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

[pistola]

Amen

[battlegearboat]

Those Escalades ain't going far.

[kenth]

"i wouldn't send Clinton to the superdome right now...."


Yeah, those poor people have had enough rapes already.

[MarMema]

And that's good news.

[MEG33]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474973/posts

Pukin Dog has a great "rant".

[Howlin]

LOL......okay, that's funny.

[buckleyfan]

And -- and check me on this -- I believe it was late Tuesday night when the levee first breached, am I wrong about that?

Nope, Monday night, our exalted expert of crisis management. ;)

[battlegearboat]

On a good day in New Orleans, I was always on my guard.

Several members of my family have been victimized in that country.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Your words are duly marked. To expound further, Texas will shine through this. We have it all, and the people to pull it off with class.

[Will_Zurmacht]

i saw one big black caddy with young guys handcuffed in earlier footage...they claimed they were just trying to go to Baton Rouge

honetly, if one wants to escape, do you really need a gas guzzlin caddy?

A sensible looter should really consider gas mileage....

[battlegearboat]

I amend my statement.

[Howlin]

Well, well, look who's back: not very much a man of your word, are you?

[PianoMan]

Hillary sure isn't showing any leadership

I was talking earlier with a friend of mine who is a Hillary fan. She said she got an email from Hillary today outlining her actions for the day which included going to some state fair where she would "talk about Katrina". My friend was irate and immediately wrote her back telling her to get her a$$ to Washington, now. Bush may have taken a guitar on Sunday, but Hillary would rather hang out at a state fair, now?

[zot]

"Memory failing, but I seem to vaguely remember some kind of minor flap during the Afghanistan War, about "Bombing Civilians with MRE's"

Yeah, those who ordered and executed that mission were hung up to dry.

[advance_copy]

Listening here too; it's infuriating.

[Will_Zurmacht]

i heard they were on vacation in Hawaii, then I saw Bubba today in the White house, so their vacation must have been curtailed...

or they smelled tv cameras

[DaughterofEve]

I just sent the article to them and an email. Thanks.

[Coldwater Creek]

I was shocked to discover that there was 10,000 Gulf people had come to Memphis. I hope that we will be able to help them in a permenate way. N) is dead.

[Will_Zurmacht]

did Nagin bribe callers to this rqadio station?
....they all start off talking about how great this "Mayor" has been in this crisis

[buckleyfan]

Well, well, look who's back: not very much a man of your word, are you?

Who else is gonna stop the all-night expert commentary machine? ;) Better watch out for those hurricanes in Ohio, I'm sure they've given you a lot of experience to draw on..