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{\an8}We begin tonight with Hurricane Katrina
which could be among
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{\an8}the biggest storms
ever to hit this country.
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A major hurricane
barreling toward the Gulf Coast.
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We are watching
a Category 5 hurricane, Hurricane Katrina.
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Hurricane Katrina
is now a Category 5 hurricane.
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Right now,
we are emphasizing leaving the city.
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Hurricane Katrina has
upgraded itself to a Category 5 hurricane.
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We cannot stress enough
the danger this hurricane poses
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to Gulf Coast communities.
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And this is just the beginning.
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The city of New Orleans…
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…this time tomorrow
those people who have fled
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may have no homes to return to.
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…much of New Orleans underwater.
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Hurricane Katrina...
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Hurricane Katrina...
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This is the storm some have long feared.
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Holy shit. Jim, we're in the chapel.
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Sarah, you gotta come see
this now. Second-floor walkway.
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So, Dr. Baltz,
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after Hurricane Katrina,
there were 45 dead bodies found
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at Memorial Medical Center.
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Forty-five.
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Yes.
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There were five days after the storm.
The most ungodly conditions.
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But 45 people died at your hospital.
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You're making it sound intentional.
You're mak...
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Was it intentional, Doctor?
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Please. Please.
You have to understand the circumstances.
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Why don't you go back
to the beginning for us, Doctor?
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If I understand, Doctor,
there were two hospitals in that building?
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Yes, uh, correct. Uh, two hospitals.
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There was Memorial Hospital,
where I worked, and Life Care,
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which was a long-term care facility
on the seventh floor.
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It had its own staff and patients.
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But just ahead of the storm,
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we took in an extra 1,200 people.
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Look, we have always sheltered people
at our hospital during hurricanes.
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That was not unusual.
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So, if none of this was unusual…
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How did all those patients
die over five days?
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Doctor, how did those 45 people die?
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National Guard...
They are now saying that Hurricane Katrina
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has upgraded itself
to a Category 5 hurricane.
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{\an8}Just let the folks know
what they have to do
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and point them in the right direction.
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- I'm sure they will cooperate.
- We have rules for a reason.
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Rules for a reason.
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Ewing, this is not the first
time this hospital has sheltered people.
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You know that.
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This is an emergency room.
This isn't a petting zoo.
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Oh, come on. These people
are members of our community.
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- This is what we do.
- Good.
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- Yeah.
- We can take care of them,
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and we can appropriately take care of
pets in the basement…
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- Well...
- …which is what the rules state.
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{\an8}The Gulf, where actually
it's very warm now.
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{\an8}Between 85 and 90 degrees in some areas.
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Okay? We have to take care of them.
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We have to take care of these people.
That's what our mission is.
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- These animals, they haven't...
- Look, staff meeting in a-a half an hour.
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Anna.
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Anna.
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Horace, is anybody
in charge of all these people?
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Oh, everybody's fine on their own.
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I've done this a dozen times.
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Sheltering here is like
being snowed in at the airport.
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Uh, you know, you don't have to be here.
We got plenty of staff.
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No, I've got some post-surgery patients
to look after.
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Vince can take care of the house.
I wanna be here.
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- I'd rather be here than not.
- Understood.
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Oh, uh, Susan said there's a senior staff
meeting in half an hour, okay?
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- Okay. Thank you.
- Okay.
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Good morning, everybody.
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Morning.
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Not staying in your office
like the rest of the doctors?
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In it together, right?
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It's like camping.
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We could use a campfire.
I hate it when they crank up the AC.
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What's that?
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Mmm. Can opener.
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That's all you brought? Some crackers,
tuna fish and a can opener.
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Worst comes to worst, I figure we'll be
here three days at the most.
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First hurricane at the hospital?
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Yes, it is.
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Why? Is there a problem?
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No, it's just...
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It's good you're optimistic. That's all.
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Well, how about we just hope
we don't have to find out the hard way
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whether it's too much or too little.
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Yeah.
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Sure.
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I'm gonna make some rounds.
I'll see you out there.
