higher recognition than watching them thrive
There is no greater joy than seeing a baby play
who only days ago, was too weak to eat
By the love of those who I've been privileged to rescue
I have been rescued
I know what true unconditional love really is
for I've seen it shining in the eyes of so many
Grateful for so little
I am an Animal Rescuer
My work is never done
My home is never quiet
My wallet is always empty
But my heart is always full

Blessed, like many we have rescued!

Some of you may have noticed that I have stopped posting stories. That is because I decided it was best that I leave New Orleans. There isn't much that would have made me leave early, but sometimes life surprises you. Celebration Station is slated to close down at the end of February, and trapping ending for Best Friends around the 15th, but one little thing did push me to go home early. It seems that my husbands visit in mid-January was a productive one, and I have been blessed, like many of the dogs my team has rescued, with motherhood.

Barb Davis and Carol Guzy are still down there, so I am trying to get updates from them. I understand there are people out there who are taking bolt cutters to our traps and taking sledge hammers to them. I can't imagine people so cruel. Maybe they are just uneducated in what we are doing. I am very disappointed the the group Common Ground out in the 9th ward. They have repeatedly been told that we are a no-kill group, rescuing dogs, giving them vet care and finding them homes, but still somehow dogs are continuing to be released from the traps set in that area. Of course no one has seen them do it, but when there are footprints leading up to the trap, and they are the only ones in the area, what is one to believe?

Hammond Shelter Pups - Thank you Charlie

Can you imagine killing puppies because there is no room. These four guys were pulled from the shelter at Hammond, LA, just north west of Lake Ponchatrain, where many New Orleans residents have moved while they attempt to rebuild. Of course it is crowded and people can no longer take care of their pets, so they surrender them, and animals at Hammond unfortunately are put to sleep daily.

These four guys hitchhiked in my car up to New Jersey, where they are being cared for and put up for adoption at Roycefield Kennels, 329 Roycefield Rd. Hillsborough, NJ 08844 in conjunction with the rescue group the work with, Companion Animal Placement. http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/caphills.html Any donations to help these guys with vet bills and the other Katrina dogs and puppies they have can be sent to Companion Animal Placement, 329 Roycefield Rd. Hillsborough, NJ 08844.







If you can give them, or one of there other puppies or grown dogs they have, a home, please give them a call 908-218-1939.

504 Wallace - More on the story on the Kraft dog rescue

The house the Kraft's dog choice to keep her puppies in was just a few doors down from her old home. We were told by neighbors that the owners were pulled out of the attic, and the husband had died. Where there is death there is rebirth. You can see from the photo of the house, the markings "2 attic" and you can see where they ripped the small dormer off the roof to get to them on 9-19. I will write my feelings about the date in another article.




The mother watch the house from afar, but unfortunately it began to get dark. Bill and Kris volunteered to stay all night and watch the house.


Bill and Kris after an all night stake out at the house they finally get her trapped in the house, so they wait and eat "breakfast" while we arrive to help.


It becomes ovbious why they needed help when you take a look at the room the small mother had run into. It was full of TV's and radios, once stacked up and now mixed around from the flood. We had to carefully move TV's not knowing where she was, or even if she was in there at all. It turned out she was. Bill ended up grabbing her when she darted and we got a pole on her. She was terrified. Whe bite a few gloved hands, but luckily she didn't get away.



Her pups...



And then there was Pucksley, who has been adopted by Barb. He/She was not snuggling with the others the night we staked out the place, so we took her in, and of course whe took us into her hearts. Puckley was named, for she was found on Ground Hog Day, which Stacy celebrates. Pucksley was also the one responsible for telling us where all her brothers and sisters were. When we first spotted mom, Pucksley was with her outside of the house. Mom ran off and I followed Pucksley hoping she would lead us to them. It was very tempting to just scoop her up, but we had heard from neighbors there were "pups" plural so I wanted to know where they were. First Pucksley tried to climb the stairs into the house, but without the help of mom, she didn't have much luck. Then she darted around the side under the house. Where later Stacey crawled in and rescued her.

Looking for Tracy & Randolf Craft

We picked up this ma early this morning. Neighbors said she lived at 514 Wallace Dr. New Orleans, LA 70122
Residents names, Tracy A. Craft and Randolph Craft.

She is about 10-15 lbs, full grown, and just had 6 puppies who are now 8-10 weeks old.
Please find the owner! They have children who I bet would love to see their dogs again!

More later!

Tornadoes last night

I have been sleeping outside in a tent, outside of the main quarters of Celebration Station. Why? Well the cat's meow all night! And dogs from intake bark, and once we even had a duck quacking. Last night I was awaken by a very large thunderstorm. I kept on rolling over no wanting to go inside thru the rain. At about 2:30 I was rousted out of my bed by Bill and Kris, who informed me that I must come in because there was a tornado warning. It had been upgraded from a watch, for one had touched down somewhere. Somewhere turned out to be just one exit up at the airport!

http://www.wdsu.com/news/6675164/detail.html?rss=no&psp=news

NEW ORLEANS -- Tornadoes early Thursday tore through New Orleans neighborhoods that were hit hard by Hurricane Katrina just five months earlier.
Authorities said at least one hurricane-damaged house collapsed and a radio tower at the former headquarters of the Louisiana State Police Troop B was blown down.
A line of severe thunderstorms moved across the area around 2:30 a.m. Tim Destri, of the National Weather Service, said it appears the damage was caused by two tornadoes, one that hit the airport in Kenner and another that originated in Metairie and moved into the New Orleans area.
At Louis Armstrong International Airport, electricity was knocked out until shortly before noon. Until then, passengers waited in a dimly lit terminal powered by generator. Only a couple of flights could get out in the morning because luggage scanners had no power and security checks had to be done by hand.
Wind ripped away a tarp covering a hole made in a Concourse C roof by Katrina. It also tore away exhaust venting from another roof and blew it through a concourse window, depositing it at a security checkpoint.
A piece of an extendable jetway used to board passengers was torn in two, with the outer portion turning on its side as it slammed into another jetway. Motorized runway luggage carts were overturned.
The damaged concourse is used by United and American airlines, among others. Those airlines were temporarily relocated to other concourses.
New Orleans Police Department spokesman Juan Quinton said damage appeared to be limited only to a portion of the city from the Jefferson Parish line toward Lake Pontchartrain badly flooded during Hurricane Katrina.

At Large at the Abramson School

Here are two dogs that are at large hanging out at the Abramson High School on Read Blvd. near Dwyer. Apparently there has been a pack there for quite some time.