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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/
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
Do you have a link to the scanner?
Ever been to New York? It's amazing what all is run by the mob. One reason things are so expensive.
Why is it so logistically hard to load up some C-130's with water and food, and parachute it in by the Super Dome?
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Because the super dome has a "domed" roof covering the field and is surrounded by water and mob rule outside of it. That's why.
"Why are they not all Clarence Thomases or looters?"
Clarence didn't listen to rap music.
I can see there is a little anger here. It would be nice for FReepers to be civil to each other rather than being insulting. You know who you are. :)
I'm disappointed that help for these poor people did not get there sooner. Local and state officials should have had enough of an emergency game plan together to get help within 24 hours. Perhaps they didn't count on the violence, but they certainly should have expected it. They know their city.
From this, I suspect that every city will be working on new plans that will address what went wrong here. Everyone should have a plan for evacuation if they don't have money or a car.
It is unimaginable to think what would happen if a chemical, nuclear, or biological attack took place in one city or multiple cities. They really could take down the economy and cause a worldwide economic collapse.
Maybe some Listerine while we are at it...
you dredge the lake and the river bed, and use that as the fill.
Yeah, but what do you really think?
Not knowing, may be dumb, but what about a PayPal account for those of us further away that want to make sure minimal $$ go where they should (I signed off on a couple major "charities" a while ago).
Buickmackane mentioned school uniforms earlier on. It would make their young lives easier dealing with some sort of norm while adults deal with the major task at hand.
Thoughts, heart and prayers to all in the area.
LOL
Hon, I'm not sure you understand some of the posts above.
Which part of the hurricane was still moving through the state of Mississippi at 1:00 a.m. Wednesday morning don't you understand?
Silt isn't all that stable either.
Well, in some better news on the Democratic side, when they had the short session in the Senate earlier tonight, Reid said that he supported Bush in this effort, and Schumer didn't politicize the thing. I'll take that as a miracle.
This is a really dumb question.
Why are we not setting up semi-perm tent type barracks for these people at a underutilized location somewhere?
Provide medical, schooling for kids, community college classes for adults, movies at night. All in a semi military style environment?
Why take them to trash a sports arena?
The tent thing could be set up just as quickly.
This is long term, we are probably supporting them anyway, lets do it right and have a controlled situation,
With all due respect, do you really think that will have ANY impact WHATSOEVER on the total number? And if so, to what end?
Blanco "engineered" the violence. I am convinced the DNC told her go go soft on maintaining civil order to make the relief efforts much harder, to tar Bush with it.
try and get through to Levin again and discuss this with him, talk radio has got to start hitting back.
***Why is it so logistically hard to load up some C-130's with water and food, and parachute it in by the Super Dome?***
Superdome HAS food and water!
Also... Who gets sued when the 24 people get crushed by the Air-drop, or die in the stampede for goods, and the shootings after the gangs get control of it??
THINK for a second! You have POLICY WONKS in charge, and PC/Anti-lawsuit mode is in full effect!
THIS is what 30 years of PC and liberalism is buying us...
I'd rather house evacuees than Hollywood personally....but Hollywood is a paying customer so they will probably stay. :(
Well duh I do not want it on top of the dome! I have seen the open parking lots with all the cop cars, and the chopper land zones.. This is not that hard folks. I thought we had precession equipment here.
In addition, there was the FD and PD cultures did not encourage communication. Apparently this was nothing new. I'm in a doctoral program in information science and there are already academic studies being done about 9/11 as an example of how inter-related organizations that should communicate freely w/each other, don't. The easy fix is the technology. The hard part is changing the organizational culture.
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