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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
Now that you mention it, where is the Louisiana legislature?
you don't know that .. stores have been looted remember ..
No. No. Horrible.
"I think you vastly overestimate our significance"
Like I said, it was an opinion. Agree with you on the bad guys listening, altho at this point, probably electronic stores have been hit too. It is hard to imagine MSM bubble heads listening to scanners, tho;)
Now we have pedophiles on the loose.
Anyone know what happened with that retirement home the guy from the Weather Channel was staying at? I must have missed it if there was news...
Governor is on WWL right now. She thinks she is a toughie today. Someone has taken the time to teach her how to present herself at a press conference, but she is still making number errors.
Question of the day.
EOC News Conference:
Governor Blanco:
Evacuation efforts at the dome continue
The dome is secure and under controller.
Hundreds of busses heading to NO.
Signed Executive Order invoking Emergency Powers to requisition school busses.
Our biggest concern is ground transportation (reall? not looting?)
Gov. Blanco is saying they now have the LA. School Busses to use. Uh, that should have been on Saturday Missy.
Ebbert is charged with coordinating the city's terrorism response capabilities and obtaining federal and state funds for homeland security. He also will oversee the police and fire departments, the Office of Emergency Preparedness and city Emergency Medical Services, and the 911 Center or Orleans Parish Communications District.
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:Rhg8KbsV9uoJ:www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2003-03-25/commentary.html+Terry+Ebbert+&hl=en
Want to guess who appointed him?
Looks like HE has dropped the ball, doesn't it?
Having worked with law enforcement, I can tell you that they are not on the public channels relaying detailed info. That's why there is so little chatter. The most you hear is a request for help. There is no feedback afterwards because they use different channels.
I doubt the bad guys can figure out a scanner. These aren't sophisticated terrorists.
This reply I'm making isn't to start some discussion, or flame war. So, respectfully...
I haven't heard Chertoff, or any other announcement. Someone else posted the FEMA directives on this thread a way back. In short Chertoff's full of it and so is Gonzales.
Here's an historical event that Chertoff seems to have missed, or is diliberately ignoring:
Johnson overruled Wallace and sent fed troops down to Alabama to uphold 18USC 24X whatever after a SCOTUS ruling against the State of Alabama. Fed troops escorted some kids into school and guarded them in the halls of that school.
If the USDOD can be used as friggin' hall monitors, then the USDOD can be used to straighten out this sit.
FOX went to the President instead.
Has martial law been declared or not?
if it's a seperate freq, ok, but dangit, I just hate for that stuff to go out over the radio ... in the military that'd be considered classified info, even going over modern crypto equipment..
It survived, everyone was fine after the water went away.
Pres. Bush on C-span now..
Yes, Congress is convening an emergency session. That's why I posted their phone number. They need to hear from the nation. Now President Bush is talking about gas prices. (no matter, my car was totalled - I have no car right now.)
Excellent point. And each new crisis seems to get a little more angry and better armed. And the lefties are fueling the fire with the 'oppression' rhetoric and their freebies. The riots in LA in 92 are another example of seizing any moment for violence and anger. I remember how the left threw out excuses and money at that one.
One person went to the River Center where there was trouble and said it felt "dangerous". The people were rude, shoving, rough, argumentative. They were not surprised there was troulbe. Plus they were grabbing things sort of indiscriminately and throwing away half eaten sandwiches, etc. She said she had not seen such waste in a time of urgency.
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