New Orleans??

Typisch Amis. Warum sollte man irgendwie an irgendetwas eine Mitschuld haben. Man ist ja schließlich DIE Macht auf der Welt, die sich überall "einmischt" und die Weisheit "mit Löffeln gefressen hat".

Irgendwann fliegen uns sowieso die A-Bomben um die Ohren, weil irgend ein Verrückter auf den Knopf drück. Immer mehr Staaten basteln an der Bombe. Auf Dauer sind Kriege nicht zu verhindern, wo wir auch reingezogen werden. Das ist meine persönliche Meinung.

Mehrere kleine Feuer im Superdome

Washington (dpa) - Das Chaos in der überfluteten US- Südstaatenmetropole New Orleans nimmt zu. Wie ein Sprecher der Nationalgarde in Louisiana sagte, seien im und um das Footballstadion Superdome Mülleimer in Brand gesetzt worden. Es sei eine sehr Besorgnis erregende Situation, da die Feuer wegen der Überschwemmungen nur schwer erreicht würden. In den nächsten Tagen sollen 50 000 bis 60 000 Menschen aus der Stadt gebracht

Fats Domino und Irma Thomas werden vermisst:

Fox News' Roger Friedman is reporting that a number of famous New Orleans musicians are missing or stranded in the wake of that city's disaster, portions of his on-line filing are as follows:

<<Antoine "Fats" Domino, has not been heard from since Monday afternoon.
Domino, 76, lives with his wife Rosemary and daughter in a three-story pink-roofed house in New Orleans’ 9th ward, which is now under water.

On Monday afternoon, Domino told his manager, Al Embry of Nashville, that he would “ride out the storm” at home. Embry is now frantic.

Calls have been made to Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s office and to various police officials, and though there’s lots of sympathetic response, the whereabouts of Domino and his family remain a mystery.

In the meantime, another important Louisiana musician who probably hasn’t been asked to be in any telethons is the also legendary Allen Toussaint.

Another Rock Hall member, Toussaint wrote Patti LaBelle’s hit “Lady Marmalade” and Dr. John’s “Right Place, Wrong Time.”

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Last night, Toussaint was one of the 25,000 people holed up at the New Orleans Superdome hoping to get on a bus for Houston’s Astrodome. I know this because he got a message out to his daughter, who relayed to it through friends.

Also not heard from by friends through last night: New Orleans’s “Queen of Soul” Irma Thomas, who was the original singer of what became the Rolling Stones’ hit, “Time is On My Side.”

Let’s hope and pray it is, because while the Stones roll through the U.S. on their $450-a-ticket tour, Thomas is missing in action. Her club, The Lion’s Den, is under water, as are all the famous music hot spots of the city.

Similarly, friends are looking for Antoinette K-Doe, widow of New Orleans wild performer Ernie K-Doe. The Does have a famous nightspot of their own on N. Claiborne Avenue, called the Mother-in-Law Lounge, in honor of Ernie’s immortal hit, “The Mother-in-Law Song.”

Ernie K-Doe, who received a 1998 Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation, died in 2001 at age 65.

Dry and safe, but in not much better shape, is the famous Neville family of New Orleans. Aaron Neville and many members of the family evacuated on Monday to Memphis, where they are now staying in a hotel.

But most of the Nevilles’ homes are destroyed, reports their niece and my colleague at “A Current Affair,” Arthel Neville. She went down to her hometown yesterday and called me from a boat that was trying to get near town.

“This isn’t like having two feet of water in your basement,” she said, holding back tears. “Everything is destroyed. I am just so lucky to have been born here and to have had the experience of New Orleans."

She confirmed that there had been rumors of dead bodies floating around her Uncle Aaron’s house yesterday. So far, the Nevilles are unannounced to participate in Friday’s TV telethon

Da kann man nur hoffen, das sich die Beiden und alle anderen Musiker noch retten konnten!

Da muss ich doch gleich wieder an das Konzert im Berliner ICC (27.11.1992) denken, als FATS ganz alleine nur mit seinem Bauch das Klavier auf die Bühne geschoben hat!!!

Freitag 2. September 2005, 08:11 Uhr

US-Blueslegende Fats Domino in New Orleans gerettet

New Orleans (dpa) - Der legendäre Rythm & Blues- Musiker Fats Domino, der im überschwemmten New Orleans vermisst wurde, hat Hurrikan «Katrina» überlebt. Das bestätigte seine Tochter nach CNN- Angaben. Der Sänger sei auf einem Pressefoto zu sehen, nachdem er von einem Boot aus seinem Haus gerettet worden war. Eine Nichte von Fats Domino und dessen Manager hatten zuvor Alarm geschlagen. Der Künstler lebt mit seiner Frau und einer Tochter in einem Stadtteil der Südstaatenmetropole, der nun unter Wasser steht.