Afternoon August 28, 2005: New Orleans Hospital Prepares for Flooding

Employees at New Orlean’s Children’s Hospital are moving patients and departments off the first floor, because they anticipate major flooding when Katrina sweeps tomorrow, according to Alan Robson, Medical Director. Roberts reports that the hospital has discharged as many patients as can, but about 100 patients and many medical professionals remain in the hospital this evening. The hospital has enough fuel to last two or three weeks. [Times-Picayune Blog, 8/28/2005]