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

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Please contact your church, parish, synagogue, ward, or meeting hall. There is a need. The Salvation Army is also great. These groups will make certain that the people that you want to help are truly in need. Not perfect people for sure, but they will not show up with weapons and drugs.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Yes, we don't don't get into the ethnic thing here like many parts of the country.
Its more where (what town) you grew up.

I've noticed that many other parts of the country are very aware if you are Italian, Irish, Greek, whatever.
It's great that people know their heritage is, it keeps life interesting.

To me it's much more important what somone's values are.

[jeffers]

Freepmail it to NautiNurse.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Oh, I'm not saying it's not an enormous task...I was just trying to tell...whoever it was...that 1 gallon isn't that much for one person per day.

Delivering it? Oh yeah. THAT'S a big deal...

[gpapa]

If they had started the evacuation of NO 24 hours earlier, those buses would probably have been available for moving some people out of harms way.

[Jeff Head]

I thought that was what he was saying...that the City and State officials had no excuse.

[buickmackane]

Although WWL-TV appeared to have signed off the air, I'm still picking up transmission from WWL via a cable feed on KWCE, a low-power UPN station in Alexandria.

The newscasters in WWL are now reporting that people were evacuated from the roof of the American Can Company to the airport in Kenner, and from there they were put on a plane to Houston.

Plane evacuations are a great sign!!

[Tarheel]

And didn't Max Mayfield from the NHC call them also warning them of the # of potential deaths/destruction.

[Arizona Carolyn]

You can get both at WalMart... its spelled Valerian and get the 0.3mg melatonin... if that is too strong cut the melatonin in half.

[BurbankKarl]

yes, it was in the Hurricane warning...actually, the storm did less damage than what they predicted.

[ClancyJ]

I read that the young guy got to the SB and in talking to one of the guards, was told to take it and get out of NO. They picked up people on the way, many with kids.

So proud of them.

[doug from upland]

[conservativebabe]

Agreed. The Quad Cities, where I am originally from, is a true melting pot. Wasn't always that way, but it is now. It was always heavily Hispanic and Black, but now it's Asian, Indian, African, you name it. Not much trouble between races to speak of.

[Petronski]

At 11:30 am, they announced the authority to commandeer and the opening of the refuge of last resort at the Superdome.




Did no one think to pick up the phone and order private portapotties delivered to the Superdome?

Send cops to wherever they're stored, cut the fence, load them up, park them inside, deploy them afterwards.


Why was there no generator for the Superdome? Just enough for emergency lighting and some signage to deliver info to the crowd.


The blood of the dead is on the hands of Nagin and the Governess, Mme Babineaux.

[CindyDawg]

I doubt if they will trash the place. I used to watch the Astros play there. They can't make more of a mess than rowdy fans on Bud day with extra innings:') Any trouble makers will be dealt with immediately. Texas is welcoming them. As long as we want them and they want to come, what's the problem?

[doug from upland]

We are sure going to learn a lot of lessons from this.

[fishntex]

I just saw a number popup on FNC that said 475 thousand people evacuated before the storm. There were about 1.2 million people living in the NOLA area. Does that mean that possibly 800 thousand people need to be rescued? Lets be conservative and say half of that at 400 thousand.

This is a monumental task that the dems are not capable of dealing with or concentrating on long enough without making Bush the bad guy. I have heard it on CNN already today with that crazy lady they have on for prime time.

[supercat]

How could Tropical Storm 14 become "Maria"? Given that this is an odd year, wouldn't the 14th Atlantic storm be a male name starting with "N"?

[jeffers]

WolficatZ, I haven't mentioned it before but I really appreciate all you've done on the scanner feeds. I'm on dialup and can't stream here, but you have filled a critical information gap with your posts.

Thanks.