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Katrina Live Thread, Part XI
Various ^ | 30 August 2005 | Various

Posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse

The situation in New Orleans continues to deteriorate due to rising water levels and desperation. Search and rescue continues via boat and air. Authorities have announced the goal to evacuate all the remaining residents of NOLA. The New Orleans Mayor has reported numerous gas leaks throughout the city. Sporadic fires occurring. Attempts to evacuate hundreds of hospital patients from Charity Hospital and Tulane Medical Center are in process. Patients are being transported to other hospitals as far away as Florida.

The Army Corps of Engineers is at the NOLA levee breaks with current plans to drop 3000 lb sand bags in an effort to stop the flow of water. NOLA hospital evacuations continue for thousands of patients. Reports indicate all evacuees are being taken to the SuperDome, which is now surrounded by water. The generators at the Dome are now in jeopardy. The Governor of Louisiana has called for a day of prayer tomorrow...

Elsewhere, search and rescue continue in Mississippi and Alabama. Biloxi reports indicate catastrophic damage.

Links to various news and local 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.

NOLA.com

Inside Houma Today needing boats, volunteers, lists gas station openings, water, etc.

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

Streaming Video:
WWL-TV (via KHOU/Houston): http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/makeadplaylist.pl?title=beloint_khou&live=yes

WKRG/Mobile: mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518

WDSU/New Orleans via WAPL/Jackson: mms://a842.l1291238841.c12912.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/842/12912/v0001/reflector:38841

All are Windows Media Player links.


Related FR Threads:

FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread

Discussion Thread - Hurricane Katrina - What Went Wrong?!?

Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here

Looting Begins In New Orleans

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.

Previous Threads:

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: aftermath; hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; livehurricanekatrina
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To: nwctwx

http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20219


Hostage Situation in New Orleans




Just a heads up, armed looters have taken over one of the medical centers in New Orleans where the injured people were being sent. They are holding the entire staff of the hospital hostage and firing at the national guard. An FBI SWAT team has just been flown in (from Baton Rouge I believe) and they are just now getting situated. I'm not sure of any online scanners that are up monitoring the state trs. That is where alot of traffic is going on at.

I will keep you guys updated on here if you want. Just let me know.


5,721 posted on 08/31/2005 12:31:58 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: sinkspur
dental x-ray records in the form of computer backups will be available - those are insurance policy requirements. See my http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1473615/posts?page=5701#5701
5,722 posted on 08/31/2005 12:32:09 PM PDT by Thud
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To: nwctwx

I groan at all the local TV stations that will tease their weather with "Tropical Storm Lee Forms! Will it be a threat to you?!?! Next in weather."


5,723 posted on 08/31/2005 12:32:11 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: colorado tanker

We don't know the half of what's really going on. From article at link: Here's one reason President should not tour by helicopter:

Amid the looting, gun-toting citizens took to the streets in some areas to try to restore order. A store owner had put up a sign reading: "You loot, I shoot."

Police said there were dozens of carjackings overnight, by desperate survivors trying to leave town or obtain supplies.

Somebody fired at a rescue helicopter Tuesday night, forcing its crew to abandon efforts to evacuate patients from a hospital, a state official said.

http://reuters.myway.com/article/20050831/2005-08-31T185744Z_01_HO481242_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-WEATHER-KATRINA-DC.html


5,724 posted on 08/31/2005 12:32:32 PM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: Brad's Gramma
I'm just shaking my head. WHERE do these thugs think they're going to go with this stuff?

They're real stupid. Their stupidity and ignorance are most likely why they are in the position to decide to loot in the first place.

5,725 posted on 08/31/2005 12:32:36 PM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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To: sheikdetailfeather
"Cheers to Shep for pointing out the need for directives and water, etc."

Speaking of if anyone reading this is from FOX news PLEASE ASK YOUR REPORTERS TO GET IN THERE AND HELP WITH THOSE COMMUNICATIONS TOOLS!

There are people dying right now, heart patients Diabetics and such. Dehydration is going to start taking its toll!

Please help!

5,726 posted on 08/31/2005 12:32:58 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
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To: Diddle E. Squat

Posse comitatus is already decided, the "Incident Of National Significance" trumps it, IIRC.


5,727 posted on 08/31/2005 12:33:10 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: freeperfromnj

This is mind-boggling. Why would someone fire at a resuce helicopter.


5,728 posted on 08/31/2005 12:33:31 PM PDT by pnz1
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Excellent explanation of the situation using aerial photos on CNN right now. Unfortunately the idiotic camera control room keeps cutting away to show us Wolf Blitzer's facial expressions. The opposite of our "best and brightest" go into TV news.


5,729 posted on 08/31/2005 12:34:10 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: BlueNgold
I am certain family members of missing victims will be asked to donate samples for DNA identification of some, but for many no such identification will be possible. Not unlike 9-11.

