Glad that you guys are safe and dry!

THANK YOU SO MUCH MOLLY! I've been so worried about them. I'm going to xpost this here and on myspace as I know others have been as well.

Huge sigh of relief! I am very glad to hear that all these people are safe and dry!

Huge sigh of relief! I am very glad to hear that all these people are safe and dry!

Gwen

Thank you for the update! And pass along my best hopes and wishes to Mel, Andy, Shy, and everyone there :) Good to hear that they weren't swept away.

Andi

Thanks for posting, I've been worried about her. Please let her know that she has a couch to sleep on in Houston if needed.

oh crap. i thought mel's andy was the same as andyredrum - so i thought they had ended up in austin.

thanks so much for posting this!!

They are ok and armed and defending the bar.

Jesus, it sounds like a zombie movie.

Glad to hear they're holding up okay; the news reports have been ambiguous and conflicting on how bad the quarter is. If Mel and her man want to make good on that threat to show up on my doorstep, now might be an opportune time.

Bear with me while I crack a grin.

I'm not a close personal friend. At best, I'm just another annoying tourist who gets blotto at the Dervish and Flanagan's from time to time, and sometimes when I'm good and trashed I think I annoy Andy.

I caught the last post as the hurricane descended, and the pure brass balls of it gave me a lump in the throat.

So thank you. I know that many here replying will know these two better than I ever have, and if your update makes ME feel this good, I know their friends will be fucking ecstatic. I've been worried sick, and to think those two kids held their own against that Katrina bitch... damn, that feels good.

With any luck, I can go back when everything is ready and hoist a few more with those two kickass rockin' bastards.

Much love to both,

That Bald Guy Who Talks About Tattoos Too Much and his Ninja Fiancee.

They are armed and defending the bar

HA! Awesome!

That's good to hear- thanks, Molly- I was worried about them. I'm glad they're all right and have plenty of booze to wait this mess out with.

make sure they have bottled water! I just want to make sure they don't drink the water. Denise & Terry say hi, we were worried. We're heading back to California.

Gahd bless the lot of you.

i've had many good times (as a tourist, i admit)
at Flanagan's and the Dervish (back to the days
when it was the Crystal). the thought that all the
people are alive and well and ballsy as all get-out
gives me hope that the NOLA that i know and love
will survive and continue to be one of the few places
around in which i feel at home.

good luck, best wishes, and thank you.
if there's still some Wild Turkey left, please have
a round on me. i'll pay up my tab in a few months
at both bars :)

i have never been so thrilled to know my friends are armed and dangerous! ;)

thank god y'all are all right. we miss you and our thoughts are with you. we have had various news channels on all day and have been worried sick. joel and i lifted much hooch to all our friends still in nola just a moment ago.

they're saying now that everyone will be forced to leave, and that the city'll be without power for two months and colleges/schools won't be opening back up for three months. some folks at joel's old work high up on poydras says he can see folks on canal looting, shooting each other, snipers shooting looters, looters shooting cops, cops shooting looter, etc. whoa... i hope you have lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of ammo at the bar.

stay safe, loves.

docbrite has A LOT of cats that are going to need help soon. She bugged out taking the oldest cat and the dog. But since the levee broke, I know she can't get back in for possibly a few days. There's rumor of even a week.

Could you PLEASE contact her at funkyegret@yahoo.com to get her address (unless you already know where Poppy Z Brite lives) and I beg you as best as a virtual stranger can to please check up on the animals in her "animal sanctuary". I know it's in the heart of New Orleans.

On a personal note, what's the name of the bar?

That's the one.

Though the chances of them getting Uptown to check on cats are slim to none, and I'm thinking that Slim is headed right the fuck outta town. It looks absolutely brutal out there, and I'm multiple states away...gawds know what they're really dealing with. Looters shooting police, debatable levels of flooding, martial law...I love me some kitties, but I can't fault anyone for looking out for #1 first.

Andy, Melanie, Shy and everyone camped at Flanagan's....stay armed and dangerous! And thanks to Molly for the update!

Tell Melanie that Jayne is in Memphis with Sabrina and Kurt. We saw her friend Robert today (with the curly moustache). Jayne is going back to Richmond and Sabrina and I are going to South Carolina.

Glad to hear that you are all OK! If you need anything let us know....ammo? got lots here.

Hey Keith!


matt at highlandergraphics.com

Lots of ammo and lots of weapons....of course with the NOLA SWAT and NG troops, I'm afraid we'ld be out gunnied....best to be left to the pros! :)

I'm glad Mel is all right, I've been thinking about her a lot.

Glad to hear this news that Melanie is ok! So the FQ is not flooded? The news pix I'm seeing show something very different...

Any word on Micah micahra, Tim voratus and their many many pets????? Desperate for any news...

I am glad to hear that Sadie is ok. Well, I'm glad to hear that all those people are ok, but Sadie is the only one I know out of that bunch. :)

That's so good to hear that they are ok. Thanks for posting that, Molly.

