NBC Nightly News - 2005-08-29 (Hurricane Katrina)
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[0:00] signs.
[0:00] >> A special edition of Nightly News is
[0:02] straight ahead. Brian Williams is
[0:04] anchoring from the Louisiana Super Dome
[0:06] where 9,000 local residents are seeking
[0:08] shelter from Hurricane Katrina.
[0:10] >> Also, a closer look at the anatomy of
[0:12] the hurricane and also the science
[0:14] behind the storm.
[0:15] >> That's next on Nightly News. We'll be
[0:16] back in 1 half hour.
[0:23] >> Coming ashore, a brutal category 4,
[0:25] lashing winds, blinding rain, and a
[0:27] massive storm surge. Hurricane Katrina
[0:30] plows into the Gulf Coast.
[0:33] >> Tom Cameron Huntley.
[0:37] >> Tonight, Katrina's wrath. A
[0:39] minute-by-minute look at where this
[0:40] storm hit the hardest and where the
[0:42] worst fears didn't come true.
[0:46] Beluxy blues. The Mississippi coastline
[0:48] takes the brunt of Katrina's initial
[0:50] blast. Tens of thousands of homes and
[0:53] businesses underwater.
[0:56] Oil shock. Traders push oil above $70 a
[0:59] barrel. How will storm damage affect gas
[1:02] prices across the country?
[1:05] And raising the roof inside the New
[1:08] Orleans Super Dome with 9,000 storm
[1:10] refugees when Katrina's howling winds
[1:13] rip the roof off.
[1:19] Hurricane Katrina. This is a special
[1:22] edition of NBC Nightly News with Brian
[1:25] Williams reporting tonight from New
[1:28] Orleans.
[1:30] >> And good evening from a battered and
[1:32] soaked city of New Orleans. And those
[1:34] windows on that high-rise building, for
[1:36] that matter, all the high-rise buildings
[1:38] in the downtown portion of this city
[1:40] have the local people here saying it
[1:42] looks like a bomb went off downtown.
[1:45] Hurricane Katrina certainly arrived here
[1:47] with explosive power and not even as
[1:50] destructive as first predicted. Here is
[1:52] a look at the storm as we come on the
[1:54] air tonight. Right now it is making its
[1:56] way north heading for Tennessee where
[1:58] inland flooding is a major problem now
[2:00] tonight. Last night when this storm was
[2:03] a monster category 5, all eyes were on
[2:06] New Orleans. Then a tiny last minute
[2:08] turn to the right delivered a huge blow
[2:10] to the neighboring Mississippi coast.
[2:12] The storm moved quickly and weakened
[2:14] quickly and by 3:00 Eastern time it was
[2:17] down to a category 1 with winds of 95 m
[2:20] an hour. By tomorrow, all that will be
[2:23] left is a large low pressure system and
[2:25] a soaking rainstorm for the eastern
[2:28] Great Lakes. As of tonight, a state of
[2:30] emergency is in effect here in this
[2:32] state in Mississippi and Alabama as
[2:34] well. The storm surge peaked in coastal
[2:37] Mississippi at 28 ft and Katrina could
[2:40] become the costliest single storm in US
[2:43] history with insurers already estimating
[2:45] as much as $25 billion in damage. And
[2:49] the human misery is just getting
[2:51] underway. Millions are without power,
[2:53] many without homes at all. We are
[2:55] covering this storm from all angles
[2:57] tonight with correspondents throughout
[2:59] this region, beginning here in New
[3:01] Orleans with NBC's Martin Savage.
[3:05] Good evening, Brian. The number of
[3:06] people killed in all three states by
[3:08] Katrina is low, less than a handful. But
[3:10] that number is expected to rise as
[3:11] buildings like the one behind me are
[3:13] searched and the waters recede. The real
[3:15] story of Katrina has only just begun.
[3:24] Just before dawn, Katrina heads
[3:26] northwest straight for the coast, down a
[3:29] hair from its 175 mph peak.