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- Mmm.
- Mm-hmm.
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Yeah. That's good. Let's go.
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Everybody, keep pushing in.
Keep moving in.
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- Yes, ma'am.
- Got it. Yep.
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Come on, everybody. In.
We could use the body heat, huh?
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Everybody hear me?
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Yeah. Mm-hmm.
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Okay. So, first off, for those of y'all
who don't know me, I'm Susan Mulderick,
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and I'm the incident commander
for this storm.
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I know that... that you all
are dealing with a lot already,
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and you're worried about your families,
and you're worried about your loved ones.
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I know that we all are.
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But regardless of what is going on
outside or inside,
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this is still a functioning hospital.
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And until this passes, we're gonna be
operating with special protocols.
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- Where are my unit liaisons?
- Right here.
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Y'all have walkie-talkies?
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- Ever... Everybody?
- Yes, ma'am.
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- Yes.
- Okay.
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To be clear for y'all, these liaisons
are in charge of the patient units,
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and in case of an emergency in that unit,
you take orders from them.
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Any hospital-wide directives
have to come from René or me.
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- Or me.
- Or Richard.
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Sorry. Sorry.
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Richard... Richard is filling in for Ruben,
who is on vacation.
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- Boo!
- Oh, listen.
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You ought to be ashamed talking about
your own staff president like that.
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Who's on vacation.
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Anything from y'all?
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People are asking about
the air-conditioning.
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Tell them that we turn the temperature
way down for a reason.
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If the city power goes out,
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our backup generators
don't operate the AC,
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and it's gonna get hot as a skillet
in here real quick.
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So, as long as it is cold,
they know everything's okay.
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Anything else?
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Yeah. Uh, Susan, have we, uh,
talked to someone from Life Care?
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I mean, I know they're their own hospital,
but we are in the same building.
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Well, they should have their own
emergency plan, and... and they're...
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You know, they're top dollar,
so if it comes to it,
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we'll probably be going
to them for favors.
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Anything... Anything else? Anybody?
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Okay. Well, I have been
at Memorial long enough
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- to know that most of these...
- Baptist.
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I have been at this hospital long enough
to know that most of these storms,
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they just blow on over.
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But it is the wasp that you're not
paying attention to that stings ya.
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So let's just do
what we are supposed to do.
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That's it. Let's go do work!
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All right. Great. Thanks. Thanks.
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This is a grim situation
for the city of New Orleans.
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Did you come over from
Life Care, Chalmette?
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- Yeah.
- Diane Robichaux.
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- Oh, Gina Is bell.
- How many patients did you bring with you?
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- Uh, 19.
- Jesus.
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Yeah. Well, corporate, you know.
They think Chalmette's gonna get hit hard.
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They'd rather evacuate patients from there
over to here at Life Care, Baptist.
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It's "Memorial."
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You call the hospital "Baptist,"
you sound like an old-timer.
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Well, corporations come and go.
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They can call it whatever they want.
To me, it's still Baptist.
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Everybody get settled okay?
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- Yeah. You know, brought my A-team.
- Good. Good.
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There is a patient I wanna keep my eye on.
Emmett Everett. Paraplegic, diabetic.
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Got him in a big boy bed now,
but he might need some special care.
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- Okay. Anything you need, let us know.
- Okay. Thanks, hon.
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It is now a monster.
Category 5, 160-mile-an-hour winds…
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Morning, Angela.
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Morning, Diane.
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Wilda.
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- Wilda.
- Mm-hmm.
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How's your mom doing?
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Ma, tell Diane how you're doing.
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Pretty good.
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- Yeah? You good?
- I'm all right.
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All right.
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Her temperature's down.
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Oh, that's a good sign.
She's fighting off the infection.
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You gonna stay here
with your mom for the storm?
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- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah?
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Well, I think the kitchen's making food.
You need something, just go get it.
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- Thank you.
- Yeah.
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She is looking better though. Your mom is.
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It's not anything like what I expected.
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There are people everywhere.
They have their pets with them.
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Everything seems just so disorganized.
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- Right.
