Katrina Aftermath - Thursday's major developments

The Associated Press - WWL TV ^ | 9/1/05 | None

[Syco]

Major developments in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:

• The first of nearly 25,000 refugees being sheltered at the Superdome in New Orleans arrive at Houston's Astrodome, where they will stay until floodwaters recede.

• Officials start evacuating 10,000 people -- patients, staff and refugees -- out of nine hospitals in the New Orleans area without power, using generators that are running low on fuel, or battling floodwaters.

• Tenet Healthcare Corp. asks Louisiana State Police and the U.S. Coast Guard to help evacuate one of its fully functioning hospitals after a supply truck carrying food, water, medical supplies was held up by gunmen.

• New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin orders 1,500 police to leave their search-and-rescue missions and return to the streets to stop looting. He says looters would be arrested and jailed.

• The Red Cross says it has collected $21 million, nearly $15 million of that from individual donations through its Web site. Some people offer up their homes as temporary shelters, listing information on the Internet.

• In Washington, the Bush administration is working to put a price tag on the government's share of the recovery effort, which Bush will submit in an emergency budget request to Congress in the days ahead.

• Bush says the government has sent 5.4 million precooked meals, 13.4 million liters of water, more than 1,000 search and rescue personnel and the floating hospital ship USNS Comfort to the Gulf Coast.

• Rubber and timber shipments set to dock in New Orleans will unload at the Port of Houston Thursday -- the first of many rerouted cargo shipments the port may receive.

• Wynton Marsalis, Usher, John Mellencamp and Green Day say they will participate in a Hurricane Katrina telethons to raise funds for the American Red Cross and other organizations. Jerry Lewis' annual Labor Day fundraiser will join in as well.

[Syco]

Just some of today's developments. The one that caught my eye was the gunmen holding up supply trucks for a hospital. I hope that when the military arrives in more force they shoot these scum on sight.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Wynton Marsalis, Usher, John Mellencamp and Green Day say they will participate in a Hurricane Katrina telethons to raise funds for the American Red Cross and other organizations. Jerry Lewis' annual Labor Day fundraiser will join in as well.

We're SAVED!

[chambley1]

"I hope that when the military arrives in more force they shoot these scum on sight."

The libs will complain there's no medicine to treat their gun shot wounds.

[Syco]

LOL. I thought the same thing. The libs seem to think that the answer to every problem is a concert or telethon. What would we do without MTV?

[MNJohnnie]

the military arrives in more force they shoot these scum on sight.

^Right Answer.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin orders 1,500 police to leave their search-and-rescue missions and return to the streets to stop looting. He says looters would be arrested and jailed

^Wrong Answer.

[Syco]

LOL. I thought the same thing. The libs seem to think that the answer to every problem is a concert or telethon. What would we do without MTV?

[Tijeras_Slim]

What would we do without MTV?

Don't ask me, I've never seen it. :)

[PMCarey]

He says looters would be arrested and jailed.

Jail? What jail? If they had a functioning jail they would be using it as a refugee base. Looters who are not grabbing essentials (food and water) should be shot. Every hour that the police spend arresting those scum is an hour they are not using to rescue people.

[michigander]

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, seen in this undated handout
photo, is being sent to the Gulf to join the relief effort for hurricane-battered Louisiana and
Mississippi, the Navy said on September 1, 2005. The warship, which was to depart Norfolk,
Virginia later in the day, would provide a major naval command post in the Gulf of Mexico,
helping coordinate the actions of nearly a dozen other warships and supply vessels, including
two Navy helicopter assault ships. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/U.S. NAVY/Handout

[Blood of Tyrants]

I hope that they determine if the person holding the gun is a criminal or simply a citizen trying to defend their property and family BEFORE they shoot. However, groups of armed young men where there are no residences or women and children is usually a dead giveaway. And the big screen TV's.

[small voice in the wilderness]

LOL! I thought it was all over, UNTIL I read John Mellencamp would perform. I just wish they could persuade John Cougar Mellencamp to help. THAT would be BIG.

[Syco]

Thank GOD for the U.S. Military!

[LittleBoPeep]

But but but ---- the mayor said they would be arrested!!!!!

When we went to New Orleans by train 25 years ago the police would not let us go outside the train station to wait for a taxi. The front of the depot THEN was "protected" by staggered cement barriers. Crime isn't new to New Orleans and threatening arrest means absolutely nothing!!!!! Shoot to kill might.

[b4its2late]

What would we do without MTV?

Don't know. Money for nothin', chicks for free!

[River_Wrangler]

The first of nearly 25,000 refugees being sheltered at the Superdome in New Orleans arrive at Houston's Astrodome, where they will stay until floodwaters recede.

It is expected that more than 1/2 of them will stay in Houston after the area is safe to return to. In lite of the happenings in N.O. I hope they are being carefully screened. The Red Cross says it has collected $21 million, nearly $15 million of that from individual donations through its Web site. Some people offer up their homes as temporary shelters, listing information on the Internet.

Where are they? They arn't visible in the area yet.

[EternalHope]

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin orders 1,500 police to leave their search-and-rescue missions and return to the streets to stop looting. He says looters would be arrested and jailed.

1. HOW are you going to arrest them? (they can't even protect the hospitals)

2. WHERE are you going to put them? (the jails can't be used)

3. WHO is going to do it? (many of the cops are gone, they have no communications, and some of the cops are looting too)

This guy is smoking something...

[2001convSVT]

Does anyone know if the 17th Street canal breach has been plugged?

[sully777]

Isn't NO under martial law?

I wish the following conversation would occur.

Mayor: "I'm ordering my police..."

CO motioning to MPs: "Please remove this useless windbag that washed up with the tidal surge."

[Syco]

Absolutely right. But some 20 year old punk walking down the street with an assault rifle and a brand new TV might be a giveaway. Actually, I'm less worried about him than the gangs. One of the rescue personnel yesterday said that downtown NO resembles a Mad Max movie.

[Tired of Taxes]

Wynton Marsalis, Usher, John Mellencamp and Green Day say they will participate in a Hurricane Katrina telethons to raise funds for the American Red Cross and other organizations.

You'd think they'd just donate their OWN money. They have so much of it, and aren't they the ones always telling us we need to give more?

Then again, I guess then they'd miss this chance at publicity.