[3:32] But still a ferocious category 4 and New
[3:35] Orleans buckles in for a bumpy ride.
[3:40] The storm makes landfall at 610 local
[3:42] time.
[3:43] >> Hurricane Katrina 140 mph winds. A
[3:46] strong category 4 storm made landfall
[3:48] early on Monday. Southern portions of
[3:50] Louisiana. The worst damage throughout
[3:52] coastal locations of Mississippi all the
[3:54] way to Mobile.
[3:57] But what is hardship for Mississippi and
[3:59] Alabama where severe flooding is making
[4:01] rivers out of roads
[4:04] spares New Orleans from disaster.
[4:06] >> The storm surge has been much bigger
[4:10] than anything ever before. The result
[4:11] has been in some cases people being
[4:13] trapped.
[4:15] >> By 10:00 a.m. Central time, Katrina is
[4:17] weaker. A category 3 storm now, but
[4:19] still plenty bad news for people here in
[4:21] New Orleans.
[4:23] >> It was incredible. The noise is what's
[4:24] scary. You don't have to go far to find
[4:26] scenes that look like they're right out
[4:28] of a disaster movie. This is just off of
[4:30] Canal Street.
[4:33] >> Beluxy, Mississippi now, and winds are
[4:35] howling.
[4:37] There's flying debris everywhere and
[4:39] high tide in the middle of the city.
[4:41] Right now, the strongest part of Katrina
[4:43] barreling through Beluxy, Mississippi as
[4:46] the eye of the storm is completely over
[4:49] us right now with winds gusting in
[4:51] excess of 90 mph, possibly over 100 at
[4:54] times.
[4:55] >> Our Gulf Coast is getting hit and hit
[4:57] hard. In the meantime, American will
[4:59] pray
[5:01] for the health and safety of all our
[5:03] citizens.
[5:04] >> Noon central. Katrina is now a category
[5:06] 2 storm, but winds are still gusting to
[5:09] 105 mph. Sadly, it's not enough to stop
[5:12] looters in New Orleans. In New Orleans,
[5:15] a city mostly below sea level, residents
[5:17] emerging to assess the damage find the
[5:20] water is rushing in.
[5:21] >> I wouldn't do it again. I wouldn't stay
[5:23] home.
[5:24] The ceiling up there fell. Water through
[5:27] the windows
[5:30] >> and folks rush to help.
[5:34] Katrina may have moved on, but she's
[5:36] still causing trouble to hundreds of
[5:38] thousands of people in New Orleans who
[5:40] are either homeless or without power
[5:43] tonight.
[5:45] And those problems are likely to linger,
[5:47] Brian. A water is a problem for
[5:49] throughout the metro area. People are
[5:51] being told to boil it and electricity is
[5:53] also the problem. Hardly anybody has it
[5:56] and isn't likely to have it for up to a
[5:58] month. Brian,
[6:01] >> thanks Marty. Martin Savage just across
[6:03] town with us here tonight. And with all
[6:04] this damage in mind now to where this
[6:06] storm hit the hardest, there is not much
[6:09] left tonight along portions of
[6:11] neighboring Mississippi along the coast.
[6:13] That last minute tug to the right was
[6:16] all it took to spare this city from the
[6:18] very worst. And instead, it went right
[6:20] next door. In fact, Katrina's landfall
[6:22] in Mississippi was just west of where
[6:25] another monster storm Camille made
[6:27] landfall back in 1969. David Schuster is
[6:30] in Buxy for us tonight.
[6:34] >> The small town of Dyberville,
[6:36] Mississippi, population 6,500 is
[6:38] supposed to be two miles up the road
[6:40] from the coast. But today, Katrina, with
[6:42] winds gusting at over 100 milesPH,
[6:45] pushed the waters of the Gulf of Mexico,
[6:47] right into downtown. At first glance, no
[6:50] one was around to see the power of
[6:52] Katrina. And 5 hours after it passed
[6:54] through, we were the only car on the
[6:55] road, fighting winds still at over 80
[6:58] mph. And there was water everywhere. In
[7:01] some places 6 feet high, in others much
[7:03] deeper. Katrina with storm surges as
[7:06] high as 28 feet left her mark on
[7:08] restaurants and homes. Her winds
[7:10] battered a car dealership and a
[7:12] motorboat was tossed up on a street.
