Hundreds gather in hopes of a ride out of New Orleans. New emergencies continued to threaten thousands of refugees, and efforts were underway to evacuate the city. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) August 31, 2005
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Posted on 08/31/2005 4:00:15 PM PDT by NautiNurse
President Bush: "We are dealing with one of the worst national disasters in our nation's history." Push has appropriated vast federal resources to assist with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
78,000 people are currently in shelters. New Orleans evacuation continues. 10,000 additional National Guard troops have been called to service.
Hospitals are running low on supplies, and public health concerns include water borne disease, poor sanitation, food and drinking water contamination and shortages, mosquitoes, carbon monixide poisoning from electricity generators, lack of childcare, and the special needs of the elderly.
Links to various news, local and state government websites:
WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula has link to locate family and friends (very slow load)
2theAdvocate - Baton Rouge Includes Slidell, St. John Parish, St. Bernard Parish updates, and other locations.
Inside Houma Today includes shelter and volunteer updates
WLBT.com Jackson MS
WALA Channel 4 Mobile, AL Includes links to distribution centers, Emergency Ops, etc.
Sun-Herald Gulfport MS Includes link to town by town reports
Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger
St Bernard Local Government
Alabama Homeland Security Volunteers can sign up online
Alabama DOT
Alabama.gov
Louisiana Homeland Security
Louisiana State Police road closure info
State of Mississippi Website has traffic alerts, emergency contact numbers
Streaming Video:
WWL-TV: http://www.khou.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_khou&props=livenoad
WDSU-TV: http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38843.asx"
WPMI-TV: http://www.wpmi.com/mediacenter/default.aspx?videoId=113739
WKRG-TV: mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518
WTOK-TV (follow the link on the home page): http://www.wtok.com/
WJTV-TV: mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95563
Gulf Coast Storm Network (radio): http://www.stormalert.net/main.html#
Related FR Threads:
FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread
Discussion Thread - Hurricane Katrina - What Went Wrong?!?
Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here
Martial Law Declared in New Orleans
Due to the number of requests to assist, the following list of some charities is provided.
This is not intended as an endorsement for any of the charities.
www.redcross.org or 1-800 HELP NOW - note: website is slow
Salvation Army - 1-800-SAL-ARMY or Salvation Army currently looking for in-state volunteers - (888)363-2769
Operation Blessing: (800) 436-6348.
America's Second Harvest: (800) 344-8070.
Catholic Charities USA: (800) 919-9338, or www.catholiccharitiesusa.org.
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: (800) 848-5818.
Church World Service: (800) 297-1516 or online at www.churchworldservice. org.
Lutheran Disaster Response: (800) 638-3522.
Nazarene Disaster Response: (888) 256-5886.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: (800) 872-3283.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is accepting donations at its 3,800 stores and Web site, www.walmart.com.
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Tropical Storm 12
Did I hear him say that the area of the levy that broke was not one slated for repair if the budgeted monies came in?
That adorable blind man speaking so upbeat and positive about his rescue and all that helped him on Fox right now -God bless him and keep him well.
Whatever the number turns out to be it appears the bloated federal bureaucracy is not able to respond in ways most Americans would expect it to respond.
I think there are going to be some angry voters come Nov 06.
Didn't you catch the sarcasm tag?
They are brother and sister, not married. Then again, this is Louisiana.
They had just finished working on it and thought they had improved it in the last couple of years...
YEP!
Glad you have power!
They aren't expecting it or phone soon! They are using text messages and this afternoon she was able to call out on the cell
No one can tell them how long it will be. Just to boil water.
I just talked with my Sweet Baby and he said they finally got a generator.
But they are still boiling water.
I don't know who told them to do that!
They are older and he has stomach cancer.
He's just started chemo and can't stand to be around too much noise.
All the kids are at the residence of her sister where they stayed for the last day or so.
They decided to get a generator and go back home.
(I had no idea generators were available)
They got it at their friendly neighborhood Wal*Mart store!
We'll have to wait and see how it goes from there.
Glad you are powered up! ;-)
That Chevron facility is in MS. Also in order for ground water problems to occur, the leak must be over dry land. This was all wet and the product floats.
That's cause they had just worked on the darn levee...it wasn't slated for repair cause they thought they had repaired it.
Hundreds gather in hopes of a ride out of New Orleans. New emergencies continued to threaten thousands of refugees, and efforts were underway to evacuate the city. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) August 31, 2005
"Anyone seen the video of what looks like Marine One (the President's helicopter) down in the area? "
A few minutes after that clip, they showed another clip (also without commentary) that looked like 41 and 42 in the disaster zone.
FWIW
Those freakin Saudis better pony up some cash! And Kuwait too. They OWE US.
All I could think was GOD what a relief to hear a normal person- he's a REAL man.
I'd concur with that. There may be some damage to the refinery from the winds, although nothing seems damaged in that photo, but the water wasn't a problem.
Are you talking about the Canal St. levee? Because if so, I thought that it was the most recently completed levee, supposedly going to stand up a lot better than the previous levees.
Any further comment on this Baltimore/Houston business? I haven't seen anything anywhere on this...
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