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

[AFPhys]

Regular military is forbidden to do law enforcement, even under martial law. The Guard does it. Special orders have to be given by the president, and only under very specific conditions, which have not been met.

[Cboldt]

I think the problem is that FEMA assumes states know what they're doing, and is there to help, not take over.

One problem of many. But at all levels, governments overpromise. I think the relief effort is going along as well as can be expected.

I'd like to see and hear a government official come clean, and encourage the people to be more self-reliant, and to develop community respources - and to advise that while federal and state help is always available, each person needs to consider the level of (in)competency (for want of a better word - they are competent, but their cure is harsh) they have.

[Warren_Piece]

Bush: The results (of the efforts so far) are unnacceptable.

[bwteim]

LOL.

In the meantime, trying to stay out of copyright problems and for new visitors this morning, here is a repost to newspaper links for:

Alabama
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/browse/US.7002659/

Louisiana
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/browse/US.7007256/

Mississippi
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/browse/US.7007522/

and the United States of America
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/browse/US/

[over3Owithabrain]

I just read about a little boy who was being bussed out of the Superdome to the Astrodome. He had a little dog and the authorities couldn't allow him to take it with him. The cop confiscated his dog and put the boy on the bus. The boy wept and cried "Sbnowball" as the dog was taken away forever.

I have just officially reaching my breaking point on this. This is without question the greatest US catastrophe of our time. It is a nightmare and we will all never be the same. 9/11 was horrible and changed things forever. But this is deterioration from within and I'm not sure our republic will survive it intact.

[Alberta's Child]

Some people do not understand how orders of magnitude make a difference.

You're right about that. Even the rebuilding of Ground Zero in New York pales in comparison to rebuilding an entire city of 1.4 million people.

[Pepper777]

"This is bigger than anything we've ever seen. "

You are so right. I don't think anyone knows the extent of how Big this is, yet. This country needs to come together as never before. We should all be just Americans now. The heck with politics.

[TheSpottedOwl]

But, of course Sens. Clinton and Schumer say they need it "in case" some people get sick years from now of some disease we don't know about yet...that they can attribute to 9/11....IOW..they ain't givin' it back!!!!

Sinator Clinton might want to change her mind about that. That will be brought up when she runs for reelection.

[PigRigger]

You ain't heard nothing yet.....

ABC News (Radio) at top of the hour.....first full minute dedicated to blasting the Feds and Bush......asking why they let NOLA get so bad.....Not one critique of LA's state and local goverment....they are coming for Bush...make no mistake about it.....its gonna get ugly....

[NautiNurse]

Thank you for reporting the valuable and comprehensive relief efforts from Puerto Rico.

[nairBResal]

Why dont they redesignate the regular army as national guard?

[CindyDawg]

What I would like to see is that cities across the country adopt and host one family. It's affordable and not setting up future ghettos. If going back to NO ,not a good idea they might even decide to stay at their new home. I'm going to call my mayor about it today. An apartment, and set up isn't a lot of money for one family.

[don-o]

They need an IC to coordinate them, back them up, make sure they are all supplied.

The goofy governor's latest excuse is that they cannot communicate.

I read somewhere that comm equipment was being donated - something like 3000 units. Anyone have anything on that?

[IndyTiger]

Bush now boarding Marine One to Andrews AFW, will fly to Mobile first, then Biloxi, where he will walk on the ground, then New Orleans (flyover). Bush will speak at NO airport but will not be on the ground in the city.

[NC28203]

>>>You're right about that. Even the rebuilding of Ground Zero in New York pales in comparison to rebuilding an entire city of 1.4 million people.

And 4 years on they still don't have a plan for Ground Zero.

[jhny7]

well you have 14,000 people to care for and if every one took a pet you can imagine the waste.
does anyone know the condition of the water in lake ponchatrain(sp).is it fresh still can it be boiled for water?
is this a source?

[Friend of thunder]

I think everybody shell-shocked. If they don't get it moving today, Lord help us.

I agree, (Bush is speaking as I type) this disaster is so large that the quick type of response we are used to is not going to happen. Have mistakes been made? Yes. Can something like this happen and have no mistakes made? I don’t see how.

I am afraid we have yet to grasp the enormity of the situation.

[Coldwater Creek]

I hadn't thought of it, but you are exactly right. Bush will have called Pat Robertson, who called on the whole Christian Right to pray that the hurricane hit the poorest part of the country and eliminate them.

[SE Mom]

Did you HEAR the president? He is furious...want to thank the people for their efforts...but the results are not enough- and that is not acceptable...

[ohioWfan]

I don't blindly follow any leader

I don't know anyone who does........especially among the educated people on this forum.

And I'm sorry you felt 'chastised' by my question. I find that curiously revealing.

Prayers for the people in the Gulf region.