[7:15] >> And so it came in on Mississippi like a
[7:17] ton of bricks.
[7:18] >> This area along the Baloxy Coast had
[7:20] been hit hard 36 years ago by Hurricane
[7:22] Camille. But with beautiful beaches,
[7:24] gambling casinos, and more than $3
[7:26] billion in development in recent years,
[7:28] the area had become popular with
[7:30] retirees and vacationers. There are now
[7:33] reports the Buxy casinos are flooded,
[7:35] one with water as high as the second
[7:37] floor. And tonight, Beluxy remains cut
[7:39] off with roads blocked and power out.
[7:42] >> What is your worst fear, Governor?
[7:48] >> That there are a lot of dead people down
[7:50] here. So far, there are reports of at
[7:52] least three casualties, but there are
[7:54] many areas that have not been reached
[7:56] even by phone.
[7:59] David Schuster, NBC News, Dyberville,
[8:02] Mississippi.
[8:04] It's hard to believe this kind of damage
[8:06] to these highrises is considered
[8:08] fortunate here, but remember, this storm
[8:11] was the size of the state of Florida.
[8:13] NBC's Carl Cinttonia has been doing some
[8:16] damage assessment here with us in New
[8:18] Orleans. Carl, what is the latest?
[8:20] >> Good evening, Brian. It was about 1:00
[8:22] in the afternoon before we were able to
[8:23] safely come out and survey the damage.
[8:26] The city's historic district was hit
[8:28] hard in some ways and dodged a bullet in
[8:30] others.
[8:34] In the aftermath, the streets of New
[8:36] Orleans were filled with the debris that
[8:38] had flown through the air and water that
[8:40] residents had feared would drown it.
[8:42] Everywhere here, there are signs, both
[8:44] large and small, that Katrina was here.
[8:47] this uprooted tree, a failed street
[8:49] sign, even the tiny things, a washed up
[8:52] legal document, and a bottle of
[8:55] medicine.
[8:57] >> But it was wind, not water, that dealt
[8:59] the harshest blow. Poer Street's one of
[9:01] the main thorough affairs here in New
[9:03] Orleans. And as you can see, it's
[9:04] already got major pieces of buildings.
[9:07] Uh right here, you've got some uh
[9:09] aluminum uh blinds from a window that
[9:13] have been blown out.
[9:15] The the streets are also littered with
[9:17] foam insulation that's been peeled from
[9:19] the skin of buildings. Kind of looks
[9:20] like oatmeal. And of course, everywhere,
[9:23] shards of glass. In the French Quarter,
[9:26] police on the lookout for looters in a
[9:28] bar whose front door was ripped open and
[9:30] pegged to a fire hydrant. Some of the
[9:32] damage is truly bizarre. The third story
[9:34] of this building piling onto an
[9:36] automobile innocently parked in the
[9:39] road. There were many so-called dieards,
[9:41] residents who've ridden out storms
[9:43] before and tried to do it again. Michael
[9:46] Sheien, the owner of the 9inth Circle
[9:47] Bar, hung a sign to Katrina, begging it
[9:50] to go east. It did, but not far enough
[9:53] to ease concerns about the impact to New
[9:55] Orleans tourism business.
[9:57] >> It's going to kill it. It's going to be
[9:59] awful for the next week. And we've got
[10:01] one of our biggest holidays of the year
[10:02] coming up, Labor Day weekend. This is
[10:04] the start of our season right now. So,
[10:06] >> not a good start to the season. No, not
[10:09] really.
