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

[mewzilla]

Good for your employer, BTW! So much for evil capitalists, eh? :)

[AFPhys]

I just heard Blanco to the N.O. Law Enforcement, "Use necessary force" ... shoot-to-kill? looters, etc...

Is this new?

If so, I'm surprised no one posted any Breaking News headline about this.

[Rightly Biased]

I've been saying all along the shooters were muslim extremist. I pray I'm wrong

[Moose4]

She's so cute. And she's SO stupid. I wish she'd just go back to being a photogenically geeky science reporter, like she was when she started out.

}:-)4

[mhking]

I just heard Blanco to the N.O. Law Enforcement, "Use necessary force" ... shoot-to-kill? looters, etc...

"Use of unnecessary force to apprehend the Blues Brothers HAS been authorized..." [/sarcasm]

[TN4Liberty]

Blanco is being interviewed on CNN. The reporter is baiting her. "Do you blame yourself for the deaths? When exactly did you request the troops? When specifically will they be here? Is it too little too late?" As bad as she is, he is being a total asshole. I would end the interview if I were her.

[Trust but Verify]

What you say makes a lot of sense, and I hope that is what they will do. It will be interesting to see how many displaced people will end up with nowhere to go and have to resort to staying in shelters.

What we have right now is not a long-term solution.

[Types_with_Fist]

CNN: Bush to make remarks from New Orleans...???

[WxMan2000]

Blanco now on CNN: "I'm in a daze. I don't even know what day it is."

[RoseyT]

"This is the last day of "normal" as the rest of the country has known it. This is a sea change day, a watershed day, like 9/11. The "storm surge" from Katrina is going to engulf the country - economic, humanitarian, political - the whole deal. I sense things are about to be different. Like the migration of the middle west during the dustbowl, only faster."

I hope I don't get laughed as for asking this question but what preparations should we be making (on a personal level)? I'd like to think we have a well stocked pantry but what do y'all consider "well stocked?" 2 week's worth? A month?

[mhking]

She's so cute. And she's SO stupid. I wish she'd just go back to being a photogenically geeky science reporter

Me too...

[mhking]

Blanco now on CNN: "I'm in a daze. I don't even know what day it is."

Blanco has had this deer-in-headlights stare since this thing started.

[spectre]

I have been watching and listening, and there is a big discrepancy in what we are hearing and what we are seeing with our own eyes..as you are well aware of.

I'm not suggesting there aren't those who are shooting at the rescuers, but others have done so out of desperation to be noticed. How do they differentiate?

I'm sick for the people.

sw

[NautiNurse]

Blanco said to use necessary force during a presser yesterday afternoon.

[over3Owithabrain]

Blanco now on CNN: "I'm in a daze. I don't even know what day it is."

That's awful leadership. They mock Bush for the so-called 7 minutes during 9/11, and this woman is having a curled-up-on-the-couch-eating-ice-cream moment.

[Trust but Verify]

I work for SBC. In addition to the million in matching funds, they are giving 4 million/month in in-kind donations of cell phones, free local and long distance services, etc. Our employees in Texas will be on the front lines working as volunteers, etc. A good bunch of people.

[mhking]

When I hear the FEMA guy claim that they have taken care of the people at the Convention Center, and then turn on FNC/MSNBC/CNN and see people packed in there like cattle, I have to wonder if the FEMA guy truly knows what he is talking about or whether he's got his head in his rectal orifice?

[spectre]

Gov Mike Huckabee of Arkansas has offered Ft. Chaffee, in Ft. Smith.

Yes, we need a long term solution. WE have the money.

sw

[Types_with_Fist]

I'm not suggesting there aren't those who are shooting at the rescuers, but others have done so out of desperation to be noticed.

I don't doubt that there are hooligans shooting. But, for crap's sake, ANY kind of presence on the ground by National Guard or State Police would alone drive those people out of the woodwork. We aren't talking about brave people here. The looters are just thugs taking advantage of the total absence of authority of any kind.

[Warren_Piece]

On Fox, the reporter (I can't remember his name), kept egging on some people at the Astrodome, trying to get them to criticise the rescue efforts. I must say, this couple was inspiring (if not shell shocked). The man, speaking of his fellow New Orleanians, said that now we need real men to stand up, and that he was ashamed of his people. I really felt for him.