Sadly, for many of the elderly, no one will come to ask about them.

5,730 posted on 08/31/2005 12:34:37 PM PDT by sinkspur (We who have been given much must help those who now have nothing.)
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To: pnz1
Why would someone fire at a resuce helicopter.

Because that person is a thug.

5,731 posted on 08/31/2005 12:34:37 PM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
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To: Spktyr
Thank you so much!! Thank you, thank you for reporting that.

sw

5,732 posted on 08/31/2005 12:34:39 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: colorado tanker

Get off it, CT. Bush can't do any good in LA. His place is in DC, and he's there.


5,733 posted on 08/31/2005 12:35:01 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: Diddle E. Squat

Wolf Blitzer's face looks like a kitty litter box


5,734 posted on 08/31/2005 12:35:07 PM PDT by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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To: Broker
"Glad to see Shep is an advocate for these poor suffering people."

Lord know they need someone to yell out for help FOR THEM. I just wonder how long the media can hold out there? Phil Keating said they had to get out of their hotel this morning because the generator was failing due to high water. They tried to go to Baton Rouge but everything was full there.

This is a lesson for all of us. If there is any chance your home is going to be completely damaged from a storm and they say get out, get out. Otherwise, everyone needs to be prepared with food and water to help themselves for days until help is sent. As we can see sometimes it's hard to get help. Even Miss & Ala have no water/ice etc and they are not flooded like NO.

5,735 posted on 08/31/2005 12:35:45 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (Thank you JR for pulling this limping team across the finish in 9th place)
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To: al baby
I respectfully disagree. No matter what Bush does he will be attacked by the it's all Bush's fault crowd, so he shouldn't be guided by anticipating attacks.

I agree with those who say he can be more effective in Washington, being briefed, making decisions, issuing orders.

But in a crisis like this, people need to see him leading and expressing concern, even if it's brief at this point. And Bush should not leave himself open to the charge of being aloof, especially after the Cindy summer.

5,736 posted on 08/31/2005 12:35:52 PM PDT by colorado tanker (The People Have Spoken)
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To: spectre

This should make next week interesting:


Although the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico are relatively quiet in the wake of Katrina, we are watching the area off the southeast U.S. north of the Bahamas for possible tropical development this coming weekend or early next week. We've identified this region as Tropical Disturbance 38 on the current Tropical Development Outlook. As of today, the area north of the Bahamas is generally free of clouds. But with a weak frontal boundary across that area this weekend, and high pressure building to the north, thunderstorms could begin to cluster northeast of the Bahamas in a few days. If this occurs, then tropical development would be possible. A number of computer models have been suggesting such development for the past few days, in fact.

Should any development occur off the southeast U.S. Coast over the next 4-5 days, then it is possible that the area from the Florida Peninsula to North Carolina could be impacted. With high pressure blocking it to the north, it could either remain stationary or drift to the west. We cannot even rule out the possibility of any such development crossing Florida and entering the Gulf of Mexico, although we think chances of that happening are low at this time.

Elsewhere, it appears that Tropical Depression Thirteen will be upgraded to Tropical Storm Lee by the National Hurricane Center at 4PM CDT. It was located near 29.9N/49.9W, or about 900 miles east-southeast of the island of Bermuda. Movement is to the northeast at at 16-17 mph. Maximum sustained wind is 40 mph. Lee will be no threat to the Caribbean Sea or the east U.S. Coast. It will head out to sea into the open Atlantic and dissipate in 4-5 days.


5,737 posted on 08/31/2005 12:36:05 PM PDT by john316 (JOSHUA 24:15 ...choose you this day whom ye will serve...)
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To: Mad Dawgg
I'm gaining more respect for Shep. He's not my favorite Fox personality but today he is doing God's work.

I have been wondering all day why the media that are interviewing and filming these poor people on the bridge don't call for help.

The media can update the bridge people and give them instructions on the buses. While they are at it, would it be too hard for the media to pass out a few bottles of water? If they can get their personnel and satellite trucks up to the bridge they can also get a few cases of water.
5,738 posted on 08/31/2005 12:36:13 PM PDT by Republican Red (''Van der Sloot" is Dutch for ''Kennedy.")
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To: sodpoodle

The NOLA school buses are all underwater.

FEMA commandeered buses from private companies - notably, ones with bathrooms on board.


5,739 posted on 08/31/2005 12:36:13 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: BurbankKarl
Just a heads up, armed looters have taken over one of the medical centers in New Orleans where the injured people were being sent.

Is this the hospital that was crying for help earlier, saying the looters were getting into their cars? Prayers going up.

Shooting looters earlier on in the crisis would have been a GOOD idea.

5,740 posted on 08/31/2005 12:36:24 PM PDT by madison10
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