[10:10] >> By late this evening, onlookers were
[10:12] back in the French Quarter. In the words
[10:14] of one, the fact that the damage wasn't
[10:16] worse was pure New Orleans luck. Brian
[10:21] Carl Kentineia behind us in the French
[10:23] Quarter. Carl, thank you. And now to the
[10:25] structure here behind us. This is where
[10:28] we spent the day along with about 9,000
[10:30] residents of New Orleans who came here
[10:33] looking for shelter. The Superdome is
[10:35] the biggest arena of its kind in the
[10:37] world. It has hosted half a dozen Super
[10:40] Bowls. Pope John Paul II spoke to 80,000
[10:42] people here, but it had never really
[10:45] been tested in a big hurricane until
[10:47] today. And no one ever said it was leak
[10:50] proof, as the folks living inside can
[10:52] tell you.
[10:55] In the last row of section 122 and
[10:57] spread out on two coolers that form a
[10:59] makeshift bed in the aisle, you will
[11:01] find Albert Bryant of New Orleans and
[11:04] eight other members of his family. They
[11:06] had planned to evacuate to Houston. They
[11:08] took one look at the interstate and came
[11:10] here to the Superdome.
[11:12] >> We made a decision we wasn't going to
[11:13] stay here, but in the process of
[11:15] leaving,
[11:17] uh, we got tied up into traffic. The
[11:19] Brian family was sitting in the stands
[11:21] with thousands of others sound asleep
[11:23] when the noise started.
[11:32] It sounded like a New York City subway
[11:34] train. Others said they thought it was
[11:35] thunder or someone hammering. And in a
[11:38] way it was. It was Katrina hammering
[11:40] away at the roof trying to get in.
[11:44] And then this the first break visible in
[11:47] the roof. That is daylight coming
[11:49] through and the rain soon followed.
[11:51] Torrance of it. The artificial turf as
[11:53] wet as it would have been outdoors. The
[11:56] crowd sought shelter. The Brians found
[11:58] dry seats in section 122. It's been a
[12:01] long hall for all of these families.
[12:03] They waited in line last night for
[12:05] hours. Security was tight and there were
[12:08] complaints, but the National Guard
[12:10] didn't want any weapons or alcohol
[12:12] getting in. But the people who had no
[12:14] other shelter and a category 5 storm
[12:17] bearing down badly needed the shelter
[12:19] the dome offered.
[12:20] >> Hurricane warning is in effect.
[12:22] >> Once inside there was shelter, food and
[12:25] water, but no information, no
[12:27] announcements, just the leaky roof and
[12:29] folks like the Brians wondering if
[12:31] there's any home to go home to.
[12:33] >> If you got life, you got everything.
[12:37] And as the roofing materials dangle
[12:39] behind us here at the Super Dome. As we
[12:42] left there tonight, the first signs of
[12:44] restlessness inside. They're just now
[12:46] lining up for dinner. And it's military
[12:48] meals. It is hot. It's damp. There's no
[12:51] moving air. It's getting very dirty and
[12:54] shall we say very aromatic. And still no
[12:57] announcements or information on
[12:59] conditions here outside when people can
[13:01] leave to go home depending on where they
[13:04] live in New Orleans. Even before Katrina
[13:07] came ashore, disaster teams were in
[13:09] place prepared to provide food, water,
[13:12] and medical care in addition to shelter.
[13:14] Joining us tonight from nearby Baton
[13:16] Rouge, Louisiana, Michael Brown,
[13:18] director of the Federal Emergency
[13:20] Management Agency or FEMA. Director
[13:23] Brown, this wasn't the storm you were
[13:25] expecting in terms of urban damage here
[13:28] in New Orleans. You got a different but
[13:30] just as powerful storm. How did that
[13:32] change your job?
[13:34] >> Well, it didn't, Brian. We had we now
[13:35] have a a urban storm and we now have the
[13:38] rural storm in Mississippi. So we've got
[13:40] to prepare and take care of Mississippi,
[13:42] Alabama, New Orleans, and frankly all
[13:44] through the Tennessee and Ohio Valley.