- But everybody acts like it's normal.
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Well, I guess it is, right?
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I guess it is normal
for people who have done it before.
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Yeah. I got laughed at.
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What? You got laughed at, why?
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Because I only brought
a six-pack of water and some tuna.
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Come on.
You'll only be there a few days most.
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That's what I said.
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I wish you were here.
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I don't just mean in my heart.
I wish you were here.
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I wish that you would come.
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I know. I know, darling, but
I gotta take care of the house, all right?
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The house can take care of itself.
You know?
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Because when things get bad,
you know, if they get bad,
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I don't wanna have to call you.
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I wanna be able to turn around
and see you here.
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Okay, look,
I'm going to see you in a day, all right?
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Okay. Promise?
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Yeah, I promise.
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Uh, would you say a prayer for us?
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You say it. You know,
I've been saying them all day.
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Okay. Um…
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All right. God be surrounding you.
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You are safe in his arms.
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His light will always guide you.
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Amen.
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Can you do me a favor? Would you
take care of yourself? All right?
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Mmm. Okay.
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- I love you.
- I love you too.
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Hey! Hey, don't touch that!
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You gotta go around!
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That's a live wire! Go around!
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Shit.
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- Power's still on?
- Yeah.
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Lines are already coming down.
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As a result of that, uh,
I am this morning, uh, declaring, um,
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{\an8}that we will be doing a mandatory
evacuation, and I'm gonna read…
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Mark, your mom's in the city.
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Are they evacuating the hospitals?
Is she gonna be all right?
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Mark.
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What do we do?
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- Mr. Everett.
- Oh, Emmett's good, thank you.
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Emmett, I'm Diane Robichaux,
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one of the administrators
up here at Life Care.
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How you doing?
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- Well, I'm all right. How you doing?
- I'm good.
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Your trip over from Chalmette
was all right?
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It was all right.
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You sure? Heard you got a little something
going on with your blood sugar.
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Yeah, a little something's been going on,
but I'm good.
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You're not sneaking any snacks, are ya?
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- Nah, I know better than that.
- I'm just checking.
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Today's gonna be a little crazy
with the storm landing.
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- You have anybody? Anybody at home?
- My wife.
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- What's her name?
- Carrie.
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Right, you need someone
to call and check in with her?
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Ah, I got a phone.
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All right. You have trouble
getting through, you let somebody know.
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- Thank you.
- You just get some rest.
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We'll get you back to Chalmette
just as soon as all this passes.
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All right.
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Rolfie!
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Ah, how are you, huh?
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Thought you had to
keep the pets downstairs?
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Other people do.
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- That isn't right.
- You want me to take him back downstairs?
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Well, I just want you to be fair.
247
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I'm a doctor, and doctors ought to be able
to bend the rules in their own hospital.
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Doctors should set an example.
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Oh, fine.
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You want me to take him back downstairs?
I'll take him back downstairs.
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- Ewing.
- Come on, Rolfie.
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Mommy doesn't want you here.
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00:20:38,363 --> 00:20:41,867
Ewi... Ugh, this is like
when we were in that hotel in Atlanta,
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and they made us
take the freight elevator with Rolfie,
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and you wanted
to be on the people elevator.
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That poor woman, she almost...
257
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Well, she just went crazy
from the door opening.
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Rolfie was standing...
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Ewing! They almost kicked us out...
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Yeah. Yeah, hello.
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Well…
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Potentially catastrophic
storm, Hurricane Katrina.
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The US National Hurricane Center
says that Katrina
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had made landfall just east of Grand Isle.
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That is about 60 miles south
of New Orleans.
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The streets are filling with water
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that is having trouble draining
into the city's, uh,
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sewer system and pump system…
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Oh, I'm fine.
I am just a little bit chilly, yeah.
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Well, you keep warm, now.
Are the nurses there?
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Oh, they're here. Nurses are here,
you know, just like regular. Right.
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- Is Jill with you?
- Oh, Jill, yes.
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Jill's here. Yeah.
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Well, that's good.
You... You stay close to Jill. Okay, Ma?
