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

[endthematrix]

"Yeah, I was going to bed - now I need to watch the thread."

CLASSIC!

[Arizona Carolyn]

well for everyone who can't take the dose of reality we've discussed here, you are going to hate all the morning papers:

Sample Headlines

Houston Chronicle New Orleans in chaos

Brisbane Courier Mail, Australia - 2 hours ago By Jason Reed in New Orleans. ... Authorities prepared to evacuate thousands of residents remaining in New Orleans, many of them to Houston's Astrodome. ...

New Orleans death toll to be in thousands Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) Death toll in New Orleans expected to swell into thousands

San Jose Mercury News New Orleans reels under worsening floods, looting Taipei Times

StarPhoenix Thousands Feared Drowned in New Orleans

Guardian Unlimited, UK - 55 minutes ago NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With thousands feared drowned in what could be America's deadliest natural disaster in a century, New Orleans' leaders all but surrendered ...

All of New Orleans evacuted News24

New Orleans drowning Chicago Sun-Times

Total evacuation of New Orleans begins Chicago Tribune >P>MSNBC Engineers: Draining New Orleans Could Take 3 to 6 Months

Los Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour ago Draining the billions of gallons of water that has inundated New Orleans could take three to six months, a substantially longer time than many experts have ... Rebuilding New Orleans, a challenge and an opportunity

Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) Q&A: Fixing the Flooding in New Orleans NPR US Army to Use Sandbags to Plug New Orleans Canal Breaches Bloomberg

Washington Post No Way Out of New Orleans as Planes, Trains and Buses Cancel

Los Angeles Times, CA - 46 minutes ago WASHINGTON — Passengers boarding Continental's packed flight at 3:30 pm Sunday from New Orleans to Houston felt lucky to have escaped before Hurricane ... First flights into New Orleans rescue stranded travelers

Fort Worth Star Telegram First flights into New Orleans rescue stranded travelers

KLTV American Airlines Ships Water, Food To New Orleans

NBC5i.com

DetNews.com New Orleans Death Toll May Soar; Survivors Desperate; Looters ...

Los Angeles Times, CA - 36 minutes ago ... NEW ORLEANS — The city's police and emergency officials worked desperately Wednesday to prevent complete social disintegration as widespread looting ... New Orleans Cops Ordered to Stop Looters

Guardian Unlimited Looters ransack New Orleans

St. George Daily Spectrum Katrina's Devastation Mounts

Los Angeles Times New York Times - Hope in short supply for those stranded in New Orleans

San Jose Mercury News, United States - 2 hours ago By ERIKA BOLSTAD. NEW ORLEANS - The breaking point for Patricia Trasher came Wednesday afternoon. ... There is little hope in New Orleans right now. ...

Chaos Reigns at Superdome Shelter Los Angeles Times

Refugees Still Showing Up at Superdome San Francisco Chronicle

Superdome, known for big moments, now a refuge CNN/SI

KTRK New Orleans chaotic, Texas to get Katrina refugees

Reuters.uk, UK - 12 hours ago

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - About 23,000 refugees stuck at the New Orleans Superdome arena after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city will be evacuated to Houston ...

UPDATE 4-New Orleans chaotic, Texas to get Katrina refugees Reuters Katrina: Houston rolls out welcome mat for New Orleans refugees

St. Cloud Times

And these are just samples.

[JimDingle]

but the IP adress is the same and that means it is comming from the same location. (unless they are hosting the feed) and I doubt a bunch of emo kids would do that.

[Americanwolf]

he just wants to feel that he is important and special.. let him be he has offered no other proof that it is a hoax...

[Wampus SC]

Yep, only now it's not certain that it is a hoax. Guess time will tell.

[kingu]

Sorry. that front page was beyond, damn, judged a book by it's cover.

There are going to be a lot of folks of a lot of different tastes that want to hear news unfiltered. Scanners are popular on both sides.

[Brad’s Gramma]

I was on Google a bit ago, looking for news on Mobile. One of the links (I do NOT remember which)...gave me a virus. My anti picked it up...thank Heaven.

[Americanwolf]

I could see someone hosting the feed...just because the look like freaks doesn't mean they aren't computer nerds.. :)

[JerseyHighlander]

Sorry, there's too many replies to reply individually. I made a horrible rush to judgement based on a badly constructed satirical homepage.

[conservative in nyc]

Have you been listening to another scanner source that gave the same details?

I don't know whether it is a hoax. All I know is that it's hosted by btnaccess, which "designs, builds and manages IP communications worldwide and operates a global MPLS network", according to its website.

We'll find out in the morning. If the reports of a soldier being shot are true, we'll hear about it in the MSM.

[LikeLight]

So are you withdrawing your contention that it was a hoax? I don't know this techie stuff, so I want to make sure I understand what you're saying. Thanks very kindly.

[geopyg]

Okay - I haven't heard the scanner or know enough if this is a hoax or not.

What I find interesting (especialy in some of the other threads) is our not wanting to believe all of the bad stuff we are hearing.

Thousands dead? No way, unconfirmed rumors.

Soldier shot? No way, must be a hoax.

Hospital raided for drugs? No way - it's a hospital for goodness sake.

If it was only reported on FR that NO was 80% under water and that gas was $6/gal. in Atlanta - I'm sure we would all be going "no way".

This whole thing is so far beyond our usual reality (at least for most of us) - that I think the "no way - this only happens in movies" is the first reaction for many of us.

And even when we KNOW that 80% of NO is underwater/gone and we KNOW lots of the coast of Miss. is gone - we still can't believe that 1000's are dead or a soldier got shot. Actually - I think it's sort of like Mulder's poster only it's "I DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE".

And I hope that this is a hoax (and the hoaxers get what the looters are supposed to get - 3 to 10 years in jail). But, we know a lot of bad stuff is happening down south. PRAYERS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE AFFECTED.

[LikeLight]

Got it. Thanks. You are fully forgiven. Thanks for your diligence.

[Americanwolf]

it is as bad as being reported and worse then I think anyone wants to stomach. the toll could be in the 10,000 range...

I hope not but I think it is a realistic posibility.

[Deo volente]

The other thread is back up and running!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474629/posts?q=1&&page=101

[kingu]

Have you been listening to another scanner source that gave the same details?

I've been listening to the national guard freq, another has been listening to the state patrol freq, both had basically the same info.

A national guardsman was shot in the upper leg and is getting medical assistance, the perp was captured though there seems to be some question as to if the perp was captured alive or dead after fleeing into the locker rooms.

Take it for what you will.

[advance_copy]

In your repsonse, contemptible and dishonest accusations with typical DU invective are evident. Still, setting that aside, the issue is whether or not allowing some group to steal a bus and drive it to Houston is helpful for New Orleans. It is not, though it is beyond some to understand why.

[Tiger Smack]

Thousands dead? No way, unconfirmed rumors.

Well.....The NO Mayor (who I was first defending) I now consider a unprepared guy who hasnt slept much so I think that the word "thousands" is being thrown around too losely and if he had the chance to say it again he would word it differently. Lots of people have died but thousands is a bit much.

[geopyg]

"Yeah, I was going to bed - now I need to watch the thread."

Boy - if I had a nickel for every time I said that!

[tcrlaf]

well... Whatever this Shoutcast (not teamspeak, like the other one) is, it is NOT local New Orleans PD...

I'm thinking this is the command net, admin chatter between 4 different HQ.s that I have identified so far...