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A SWAT team drives past flood victims waiting at the Convention Center in New Orleans, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005. Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many resident remained in the city and had to be rescued from flooded homes and hotels and remain in the city awaiting a way out.
Engineers in Gulfport, distribute ice and water to people in the parking lot of Crossroads Mall in Gulfport, Mississippi September 1, 2005.
Three U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft offload equipment in support of relief operations for Hurricane Katrina at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Aug. 31, 2005.
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FOX Reporting that police and National Guard are trading fire with unknown people... 3 people KILLED at the SuperDome last night... Multiple Rapes, Robberies..
Coast Guard matters:
57 air craft in area
27 coast guard cutters
3 210' medium endurance cutters onway
7 buoy tenders there
5 more enroute
3 aids to nav. teams on way to mobile
also references statute that coast guard are also law enforcement officers
very broad authority and can assist in any way requested
@@@ The Alabama National Guard will send an additional 1,400 and Army and Air National Guardsmen to Mississippi on Thursday.
The additional troops will provide security to Mississippi officials and will help the state re-establish communication networks. The Alabama Guard will also send 40 members of the 20th Special Forces to Louisiana to help with search and rescue efforts.
The National Guard Bureau announced today that by Wednesday afternoon, 10,000 Guardsmen will be on duty in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. By Thursday, there will be 20,000.
The additional troops will be assisting disaster relief efforts in Mississippi and Louisiana.
The Alabama National Guard currently has about 800 personnel supporting civil authorities here in Alabama, and another 800 military police, engineers and aviators are performing missions in Mississippi. The additional 1,400 troops will bring the number of Alabama Guardsmen who are supporting disaster relief operations to 3,000.
Columbus, Ohio (8/31/2005) — The Ohio National Guard is preparing to deploy approximately 1,500 soldiers and airmen to assist in the Hurricane Katrina rescue and recovery efforts. The units will provide security and general support in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana
The deploying units include:
437th Military Police Battalion (Columbus)
1-148th Infantry Battalion (Company sized units in: Bowling Green, Delaware, Lima, N. Canton, Urbana, Xenia)
371st Corps Support Group (Kettering)
73rd Troop Command Task Force Command (Columbus)
269th Combat Communications Squadron (Springfield)