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Listen, Mark.
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Uh, what I'm really concerned about
is you and Sandra. Now...
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How are you doing there?
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No, no, we'll be all right.
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Now listen, if anything happens,
do what the doctors tell you…
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…take good care...
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Hello. I can't hear you, dear.
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- I can't hear you. What?
- Mom? Okay... They'll take good care...
283
00:22:24,511 --> 00:22:27,389
What's that? I... I can't hear you.
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- Mom?
- Mark?
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00:22:29,558 --> 00:22:30,559
Mom?
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00:22:31,143 --> 00:22:32,394
M-Mark?
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Mom!
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Mom, you there?
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Mark?
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Shit.
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Is your mom all right?
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Lost connection.
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Mom.
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Hey. I didn't mean to wake you.
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Everything okay?
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Okay as it can be.
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I'm a nursing director.
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I didn't expect
to be in charge of all this.
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Tired?
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00:23:40,629 --> 00:23:41,755
I'm all right.
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00:23:56,144 --> 00:23:57,813
Feels good, Mom.
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00:24:21,670 --> 00:24:24,089
Diane. Got a problem.
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- Mulderick.
- This is Diane Robichaux.
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00:24:39,897 --> 00:24:43,150
- I'm sorry. Who is this?
- Diane Robichaux up at Life Care.
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00:24:43,233 --> 00:24:46,361
We have water leaking through the...
I mean, through the ceiling.
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Do you know where it's coming from?
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00:24:47,863 --> 00:24:50,199
Well, I don't know,
but there's water coming through.
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00:24:50,282 --> 00:24:51,783
Is everything all right?
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00:24:51,867 --> 00:24:54,328
I can't tell you what's going on up there.
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00:24:54,411 --> 00:24:56,747
Well, you're the incident commander
for the hospital, yes?
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- Yes.
- So I'm asking, is everything all right?
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00:25:05,839 --> 00:25:08,926
- Eric. Eric.
- Yeah.
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00:25:09,009 --> 00:25:11,178
I just got a call
from someone up at Life Care.
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00:25:11,261 --> 00:25:13,281
They're saying there's water coming
through the ceiling.
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00:25:13,305 --> 00:25:15,390
- Water?
- Coming through the ceiling.
316
00:25:15,474 --> 00:25:16,850
Life Care. That's seventh floor.
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00:25:16,934 --> 00:25:18,828
Probably rainwater getting blown
into the building.
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That's what I thought.
But everything else?
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Any other problems?
This building can take these winds.
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00:25:24,316 --> 00:25:25,716
Been here 80 years. It can take it.
321
00:25:26,109 --> 00:25:28,989
Only thing to worry about,
worst case, is flooding.
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Severe flooding.
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00:25:31,448 --> 00:25:33,784
Okay. If there was severe flooding...
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00:25:33,867 --> 00:25:36,036
- I mean, what would we do?
- We'd have to evacuate.
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00:25:36,828 --> 00:25:38,330
Evacuate?
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00:25:39,623 --> 00:25:40,916
How?
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00:25:40,999 --> 00:25:42,626
Well, I don't know how.
328
00:25:42,709 --> 00:25:45,003
I mean, you're the incident commander.
329
00:26:31,466 --> 00:26:34,094
I'm not having a very good feeling
about any of this.
330
00:26:34,803 --> 00:26:37,890
I'm concerned about what happens
to the hospital if it's flooded.
331
00:26:37,973 --> 00:26:41,101
If this storm is a Cat 5
like how they keep saying on TV,
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even if it's Category 4,
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and it pushes a lake,
a river, over a levee...
334
00:26:45,105 --> 00:26:46,815
Hospital sits three feet below sea level.
335
00:26:46,899 --> 00:26:49,627
It's not gonna take much to flood
the basement. Maybe even the first floor.
336
00:26:49,651 --> 00:26:52,362
Well, if we have need to move patients
to the second floor, third...
337
00:26:52,446 --> 00:26:54,465
- We can't move ER patients.
- That's not the only problem.
