Katrina Live Thread, Part XIV

Various ^ | 2 September 2005 | Various

[NautiNurse]

President Bush continues to assess the catastrophic damage by air and on the ground in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Bush spent the day meeting with search and rescue personnel, relief commanders, and displaced residents in Mobile, Biloxi, and the New Orleans area. U.S. Congress passed a $10.5 billion relief package for the hurricane ravaged areas. First Lady Laura Bush issued a press statement from an evacuation shelter in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Patient and staff evacuations continue from numerous New Orleans Hospitals. Thousands of patients are being airlifted to a field hospital at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport for triage, staging, and transport to hospitals throughout the United States.

The U.S. Coast Guard and civilian volunteers continue to evacuate thousands of survivors from their flooded homes in New Orleans. The Army Corps of Engineers continues work to repair the damaged levees.

The nation's airlines today began an operation intended to fly up to 25,000 refugees out of New Orleans. The airlines are volunteering their aircraft and crews for the program. Long convoys loaded with relief supplies arrived throughout the day into New Orleans, while convoys of buses are moving survivors out of the city.

Several large fires are burning in the city and greater New Orleans area. Reports indicate snipers are holding down firefighters. Reports of shots fired with LEO down in the St. Bernard Parish area. Rescue operations are underway. A bus carrying NOLA evauees rolled over in Opelousa, LA.

Links to various news, local and state government websites:

WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula has link to locate family and friends
2theAdvocate - Baton Rouge Includes Slidell, St. John Parish, St. Bernard Parish updates, and other locations.
NOLA.com
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
Gulfport News via Topix.net
WAFB Baton Rouge
Mobile Register via al.com
Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger
Lafayette LA Daily Advertiser
Pensacola News Journal
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:

New Orleans Emergency Operations Center - is now open:
504-463-1000
504-463-1001
504-463-1002

WWL-TV New Orleans (via WFAA Dallas) - WWL-TV is operating from studios at Louisiana Public Broadcasting. CBS has a relay during the morning and afternoon. When available, use the CBS relay first as they have greater streaming capacity. Yahoo has also provided a relay.

WDSU-TV New Orleans - The news staff has started to return to temporary news studios near New Orleans. However, expect evening coverage from Hearst-Argyle sister stations WAPT Jackson and WESH Orlando when the New Orleans staff needs to take a break.

WGNO-TV New Orleans - New Orleans' ABC affiliate has returned to the air with WBRZ-TV and launched video streaming with continuous Katrina coverage.

WPMI-TV Mobile, AL - WPMI is webcasting from 5:30am - 10:30pm CDT. When off air, you can view pre-recorded reports on demand. This feed is often unreliable.

WKRG-TV Mobile, AL - This station is providing good coverage of the situation to the east in Mississippi and Alabama. However, the station is now signing off at around 10:30pm CDT like WWL and WPMI.

WJTV-TV Jackson, MS - The CBS affiliate in Jackson is providing live coverage for both the Jackson area and south Mississippi (knowing a lot of media in that area is off the air).

United Radio From New Orleans: WWL-AM, WNOE-FM, "KISS-FM," WRNO-FM, WYLD-FM, and WJBO-AM who have joined forces as United Radio From New Orleans, and they are streaming.

Related FR Threads:

FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread FReeper Check In thread
Discussion Thread - Hurricane Katrina - What Went Wrong?!?
Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here
Looting Begins In New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina HOUSING Thread
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, and lines are busy
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.
National Black Home Educators Resource Association http://www.nbhera.org/ Southern Baptist: NAMB - http://www.namb.net/
Samaritan's Purse - http://www.samaritanspurse.org/

Previous Threads:
Katrina Live Thread, Part XIII
Katrina Live Thread, Party XII
Katrina Live Thread, Part XI
Katrina Live Thread, Part X
Katrina Live Thread, Part IX
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12

[Arizona Carolyn]

I heard that the banks throughout the area and Mississippi and Alabama you got a call the bank message if you try to use ATM.

[md2576]

I wasn't going there. Scary thought

[buickmackane]

I've just been watching a press conference organized by Mayor Ned Randolph of Alexandria, LA on the local public service cable channel, in which he reminds everyone that Alexandria will be home to the refugees for an indefinite, unspecified length of time.

