Katrina Live Thread XII

Various ^ | 31 August 2005 | Various

[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.

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:

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

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 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

[Snoopers-868th]

. . . it's madness to even consider rebuilding on that spot.

I agree totally. It is like chaulk on the board every time I hear, "we are going to rebuild" with the presumption, "and YOU are GONNA help us!" It is crazy and we taxpayers have no choice in the matter.

[76834]

Also:
KRBC Abilene just showed an element of the TNG packing up and rolling out. Looks like they are gonna truck it to LA.
Also showed Red Cross and SA trucks loading to follow the first contingent.

[BurbankKarl]

Shep the Schlep must have missed the 500 busses

[james_f_hall]

It'll look like Gaza...

[neodad]

Rule Number 1: Be Armed. I can't believe that's a Canadian Tshirt.

[Abigail Adams]

I was watching NBC evening news and they showed some tourists wheeling their baggage down the street. They said they felt totally forgotten by authorities, with no info about where to go, no help to get out, etc. Not sure where they were headed at that point. Very sad.

[Howlin]

Thanks for posting that; LSU is doing a great job.

As an aside, Pete and Ellen Maravich were/are friends of mine.

[madison10]

THAT is one dude with a 'tude! Bar looks to be in pretty good shape.

[Not A Snowbird]

As a matter of fact they had some earthquakes out my way in the California Desert this afternoon...

From the usgs website it looks like a swarm of 4+ quakes, right on top of each other. Something brewing out west?

[DollyCali]

Boo! going to sleep. just saying hi!

[Howlin]

and then let the remainder go back to wetlands.

And who could argue with that? Not the envirowhackos.....they're always screaming about reclaiming wetlands, aren't they?

[girlangler]

New 'AWLINS' was a cesspool before this happened and this surprises me not at all.

IT WILL GET WORSE.

God bless the innocents there who have to endure this.

[John Jamieson]

475*50 =23,750 people

To many for even Houston to handle. Hope they're going many places.

[oceanview]

yes, what was that all about. why were the police cars parked to cause the buses to not be able to smoothly move up the highway?

[winodog]

Thats why I wonder if they will actually pump all that toxic waste into LP?

[Arizona Carolyn]

That's them. The governor of Texas said they would arrive about 11 p.m. and everyone would be searched for guns and drugs before allowing them inside.

[SolomoninSouthDakota]

"When Lake Ponchatrain lowers to a more natural level, the levee breaks will allow the flow of water back to the lake thru the canals"

Now someone is coming to a key question I've wondered about. If that long-named lake is open to and drains freely into the Gulf of Mexico, why is it also staying so high? It does have a quite large "drain opening" into the Gulf from my analysis. Is it probable that the big Miss. River is somehow feeding into both the city of New Orleans and the lake as well? Perhaps since Katrina has basically stopped up it's drainage area into the delta? Or am I wrong in saying the lake is in fact high? Can anyone help me understand this?

[BurbankKarl]

More busses Fox News missed....doing three point turns on the broken Interstate 10.

[Miss Behave]

"Did they use the buses to get people out of the city or to the Super Dome?"

That's a good question, and I'm confused a little, too.

Did they have a plan to use city buses to get the people out of town before Katrina hit, or did they use them to shuttle them to the Super Dome?

[radiohead]

Also I heard that the buses had been taken out of service, but I don't know if that is true or not.

I think that is true for the regular buses, which was just plain stupid. However, take a look around this thread. There's a picture of school buses underwater that's been posted several times. Makes you sick to look at it when you think how they could have been used.