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00:26:54,489 --> 00:26:55,699
It's the backup generators.
339
00:26:55,782 --> 00:26:59,494
Parts of the emergency power system
are at ground level. Below ground level.
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00:26:59,578 --> 00:27:02,080
If the levees were to breach,
if the city power goes...
341
00:27:02,164 --> 00:27:05,268
- If the levees breach. If we lose power.
- We're gonna lose the backup generators,
342
00:27:05,292 --> 00:27:07,377
and we're gonna lose all power
in the hospital.
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00:27:07,461 --> 00:27:10,589
All power. No equipment, no monitors,
no ventilators, no pumps...
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00:27:10,672 --> 00:27:11,840
I get it. All means all.
345
00:27:11,924 --> 00:27:14,843
When you say flooding, how much
standing water are we talking about?
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Eight feet, ten feet?
347
00:27:16,053 --> 00:27:18,055
Take about four feet
to put us out of business.
348
00:27:18,138 --> 00:27:21,183
And there's already a foot of water...
More than a foot out there right now.
349
00:27:25,270 --> 00:27:29,066
Jesus fucking...
Now is not a good time to be hearing this.
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00:27:29,149 --> 00:27:31,836
Well, I wrote up a memorandum
after the last hurricane warning you all
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about something like this.
I put it in front of the administrators.
352
00:27:34,446 --> 00:27:36,799
- It doesn't do any good to get defensive.
- I'm not getting defensive.
353
00:27:36,823 --> 00:27:39,423
I'm telling y'all that this
isn't the first time this has come up.
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00:27:39,451 --> 00:27:42,162
All right, fine. So what are our options?
355
00:27:42,246 --> 00:27:46,333
There are no options.
We lose power, we'd have to evacuate.
356
00:27:46,416 --> 00:27:47,918
- Okay.
- It is not okay.
357
00:27:48,001 --> 00:27:51,421
There is no plan for evacuating
the hospital if it's flooded.
358
00:27:51,505 --> 00:27:53,149
What does the emergency manual say?
359
00:27:53,173 --> 00:27:56,301
There is no plan for evacuating
the hospital if it's flooded.
360
00:27:56,385 --> 00:28:00,347
There's a plan for a mass casualty event,
a civil disorder event,
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00:28:00,430 --> 00:28:03,767
a bomb threat event,
a plan for an active shooter situation.
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00:28:03,851 --> 00:28:05,620
There's a hundred and something
pages in there
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00:28:05,644 --> 00:28:08,021
about what to do
in case of a bio terror attack.
364
00:28:08,105 --> 00:28:12,818
There is no plan for an evacuation
if the hospital is flooded.
365
00:28:14,736 --> 00:28:18,448
No, I just reread it. There is nothing
in there about 2,000 people,
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00:28:18,532 --> 00:28:23,412
200 of them patients, cut off stranded
in a hospital without power.
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00:28:24,162 --> 00:28:25,330
If the basement floods,
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00:28:25,414 --> 00:28:29,376
we lose all the food,
the fresh water, all our supplies.
369
00:28:29,459 --> 00:28:33,422
Look, four feet of water,
and we have got problems.
370
00:28:35,215 --> 00:28:36,925
We've got more than problems.
371
00:28:38,260 --> 00:28:39,845
Well, you're the incident commander.
372
00:28:39,928 --> 00:28:41,930
Jesus. Could people stop saying that?
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00:28:42,014 --> 00:28:44,975
If there's something we should be doing,
it's your call.
374
00:29:05,746 --> 00:29:06,747
Ma.
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00:29:07,497 --> 00:29:08,498
Ma.
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00:29:08,582 --> 00:29:09,625
Mmm.
377
00:29:11,084 --> 00:29:15,589
I'm gonna take a little walk.
I'll be right back. Promise.
378
00:29:15,672 --> 00:29:17,007
Mm-hmm.
379
00:31:02,529 --> 00:31:04,281
Oh.
380
00:31:09,369 --> 00:31:10,579
Yeah.
381
00:31:18,795 --> 00:31:21,757
Wind gusts
of about 185 miles per hour.