Since there are so many concerns about making a general donation to the American Red Cross (especially after Kanye West's remarks during the live NBC fundraising concert earlier this evening), I'm posting this link from the United Way of Central Louisiana which gives local addresses. You can contact these charitable organizations directly and cut out the middleman, and be assured that your donation will go straight to people being sheltered in Alexandria and Pineville:

http://www.guidetohumanservices.org/gths_hurricane_katrina.php

One of the organizations especially requesting help during Mayor Randolph's press conference was LifeShare Blood Centers. Here is a link with info about their Alexandria locations:

http://www.lifeshare.org/donation/centers.html#alexandria

Please remember that long after the sensational headlines die down, Rapides Parish will still be hosting thousands of refugee families. Your donations will be a lot more beneficial if you send them directly to where they're needed most.

Thanks for your continued interest!

[hoosiermama]

FYI:(Just a drop in the bucket)
Housing
FEMA is leading housing plan

Looking to secure cruise ships for housing support; have identified 3 ships with 6,500. Need approval to move them close to New Orleans.
1600 dorm rooms identified
400 hotel room identified
45,000 mobile homes and trailers identified – need to find site to place them

[Texasforever]

Good to know. Thanks

[tcrlaf]

CNN/Nagin- General Bush sent is "One John Wayne Type Dude"...

[Heatseeker]

Buses, trollys, walking....but thats just the ones who worked and needed to be somewhere.

Even the ones who didn't work (and unlike some here I will continue to believe, until proven wrong, that most NO citizens had jobs and were not welfare leaches) would have had money for bus fare.

And if not, the Mayor could have made the buses free for special one-way trips out of town to the west and northwest. Somebody here has mentioned that the city did offer something like this but there were few takers.

[wardaddy]

yeah...i don't rememeber the 00 election threads running numbered like this do you?

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

Yoohoo Rev. Jackson, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Russell Honore who is in charge in New Orleans is BLACK!

LTG Honore isn't black. He was my brigade commander when I was in the 3rd Infantry Division. He's a Ragin' Cajun, but certainly not black.

[PhiKapMom]

I had the football game on between AZ and Utah -- gave up on cable news after I saw Jackson and Sharpton. Figured it was better to have football on the TV.

My list of people I can stand to watch is so small I have to think who I can put up with. MSNBC is OUT and CNN is almost OUT. I watch breaking news on CNN until Wolfie comes on and then turn it to something else. The guy that comes on after Fox and Friends doesn't get on my nerves -- cannot remember his name right now. I like Fox's reporters who were embedded. Like I said, my list is getting smaller and smaller. :)

[Arizona Carolyn]

Me too...

[Born in a Rage]

They will keep them until the families are settled and able to have their pets at home once again. Help in every manner is pouring in throughout the local Southern towns. Too bad the national media is not focused more on that.

LOL! Breaking News...Alert...Alert - ATTENTION! A vet in a small town has taken in some refugee pets...END ALERT

[doug from upland]

WE NEED HELP ON THIS THREAD ABOUT THE LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD

The President issued an emergency declaration on Saturday at the request of the Governor. That the the feds certain power over coordinating activities. But who was in charge of the Louisiana National Guard? The President is being blamed because it took three days to get water there.

[Texasforever]

I wonder what the situation is in the other affected states? I am really concerned that NO is becoming the main focus to the detriment of everyone else.

[BurbankKarl]

A New Orleans police officer tells the crowd that MRE's will be passed out in front of the New Orleans Convention Center, Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, in downtown New Orleans.

IS THIS THE SAME OFFICER THAT WAS ON GERALDO RIVERA'S BROADCAST LATER IN THE DAY SAYING NO FOOD WAS DELIVERED!!!!

[Spktyr]

Actually, they *are* being put in Reliant until more of the Convention Center is ready.


This is a plan that Texas has been thinking about and revising for a very, very long time. Don't worry too much about it - we're looking at it as both a neighborly duty and as a dry run should something *really* bad ever happen here.

[LikeLight]

That's why we've got a big problem on our hands.

[bonfire]

And you would be right.

[rolling_stone]

thats a pretty long list..we will relly make progress when 2 more are added, a new mayor of NO, and governor of LA..

[Arizona Carolyn]

This looks pretty nice to me. Sure looks like it's the luck of the draw for these people.