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

[ken5050]

Yup..what surprises me is that Denny said it now..I think the discussion should wait a few months....I suspect that much more of the levees are structurally impaired than we think..and the entire system would have to be rebuilt, and use a tripple layer system, like Holland..and that has to be done BEFORE any reconstruction can be done inside the bowl..

[geopyg]

"I might still want to protect and feed my family."

Agreed! I just wanted to point out that WE ALL should be prepared to go a long time on our own if we can. Heck, just washing the old juice bottles and filling them with tap water with a few drops of bleach in them would be a real help in some situations - and anyone can do that.

And I pray that I'm never in the situation that these poor folks (both poor in $$ and in their tragedy) are in. Parental instincts may turn out to be stronger than my moral values.

[NautiNurse]

Thank you for checking in! So very glad to know you are safe! Let us know what we can do to assist...take care of yourself - just can't keep a FReeper away from a computer... :o)

[hawkaw]

LOL

[Pyro7480]

There is no miracle solution.

Thank you for making that great point. The leftists are acting like the government is God, that it has the ability to get supplies there in no time. Hmmmm, I wonder why?

[lugsoul]

Trying to inject reason into the thread, are ya?

[Yellow Rose of Texas]

Thank you Howlin, I have been watching, but have not seen anything about anyone but Wal-Mart.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Come back to reality, you are stuck in the utopian 90's. Blacks(along with the rest of us) all over the country are watching in horror and wanting rescues and evacuations asap, outraged at the gangs for delaying those rescues. There is no sympathy for them, except from maybe a few other gangbangers.

[ken5050]

FYI..I just saw Harry Connick on MSNBC..I thin it was a replay from earlier, saying that if he was poor, like these folks and lived in NO, by gosh, he'd probably go out and steal a plasma TV himself..

Back in a few.. I have to go throw his CDs in the trash..

[Spiff]

Press conference Blanco and state police admonishing press to quit reporting rumors. say everything is under control, just a few shots, no riots, said the media is causing the people of new orleans to get upset when they hear things about shootings etc, that are not true....and this is what is contributing to the unrest there. Guess they have TV and radio and paper deliveries down there, but not getting food or H2O.

She's so full of crap. She should resign and let the grown ups handle this.

[uncbob]

Has anyone seen the story about Hastert's commenrts that perhaps NOLA should NOT be rebuilt? I just heard it mentioned by Shep?.

I agree

[WoodstockCat]

not to mention most people don't get how few good roads and bridges allow access into the area.

[drungus]

I hear ya - won't believe it till I see it either.

[sola_fide]

This is just weird. The press actually seemed quite reluctant to report the looting and violence at first, but now it is so out of control nobody can ignore it. For the Governor to say the media is exaggerating is simply spin. She doesn't want NO shown in a bad light. Hey, I don't have a lower opinion of New Orleanians because of this. I would be willing to bet the situation would be pretty similar in any major American city. Unfortunately that's what happens when human beings are put in situations like this. Anyone ever read Heart of Darkness or Lord of the Flies? I am in no way excusing this uncivilized behavior. It's appalling and must be stopped, but it really doesn't surprise me.

[KakaduDreamer]

3.14/gal this morning. Then I sneezed.

Now it's 3.19/gal

Porterville, California (between Bakersfield and Fresno).

[DollarBill]

It is a lie of omission when they do not discuss the ineptness of the LOCAL government and the LOCAL government's lack of planning to take care of the indigent during a hurricane evacuation.

[Molly Pitcher]

LOL! A laugh. I needed that. Thanks, ken.

[NautiNurse]

Please take your rage and indignation elswhere. Thank you.

[eyespysomething]

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