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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
Get real PKM. Of course there is a massive rescue underway, but there are even more refugees. Shep is exactly correct, turn on the TV and you can see all the people wandering on the freeway, no info, nowhere to go, so migrating west across the bridge, desperately wandering. There are 100,000 refugees just in New Orleans. 100,000, and only 25,000 of those are in the dome. Both sides of the story have to be told, and in fact it is imperative that the negative side get out so pressure comes to bear to resolve it. And indeed, it will be a completely different situation in the morning, much better.
But this is no place for sugarcoating, and failure to do so WILL cost even more lives. Not a cliche this time. Shep is only 1 part of the story, but it is a very sad and dramatic one.
We are all praying for you, mpackard. Thank the Lord your daughters are safe. We can't even begin to imagine what you are going thru. We pray that God will give you the strength, courage and faith to face each day and that hopefully help will be there soon.
Yes...wasn't it though!
One of the reasons looters need to be shot IMMEDIATELY is that before looting breaks out, only bad people are likely to start it. Once looting breaks out, however, even people who otherwise wouldn't dream of it start to realize that if they don't take whatever they can get as soon as possible it won't be possible for them to get it later.
Once law and order has broken down, it becomes almost impossible to tell good and bad people apart. That's why it's necessary to stop the bad people before the breakdown.
I know. We have to face that there are two lasses of people left in New Orleans: those who couldn't leave because of lack of cars or health reasons, and those who could leave but wanted to stay in order to loot.
I think you are right about an agenda. When I found out these people with Shep are from the Superdome that didn't want to go to the Astrodome, it meant he had to know the same thing and NEVER reported that fact.
Agenda from the media all the way around except the local media.
I think ALL of the reporters down there are IN THE WAY unless they use their communications to get those in charge information about where help is needed. Thise Remote TV units are very self-sufficient with their own power and real time communications.
Shep WAS doing some good work there for awhile trying to get someone to realize there was some folks in dire straights at his location.
Now he is just there. They need to get more info out, hell get a damn flatboat and get some video intel of some of the folks trapped in those projects nearby and even take some out if they can get close enough.
Anything less than 100,000 dead is not historically significant.
..and the tourists who couldn't get out.
I would think so but not sure if there are any bases vacant since the last BRAC was the middle of the 90's.
Martial Law has been declared in New Orleans -- what took so long.
You know, they had buses for the public schools left in a lot to flood. They could have loaded them up and moved them out.
Mobile, by any definititon is not a "loss". Damaged? Yes. But a loss? Absolutely not.
How efficient the government is at collecting and processing confiscatory taxes. And how inefficient they are proving to be in actually doing the very things governments are supposed to do with the money they collect, like disaster relief.
Current thread
BREAKING!!!!
Mayor Declares Martial LAW In NEW ORLEANS!!
No Miranda, No Civil Rights...
Police Must Take Back The Streets...
Good Move! (48 Hours Too Late)
Marshall law just put into effect in NO !!! Per the Mayor
I heard they declared "martial law." But it doesn't seem to me that there is any law of any sort in New Orleans.
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