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

[cwiz24]

MSM is gonna give the governor a pass, and she too will turn on Bush within 48 hours -- you can see it already.

The predictability of Democrats is astounding.

[bwteim]

Let me correct my above:

"Then Ike will really *think* we're dysfunctional."

We as a collective group of FRiends are NOT dysfunctional.

[Erik Latranyi]

They did that. All day the day before the storm came in and part of the day before that.

I hate to disagree, but it was clear on FOX NEWS that the inbound lanes were still inbound. Sheppard Smith drove right into New Orleans hours before the storm hit.

I-10 was NOT turned around early enough.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Plaquemine's Sheriff knows what he's doing. Wish I could say the same for the LE in NO. This is a situation where you have to be decisive, even when it comes down to "shoot to kill".

[cwiz24]

Dysfunctional is not the word. Diverse is the word.

[bwteim]

I was b*tching about bandwidth yesterday and the day before, probably sounding like a netnanny but since I took in coffee and DSL today, I feel so much better!

[bwteim]

Yes, I agree, see my correction just above, which I posted while you were typing your CORRECT reponse. Thanks.

[LdSentinal]

What right does the MSM have to complain?

On Monday they were all saying that NO was spared from the effects of Katrina.

[r9etb]

Andy Card had better pass the word to Blanco and Miss Mary that if they don't stay on the President's team, he will give the area his benign neglect in future budgetary requests.

No he won't.

[tx_eggman]

Your post was insulting to me.

Did you just hear President Bush, or you just want to ignore the fact he agrees with me???

OK then, you win the pissin' contest spectre. You and GWB are, in fact, on the same page .... now go away.

[JulieRNR21]

Has anyone seen the NO Mayor? Where is he?

[nairBResal]

I wonder who this fat f on CNN right now is related to.

[Doohickey]

You're right. Both NY and Florida had strong leadership at the city and state level to direct the flow of relief efforts. Louisiana apparently has none of that and the Fed lacks the local knowledge required to be effective.

[Elyse]

I've turned WWL off. I can't listen to it anymore. I can't believe that these liberals have their heads shoved so far up their butts that they are going to excuse Nagin and Blanco and blame this all on Bush. I'm dizzy from the unbelievably fast and furious partisan spin. These are the people that will learn nothing from history.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I don't care what Fox was showing you. ALL
of the outbound ways were out only the day before the storm, until late afternoon. They should have started it the morning of the day before, but until then, they didn't believe the storm was hitting.

New Orleans has the Causeway, I-10, across the River and airline highway to evacuate the city. They had it planned pretty well. If they had put it into effect 24 hours earlier, it might have saved more lives. If they had announced mandantory evacuation a day earlier, it would have helped.

If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.

And hindsight is perfect.

They only went into high gear the day before the storm. part of the reason chaos reigns today.

[hummingbird]

Welcome to FreeRepublic, Uncle Ike! Guess I'll have to don my flame retardant underwear (not government issued), too, because I don't believe in a Fairy Godmother Federal Government magic wand either.

Hope you enjoy the FreeRepublic neighborhood!

[rocklobster11]

Did anybody watch CNN this morning? I was wondering if Soledad had any explanation why CNN has been filiming the tragedy at the Convention Center the last three days, but never bothered to bring food and water to the crowd? does CNN lack the resources to help citizens in need? Do they beleive that only the government can help the people? Or do they know that by solving problems they reduce the ratings bonanza of exploiting the tragedy?

[Wallace T.]

There are grounds for the use of regular troops. FEMA and Coast Guard personnel, who are Federal employees, are being hindered by snipers from their duties of rescuing people. In Little Rock, AR in 1957 and Oxford, MS in 1962, when mob violence and the recalcitrance of state officials prevented the enforcement of Federal court orders by Federal marshals. Both a Republican President (Eisenhower) and a Democratic one (Kennedy) sent in the regulars to ensure the safety of the marshals and the enforcement of court orders.

What worked then should work now. It is past time to hide under the covers of "the rule of law" and "states' rights", much less the phrase, "help is coming real soon". The looters and snipers must be suppressed without mercy, and the remaining population of New Orleans must be entirely and quickly evacuated under the strict supervision of the regular military and Federalized National Guard.

[mhking]

We're really one big, happy disfunctional family.

Quit talkin' so much and pass the grits! ;)

[bluecollarman]

I agree, WWL's one big Bush bash. I had my wallet open to send money to NO this morning but It is closed to them now. I will send it to Gulf Port or Biloxi relief efforts.