I hope by now they all have left the city. Please if you can get out. This goes for all. We will rebuild the city months from now. As for get to a place where you can survive. Love to all and hope you are all ok.
Eric

Thank the gods for this small piece of good news out of New Orleans! Molly, you are a wonderful person for posting this -- we're on the East Coast and the news reports on CNN and various online sites just haven't been reaching that deep into the Quarter. I've been scanning www.nolalive.com for two days, looking for any news.... Had been hoping Melanie might've uploaded photos from her cell phone to them or CNN and we'd all see good news from a familiar place. Thank you again, Molly!!! Glad to hear Andy, Melanie, and Sadie are safe!!!

PS: Any idea what's going on in the area near Verti Marte? Kinda wondering if my old apartment is underwater or not.

Tell Mel and Andy I got out. I lost everything I own, but I'm safe, and heading home to Seattle while I rebuild my life.

Tell both of them I love them, and say hey to Mark the Shark. I used to work with him. :)

xoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxox

They like the ambiance*

*black people

Apparently, God hates the South.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxxoxoxoxo

Molly thank you so much..I'd been thinking alot about the whereabouts of quite a few of those listed

If you're checking this, tell them they should get out of there. The police aren't going to show up anytime soon. The looters will. I'll buy them their weight in alcohol if it means them not getting killed by some asshole over a case of vodka.

Official Search and Rescue Center at the Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness

225-925-7708 or 7709 or 3511 or 7428 i.e. 225-925-3511

If you have friends or family that are stuck in NOLA and the surrounding areas this is the official number to call. Be prepared to try to call several times... everyone is calling these numbers.

If you can contact your friends get the exact address of where they are at or where they are going to be for when you call search and rescue. tell them if they have to leave to call you asap. You can update the OEP at commo1@ohsep.louisiana.gov

Cell phone communication is extremely limited, but Text messaging on Verizon, Cingular and Sprint networks appear to be working.

If you get in touch with your friends they need to do the following

1) They need a white sheet on the roof of a building
2) They need to wave something to notify the helicopter that they need to be rescued.
3) If it is at night they need to use flash lights to signal the helicopter.
4) They need to stay at the highest point.

-Thank You

A friend of mine who knows I've been worried about Shy referred me to this LJ. My name is Patty, we used to hang out together (with a group of people) in Ft. Lauderdale FL a few years back. If you're able, try to pass a message to her that I said hello and am glad she's okay. I understand it might be hard to get in touch with people under the circumstances, so don't go out of your way; just if and when you talk to any of them, please pass the message on if you remember. I've also been concerned about Mike (Pain), another mutual friend. Last time I was in Nola in 2002 he was bartending at the Morgue. If you or anyone else who reads this knows him and has any news, please let me know if he's alright. I tried to call but couldn't get through, not that I expected to anyway but was just hoping I might. I apologize for using your LJ as a message board, but I just don't know any other way to find out how my friends fared. Thanks.

As long as I know they're safe (at least as of last night) that's good enough. My best guess regarding Pain is he ended up in the Ft. Lauderdale area. I'll call him daily until I get through. Thank you for the update. I am so sorry for beautiful New Orleans and everyone who was affected. I'm donating as much as I can to the Red Cross, etc., but unfortunately that's not much. If you have any suggestions for other ways to help, don't hesitate to ask, I'll do what I can. Sorry I'm being so sappy.

http://www.adamdevaney.com/index.php/archives/2005/08/30/katrina/#comments

payne is in missouri and safe.

Hey,

Just letting you know that this post was printed in the British newspaper The Times today, page 7, "Survivors' Stories". Seems the latest craze in newspaper journalism here is to reprint stuff from blogs. It's pretty rare for them to find lj, though. Be impressed with your fame!

Hi Molly,
I am Bruno from the german band "Das Ich". I try to set up with a few magazines and labels a help and donation but we want ot navigate it more straight to the goth scene of this sunken beauty. So can you tell me about the former goth community of New Orleans, how big it was , what happened to the goth people and the places like morgue and shim sham club and all these little stores. Is there still underground people you guys know in New Orleans. How many got savely evacuated and to where.
For the magazines it would be helpful to fundraise with personal stories.
We really want to help from Europe but unfortunately the US govermental paces don t show to much about the tragedy and Bushs official comment about help from Europe is "We can handle this without you"

Yours truly, we send our pryers to you

Bruno Kramm

Hi Molly,
I am Bruno from the german band "Das Ich". I try to set up with a few magazines and labels a help and donation but we want ot navigate it more straight to the goth scene of this sunken beauty. So can you tell me about the former goth community of New Orleans, how big it was , what happened to the goth people and the places like morgue and shim sham club and all these little stores. Is there still underground people you guys know in New Orleans. How many got savely evacuated and to where.
For the magazines it would be helpful to fundraise with personal stories.
We really want to help from Europe but unfortunately the US govermental paces don t show to much about the tragedy and Bushs official comment about help from Europe is "We can handle this without you"

Yours truly, we send our prayers to you

Bruno Kramm
email:kontakt@dasich.de