382
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:24,510
And winds of up to 150 miles per hour.
383
00:31:24,593 --> 00:31:28,639
It is still expected
to be a formidable menace.
384
00:31:28,722 --> 00:31:32,643
Tornado warnings at this hour expected
for Louisiana, Mississippi,
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00:31:32,726 --> 00:31:34,561
Alabama and Florida…
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00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:44,571
In its wake,
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00:31:44,655 --> 00:31:47,574
there have been winds registering
over 100 miles per hour.
388
00:31:47,658 --> 00:31:50,077
And that's here about four miles inland.
389
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,496
Along the sea,
it's been much worse than that.
390
00:31:52,579 --> 00:31:55,999
We've already got reports
of boats tossed along Interstate 90,
391
00:31:56,083 --> 00:31:58,627
which is about 75 feet away
from the beach.
392
00:31:58,710 --> 00:32:00,420
You can see widespread damage.
393
00:32:00,504 --> 00:32:02,297
There are stoplights down.
394
00:32:02,381 --> 00:32:05,259
The new sh... theaters,
the new restaurants, the new hotels
395
00:32:05,342 --> 00:32:08,637
that have been built in the last
couple years all have been damaged.
396
00:33:01,648 --> 00:33:02,649
You okay?
397
00:33:04,318 --> 00:33:05,444
You all right?
398
00:33:11,325 --> 00:33:12,576
Mr. Hill.
399
00:33:13,869 --> 00:33:15,871
Let's get you back to your room, okay?
400
00:33:16,455 --> 00:33:18,999
- Okay.
- Okay, come.
401
00:33:32,179 --> 00:33:34,431
Okay. Ready?
402
00:33:34,515 --> 00:33:35,516
Yeah.
403
00:33:38,727 --> 00:33:40,729
There we go. All right.
404
00:34:39,246 --> 00:34:41,557
- What's going on?
- I was with a patient. What's happening?
405
00:34:41,581 --> 00:34:42,583
Anna.
406
00:34:57,806 --> 00:34:58,891
Susan.
407
00:34:58,974 --> 00:35:00,934
- Susan, you're bleeding.
- I'm just... It's fine.
408
00:35:00,976 --> 00:35:02,019
Anna, it's Mulderick.
409
00:35:02,102 --> 00:35:05,147
The walkway's shaking badly.
I don't think it's gonna hold up.
410
00:35:05,230 --> 00:35:06,315
You need to evacuate.
411
00:35:06,398 --> 00:35:08,835
You gotta get out of there,
or you'll be cut off from everything.
412
00:35:08,859 --> 00:35:10,777
Got it. Start going across.
413
00:35:10,861 --> 00:35:12,613
Get everyone off the unit.
414
00:35:13,572 --> 00:35:15,616
We have to evacuate. Get everybody out.
415
00:35:15,699 --> 00:35:17,701
- Okay, let's go! Let's go!
- Across the walkway.
416
00:35:17,784 --> 00:35:19,912
Everybody, across the walkway!
417
00:35:19,995 --> 00:35:22,247
No, no, no. Leave your things.
Leave your things and go.
418
00:35:23,790 --> 00:35:27,294
Eric, the storm's surging.
The water's at three feet.
419
00:35:27,377 --> 00:35:29,004
Copy that. The water's coming in fast.
420
00:35:29,087 --> 00:35:32,299
Come on! Hurry! Hurry!
421
00:35:33,300 --> 00:35:34,384
Go. I'll meet you.
422
00:35:34,468 --> 00:35:37,387
All right, take everybody you can
and move them off the floor. Let's go!
423
00:35:38,222 --> 00:35:40,766
- You too. Let's go.
- Wait. But is everyone off the east side?
424
00:35:40,849 --> 00:35:41,849
I don't know.
425
00:35:41,892 --> 00:35:43,810
- Take her. I'm right behind you.
- Let's go.
426
00:35:47,064 --> 00:35:49,316
Susan. Mulderick, are you there?
427
00:35:49,900 --> 00:35:52,110
- I'm here.
