Katrina Live Thread, Part XIII

Various ^ | 1 September 2005 | Various

[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/

Previous Threads:
Katrina Live Thread, Party XII
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

[tomkat]

Your pontifications are wearing mighty thin ...

[kcvl]

Posted: September 1, 2005 at 4:41 p.m.

SACRAMENTO (KRON) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an order Thursday ordering the California National Guard to deploy to states affected by Hurricane Katrina.

The Governor signed General Order 2005-01, ordering the Adjutant General of the California National Guard "...to call into Active State Service such forces of the active militia that are needed to respond to this emergency."

The California National Guard is deploying more than 500 troops along with their equipment to support relief efforts already underway. Troops will help provide security, communications, cargo airlift and humanitarian aid.

"The State of California will do everything in its power to assist our fellow citizens suffering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina," Schwarzenegger said. "This is a disaster of almost unimaginable proportions and it is our duty to reach out to those states that need our help, just as they would aid us in our own time of need."

The deployment is composed of a security force that includes over 100 members of the 870th Military Police Company, a multi-purpose security force of over 400 personnel drawn from both the 2/185 Armored Battalion and the Air National Guard and a Special Forces A-Team from the 5/19 Special Forces Group.

Officials anticipate additional requests for support personnel as the disaster relief effort continues.

[bwteim]

Just now on MSNBC, casualty count according to hospital and rescue workers is 'expected' to go over a thousand in Biloxi area, altho current 'actual' count is 120+

[Thud]

It's not just the Big One we have to worry about out here. There are lots of other, smaller, earthquake faults which are bloody dangerous. The most dangerous of the lesser ones we know about is the Hayward Fault on the East Bay side of San Francisco Bay - it runs right through UC Berkeley's sports stadium, and is potent enough to take out San Francisco on the west side as well as the East Bay (which it did 150 years ago).

And about half of California's water supply depends on a levee system far more fragile than that of New Orleans - in the Sacramento Delta. It could be taken out by a moderate earthquake or a real good storm, and we had one of those 50 years ago which almost brought down the Golden Gate Bridge - my father drove the next to last car across it to the north before the Bridge was closed from swaying too dangerously.

[conservativebabe]

A new Dem talking points memo must have went out in the three hours I was away from my computer. The blame Bush thing was only just getting rolling when I left, now it seems to be a full-court press.

[livius]

It's true that many people will never face reality. But listening to the announcements (granted, from a distance), I didn't feel there was much urgency or that the city really thought it was worth bothering with. In addition, I don't understand how a "mandatory" evacuation order could have left behind thousands of people in such a relatively small city.

[eternity]

Thanks jeffers. Keep it coming.

[popdonnelly]

"Schumer has noted the phones in his office have been ringing off the hook..."

Schumer is not going to investigate a Democrat Governor and a Democrat mayor. All he is doing is posturing.

[Smogger]

I think that Entergy was supposed to set up their command post in the Hyatt Regency

Entergy's command post has always been at the Hyatt. They lost power themselves shortly after the hurricaine began.

[Palladin]

Thanks for the eyewitness report from your brother-in-law. Nice to hear some good news. I am rather surprisecd to hear that parts of the boatlift were successful.

All I've been hearing all day is that the boats turned back because of the violence.

[PhiKapMom]

Her Lt Governor is Sen Landrieu's brother and her head of State Police is another ditzy woman. Mary Landrieu seems to be her advisor. Keep it all in the family but then Landrieu was elected in a rigged election.

[Arizona Carolyn]

My understanding from the article was from the superdome to the astrodome.

[Ovation_girl]

"Cut off the electricity and water for three days in one area of the country and we descend into chaos."

"They said Americans need to be prepared mentally, emotionally, etc. for what hardships we might need to endure if major emergencies happen -- coping without TV and computers for extended periods of time, maybe days or weeks"

Chaos was Miami last Friday as 770,000 customers out of 900,000 in the county were left without power. No lights, no traffic control, no groceries,no fast food and at my house no AC, no refrigeration for my food.(Cooking was still there due to gas). We got updates via battery operated radio and TV, which we used sparingly. At night, my son and I played board games by the candlelight. A PC was really the least of my worries. I was more worried for my elderly parents who were sweltering in the 93 degree heat. Andrew taught me that one can live without power, we did for a month a half. You get creative, as I even learned to bake potatoes on a grill..
Loss of power is nothing compared to the loss of a house and all of your belongings as we are seeing in the Gulf...

[Lessismore]

However the Japanese government made a total botch of handling the quake; one Japanese minister later committed suicide.

A tradition that should be followed by the mayor and the governor.

[conservative cat]

When a home is flooded half-way up the ceiling, is the damage to the drywall, studs, insulation, etc. fatal? Can a home stay flooded that high and be salvageable or would it be too costly to repair?

I read this on Slate earlier. It's not really very feasible if it's under water for days and so deep.

http://www.slate.com/id/2125351/

[BlueAngel]

I think MSNBC must have payed him a bonus to bash President Bush.

[Strategerist]

In addition, I don't understand how a "mandatory" evacuation order could have left behind thousands of people in such a relatively small city.

There's really no such thing as a "mandatory" evacuation; nowhere on the coast has anyone ever tried, or even planned for, forcing people out of their homes at gunpoint.

[steveegg]

Just now on MSNBC, casualty count according to hospital and rescue workers is 'expected' to go over a thousand in Biloxi area, altho current 'actual' count is 120+

Where did I put that thread from MFH?

This news is no better the second time around.

[sfimom]

BTW I just got a reply from Noah's Wish. They said that they are in slidell right now but that they will make an effort to find snowball and reunite him with his little boy.

[roses of sharon]

He is a populist. You know, like Oprah.