[13:45] Now,
[13:47] >> were you as prepared in Mississippi? And
[13:50] how would you grade the evacuation here
[13:53] in lowlying New Orleans where it was
[13:55] crucial that it went off? Well,
[13:57] >> look, we were ready all the way from
[13:59] Florida all the way to Texas. We were
[14:01] ready anywhere it was going to have. I
[14:02] had teams staged from Fort Worth to
[14:05] Atlanta ready to move in wherever
[14:06] Katrina decided to make landfall. And I
[14:09] got to tell you, those teams did a great
[14:10] job. I've got Coast Guard helicopters.
[14:12] They were going out to try to do just do
[14:14] reconnaissance and instead they're
[14:16] finding people on rooftops and they're
[14:18] now rescuing people off rooftops.
[14:20] They're doing exactly what FEMA is
[14:21] supposed to be doing.
[14:24] >> Director Brown, we know how busy you are
[14:26] tonight, this night after the storm.
[14:28] Thank you for spending some time with us
[14:30] on the broadcast. Thank you.
[14:32] >> And up next here tonight from Up next
[14:34] here tonight from New Orleans, the
[14:36] science behind this storm. Some very
[14:38] specific reasons why Katrina turned into
[14:41] such a monster when it did. And later,
[14:43] how it is that we will all pay for this
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[17:00] week ago, few people suspected that
[17:02] Hurricane Katrina would grow into such
[17:04] an enormous monster. But it turns out
[17:06] everything that could go wrong did
[17:08] scientifically at least, and a monster
[17:10] was born. Here is NBC News chief science
[17:13] correspondent Robert Bazelle in depth
[17:15] tonight with the anatomy of a storm.
[17:20] Katrina will be a storm for the record
[17:21] books. It first appeared only a week
[17:23] ago, not off the coast of Africa like
[17:26] many hurricanes, but near the Bahamas,
[17:28] very close to the US.
[17:30] >> There's no rule that says tropical
[17:31] cyclones have to form in the far eastern
[17:34] Atlantic. Uh I wish they did. That would
[17:36] give us a lot more time.
[17:38] >> But Katrina got strong fast after it
[17:40] crossed Florida, killing 11. It got a
[17:42] lot of energy from the record warm
[17:44] waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The uh sea
[17:47] temperatures are running 2° Fahrenheit
[17:50] above normal. Uh that's, you know,
[17:53] that's that's the fuel for the storms.
[17:56] >> The Gulf is warm not just at the
[17:58] surface, but deep below from a great
[18:00] stream of water called the loop current.
[18:02] All that energy along with the warm
[18:04] water vapor at the surface feeds into
[18:06] the hurricane system, pushing its
[18:09] towering layers of circulating clouds
[18:11] higher and making the winds stronger. As
[18:14] Katrina approached the Gulf Coast,
[18:16] Hurricane Hunter Plains determined it
[18:18] was one of the most powerful storms ever
[18:20] to threaten the US, comparable to the
[18:23] Labor Day storm of 1935, Camille in
[18:25] 1969, and Andrew in 1992. But at the
[18:29] last moment today, there was one piece
[18:31] of good fortune. The eyewall of powerful
[18:34] hurricanes often splits open. That
[18:37] weakens the storm temporarily. With
[18:39] Katrina, it happened right at landfall.
[18:42] It was just plain good luck from the
[18:44] people of uh Miss the Beloxy and the New
[18:47] Orleans area because it meant that that
[18:49] Katrina definitely came ashore much
[18:52] weaker than many of us had feared. Even
[18:54] with its slight weakening, Katrina was
[18:56] one of the biggest ever. And many
[18:58] scientists say we can expect such storms
[19:00] more often as global warming increases
[19:03] sea temperatures around the world.
[19:06] Robert Viselle, NBC News, New York.