- It's Karen. I'm in ICU.
428
00:35:52,194 --> 00:35:54,631
The windows are breaking
and the floors are filling up with water.
429
00:35:54,655 --> 00:35:56,698
Get everybody you can off the unit.
430
00:35:56,782 --> 00:35:59,502
Okay, we're doing that. But there's...
I got patients. We can't move.
431
00:35:59,535 --> 00:36:01,828
- Do what you can, but you gotta hold on.
- Susan!
432
00:36:01,912 --> 00:36:03,205
- Susan!
- You gotta hold on.
433
00:36:03,288 --> 00:36:05,457
- We got water coming into the basement.
- How much?
434
00:36:05,541 --> 00:36:07,101
It's at three feet outside the building.
435
00:36:07,125 --> 00:36:08,645
We've gotta get everything
outta the basement.
436
00:36:08,669 --> 00:36:10,230
- Food supplies, everything.
- That'll take hours.
437
00:36:10,254 --> 00:36:13,006
We've got 200 doctors and staff.
Get 'em. Get 'em working.
438
00:36:13,090 --> 00:36:14,442
- Food and water first.
- Let's go.
439
00:36:14,466 --> 00:36:15,467
Get to the basement.
440
00:36:15,551 --> 00:36:17,553
Horace… it's Susan.
441
00:36:17,636 --> 00:36:19,638
- I'm here.
- Horace, the basement is flooding.
442
00:36:19,721 --> 00:36:21,390
The first floor might take on water.
443
00:36:21,473 --> 00:36:24,601
I need y'all to start moving the people
from admitting to the second floor,
444
00:36:24,685 --> 00:36:26,144
and I need it done calmly.
445
00:36:26,228 --> 00:36:27,396
Understood.
446
00:36:31,191 --> 00:36:32,734
Bryant. Bryant.
447
00:36:33,402 --> 00:36:39,449
Um, we have to move all these folks
upstairs quickly but very calmly.
448
00:36:39,533 --> 00:36:40,909
- Got it?
- Yeah.
449
00:36:40,993 --> 00:36:42,971
Excuse me.
If I could have your attention?
450
00:36:42,995 --> 00:36:45,497
Uh,
we might be getting some new patients in.
451
00:36:45,581 --> 00:36:48,458
Emergency arrivals. So we're gonna
go ahead and move people upstairs.
452
00:36:48,542 --> 00:36:51,086
Go ahead and grab your things.
Walk upstairs just one floor.
453
00:36:51,170 --> 00:36:52,421
Okay.
454
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:56,049
Here it comes.
455
00:36:59,678 --> 00:37:01,597
Easy going. We gotta keep it moving.
456
00:37:16,153 --> 00:37:19,114
Anyone else here?
457
00:37:19,198 --> 00:37:20,490
Anyone here?
458
00:37:22,326 --> 00:37:24,244
Anyone else here?
459
00:37:45,641 --> 00:37:47,017
Come on.
460
00:37:49,770 --> 00:37:50,979
Come with me.
461
00:37:55,025 --> 00:37:56,193
Oh, no.
462
00:37:57,736 --> 00:38:01,573
Come on. Come on. Close your eyes.
Okay, close your eyes.
463
00:38:01,657 --> 00:38:03,025
It's gonna be okay.
464
00:38:04,284 --> 00:38:05,577
It's gonna be okay.
465
00:38:07,079 --> 00:38:09,373
Awesome God,
we thank you for your protection.
466
00:38:09,456 --> 00:38:11,208
We need your protection.
467
00:38:11,291 --> 00:38:14,169
Give your divine and protect...
Protective shield, Lord.
468
00:38:14,253 --> 00:38:16,463
Thank you. Thank you for your mercy.
469
00:38:17,005 --> 00:38:20,300
Look over Lisa every time she's sleeping.
Thank you.
470
00:38:20,384 --> 00:38:24,847
Give your divine and protect...
Protective shield, Lord. Thank you.
471
00:38:29,768 --> 00:38:32,145
God, help us.