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Posted on 08/31/2005 4:00:15 PM PDT by 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.
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
Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger
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
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
Someone on a previous version of this thread predicted that would happen. Can't remember who though...but he/she said that CNN typically starts out strong during disasters, then 48 hours into it, becomes increasinly partisan.
I looked at a fresh sattelite pic yesteday and it looked like there was almost no land left in lower plaquemines except along the river levee. Time to breach that levee if that's true. Nothing left to save.
I don't like Cajun food either.
And of the cities you mentioned, I hear DC is especially dangerous.
I've had more immediate safety concerns in Philadelphia, D.C., Prague, Rome and Amsterdam than in all my travels to NOLA.
Thanks for current news postings.
Can't imagine the death toll down there, with all the poverty. I predict this death toll will rise above that of Galveston.
On WWL they were talking to a police officer and he said their biggest problem is there is no central command post and no communication between officers. Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco are the reason that all this looting is continuing. They are both inept and the blame for this mess is at their feet.
Is that Miles O'Brien or Miles Brand? I can't tell the difference. </sarcasm>
Guess Jindall is learning the hard way that the once a RINO/Pubbie starts to get positive presstitute attention for bashing other Pubbies, once those words stop, those same presstitutes will once again turn hateful.
Mayor and governor are toast...It wouldn't surprise me to see Landrieu resign her Senate seat to run for governor..
Here is a link to a series of before and after pictures. Very interesting to see.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/new-orleans-imagery.htm
Ditto.
Bulldog6 to Bulldog3 - moving HumVees to Hyatt . . .
From scanner: As buses arrive, we will evac Dome on those buses. it is getting more difficult to get to the buses. plan is now a walking plan to those buses, security is not good, but we will get people to buses, unsure of success, over?
Sadly, I have been stuck with nothing but CNN at home through all this and I've had to mute the volume a bunch of times. They're all trying to get their digs in....the president should have have acted faster (BEFORE the hurricane isn't fast enough?), the government should do something, the military isn't being sent in quickly enough, etc. And I could've sworn I heard Gollum . Serpenthead. Carville, in talking about the relief efforts, say something about the religious "characters" getting in there and helping out....or something to that effect. I was trying to get ready for work, so I may have misunderstood, but it wouldn't surprise me. I am just so over these pod people who pass themselves off as leaders and journalists. I don't know why ANYBODY takes them seriously.
On a somewhat lighter note, anyone else surprised that not one of the news nets is using the old Jim Croce song.."City of New Orleans?"
Galveston lost about 6,000 in the great storm. It will be a true horror of mismanagement if it tops that.
Where the gov't failed is partly on the evacuation side, and to a large extent on the side of being completely unprepared to answer "what's the worst that could happen?" It's not like this failure mode was unexpected. They just weren't able to respond when it happened.
is that working for you, are you staying connected?
Hey good morning! Wow, what a coincidence. :) Thanks for the info, hopefully we are talking about the same party.
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