[19:10] When Nightly News continues from New
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[21:50] >> Before this hurricane came ashore here
[21:52] this morning, it was already causing big
[21:54] problems. The Gulf of Mexico is home to
[21:56] a big percentage of this nation's crude
[21:58] oil production and oil refineries dot
[22:00] the shoreline here. As you'd expect,
[22:02] energy markets were rattled today. Oil
[22:05] went up a$1.7 a barrel to 6720. That's
[22:08] heading back toward last week's all-time
[22:11] record close of 67.49.
[22:13] But as we've been indicating here
[22:15] tonight, all Americans will end up
[22:17] paying for the damage from this storm in
[22:19] the form of higher gas prices. Here with
[22:21] that, NBC News chief financial
[22:23] correspondent Anne Thompson.
[22:26] >> Trucking company owner Ron Shmerhorn,
[22:29] 600 miles away in Fort Worth, Texas,
[22:31] tallies up his bills, bracing for
[22:33] Katrina's impact.
[22:35] >> It's as bad as I've seen it. in in my
[22:37] lifetime. I expected it'll be worse.
[22:39] >> Energy analyst Tom Closa says it could
[22:42] get much worse by the end of the week.
[22:44] >> We're clearly going to see nationwide
[22:46] average prices go above 275 a gallon.
[22:49] And I suspect that we'll see $3 a gallon
[22:52] gasoline common in a number of
[22:53] neighborhoods.
[22:54] >> Why? Because wholesale gasoline prices
[22:56] jumped today on fears about potential
[22:58] damage to refineries that turn oil into
[23:01] gas. to have the potential uh for 40% of
[23:05] the nation's refined capacity to be in
[23:07] literally in the eye of a huge storm uh
[23:10] just sent prices skyrocketing
[23:12] >> with at least 13 refineries closed in
[23:14] nearly all offshore rigs shut down. Oil
[23:17] soared too, briefly topping $70 a
[23:20] barrel, then subsiding with Katrina's
[23:22] winds, but not enough so companies like
[23:24] Apache Corporation could check for
[23:26] destruction to their oil and gas
[23:28] platforms in the Gulf.
[23:30] >> It's just a matter of time. We got to go
[23:31] out and look at it. I I can't even guess
[23:33] until we get out there.
[23:34] >> Also with the potential to impact pump
[23:36] prices, the closing of Louisiana's oil
[23:39] import terminal, siphoning off oil
[23:41] supplies to Midwest refiners. The White
[23:44] House is watching the situation and
[23:46] appears ready to tap the strategic
[23:48] petroleum reserve if needed as oil
[23:51] companies assess the damage to their
[23:53] facilities and consumers wait for the
[23:55] damage to their wallets. Anne Thompson,
[23:58] NBC News, New York.
[24:01] Wall Street, however, was not too shaken
[24:03] up by this storm. The Dow, in fact,
[24:05] finished up almost 66 points, led by
[24:08] home improvement stocks like Home Depot
[24:11] making big gains in the wake of the
[24:12] hurricane. NASDAQ gained just under 17
[24:15] points on the day. Other news now in
[24:18] Iraq, one day after negotiators
[24:20] completed and minority Sunnis there
[24:23] rejected the new constitution, thousands
[24:25] of Sunnis took to the streets of Toree
[24:28] to protest. It's the hometown of a
[24:30] former dictator and fellow Sunni Saddam
[24:32] Hussein. Sunni leaders are urging their
[24:35] followers to reject the constitution in
[24:37] an October referendum. There is
[24:40] important news tonight about statin
[24:42] drugs used to lower cholesterol levels.
[24:44] We have seen studies that show they may
[24:46] prevent strokes and heart attacks. Now,
[24:49] a new study is showing if someone having
[24:51] a heart attack is given statins within
[24:54] 24 hours. The chance of death is cut by
[24:57] more than 50%. We're back here in just a
[25:00] moment with an update on a family that
[25:02] decided to ride out the storm after we
[25:04] aired their story last night. We heard
[25:07] from a lot of concerned viewers.
[25:09] Tonight, we'll report on how they fared.
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[27:44] Next, after Nightly News, Oregon's
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