Bernards Parish News Today

Embark on a program to tear these uninhabitable homes down. in new orleans in the lower 9th ward. thousands of homes in new orleans were torn down and they have rebuilt some up so if the floodwaters come through, they could be protected. we may see something similar here. martha: they need to avoid additional heartache and additional red tape. bill: from the outside you have this image of new orleans and these places like st. bernards parish. there was 15 feet of water that receded. this water c...

And one person i want to end with is somebody that many of you know the superintendent of schools in st. bernards parish, doris vorche. now, when katrinas waters rose doris and the faculty and staff of the high school saved the lives of hundreds of their neighbors, many of them old and sick, by moving them to shelter in the schools second floor. two days later, they led 1,200 people to safety. the day after that with her community in ruins, the superintendent was on her way to brounlg to make su...

Of the high school saved the lives of hundreds of their neighbors, many of them old and sick, by moving them to shelter in the schools second floor. two days later, they led 1,200 people to safety. the day after that, with her community in ruins, the superintendent was on her way to baton rouge to make sure her schools would open that fall. failure is not an option, became her motto. when some government officials gave her the runaround, she plowed ahead on her own, secured loans, finding portab...

Yes, the people in louisiana have seen the latest video of the mostly clear blue waters in the gulf of mexico. and yes, theyve heard the latest government report. that all but roughly 25% of the oil spilled into the gulf is gone. that doesnt mean people like louis bolero are going to believe it. what do you think when you hear all that? >> where is it? where did it go? >> a lifelong commercial fishermen, he now coordinates disaster response teams of st. bernards parish. >> where did it go? who p...

Because of that. >> along with bps new-found confidence that its damaged well is no longer a threat, sound like a political mop-up operation to st. bernards parish. >> is it possible that people along the gulf coast are so weary and so beaten up that its difficult to believe their own eyes? >> no, i dont think so. because we believe what we see. and thats why we continue to have some concern. >> so taffaros staff still goes out every day to capture images of the oil still rolling into his parish...

Debunked literally hundreds of times. there were already 24 foreign vessels operating in the gulf before the state department announced two days ago additional international assistance. >> reporter: political battles aside, what is clear is there are not as many oil cleanup vessels as could be used. the unified command which includes bp and federal agencies has been deploying oil skimmers, which skim oil off the water. there are, according to the coast guard, just over 500 vessels prepared to do...