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Posted on 09/01/2005 3:46:26 PM PDT by NautiNurse
28,000 National Guard troops are deployed to the disaster areas in Mississippi, Alabama, and to Louisiana, where SWAT teams are working to combat the looters and shooters in New Orleans. Additional 1400 National Guard troops are being deployed daily.
Shootings reported at a New Orleans hospital, rescue boats, and a military helicopter, while conditions continue to deteriorate at the SuperDome amid refugee deaths and chaos. Evacuation of New Orleans continues.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert has voiced serious doubts about rebuilding New Orleans with federal funds, while assuring the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida that the United States Congress stands ready to help them in their time of need. New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin issued a "desperate SOS."
Doctors at two desperately crippled hospitals in New Orleans called The Associated Press Thursday morning pleading for rescue, "We have been trying to call the mayor's office, we have been trying to call the governor's office ... we have tried to use any inside pressure we can. We are turning to you. Please help us," said Dr. Norman McSwain, chief of trauma surgery at Charity Hospital, the largest of two public hospitals.
The Port of New Orleans is now open to shallow draft vessels. Congress is reconvening in an emergency session. International offers to assist the U.S. have been received from Russia, Japan, Canada, France, Honduras, Germany, Venezuela, Jamaica, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, China, South Korea, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, NATO and the Organization of American States.
Jesse Jackson has arrived in Louisiana...
Links to various news, local and state government websites:
WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula has link to locate family and friends
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 (via CBS): WWLTV via CBS
WWL-TV Now via WFAA Dallas **NEW LINK**: http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/makeadplaylist.pl?title=beloint_wfaa&live=yes
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 Temporarily Not Live Streaming (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
Louisiana Statewide Katrina Network (WJBO-AM Baton Rouge): http://ccri.eonstreams.com/ccri_la_batonrouge_wjbo_am.asf
Gulf Coast Storm Network (radio): http://www.stormalert.net/main.html#
Louisiana Scanner
Related FR Threads:
FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread FReeper Check In thread
Discussion Thread - Hurricane Katrina - What Went Wrong?!?
Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here
Looting Begins In New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina HOUSING Thread
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, and lines are busy
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.
National Black Home Educators Resource Association http://www.nbhera.org/
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continuous Katrina coverage..
I tried a time or two, to ask us to consider that the lurid images are NOT representative of the vast majority, of all races that are in the shit together. And working the best they can to help each other. I garontee, when the whole story is written, we are going to see stories of heroic action and sacrifice.
Glad to hear you have made it so far. Where are you, if you care to tell.
DOH!
Am I dreaming??
Is Cooper actually GRILLING Mary L.?
Fine, wait.
I am going back to the first ground rules suggested by nautinurse about a bazillion posts on a 12 threads ago about keeping graphics down. We covered this dialup exchange about 6 to 8 hours ago this morning, as well.
FRegards
Yes I just turned it on
yeah, he's taking her to task a little.
he ought to tell Landrieu point blank - call the governor and ask her to restore civil order.
When I first saw the headline I thought that it said SOB Nagin call.
Now I fully understand why Martin Luther preferred tyranny to insurrecton.
Just heard a PR guy for the NO Saints that is here in the Dallas area...
He is going to San Antonio for a meeting tomorrow with all of the Saints people, in order to figure out what they will do...supposedly James Carville pleaded with them NOT to stop the season, and told them that the people of NO needed the games...
Also, they don't know yet where they will play their games...
The same station (sports) said that the Hornets are considering not having their team play at all this next season.(rumor)
Anderson Cooper is tearing Gov. Landrieu a new one on CNN.
"No one taking responsibility... when you politicans pat each other on the back and compliment each other, it angers people because I just saw a dead body being gnawed on by rats over there, there is no help here..."
Did any of you hear anything about a sex offender being arrested at the dome? I just read an email which said that.
Boy do you have that right. It seems like the Mayor was afraid to do anything because of the fear that he had no Authority and Blanco has no knowledge what to do and no guts or savvy to do anything. They hire their cronies that don't know anything and are worthless in a crisis and you have a mess. The Mayor looks and sounds nuts now, he went from Zombie to loonie. I might have flipped out also had I hesitated like he did and obviously caused a lot more people to die that should have been evacuated. He may have been given bad info, maybe by Blanco. They should have been one thought and then acted when GWB and the NHC guy told them to evacuate. It is very sad.
They are taking refuge from the effects of the storm. I don't have a problem using the term.
Yep, he seems actually pissed.
You know, the NOLA people said 25,000 would need evacuation, then 100,000 yesterday, then 250,000 today.
How can that be all of Bush's fault?
The best good deeds go untold.. :)
Senator Landrieu. the governor is Blanco.
If you missed it up thread, there have already been two arrests in the Astrodome - guys visiting the womens' shower.
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