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

[rdl6989]

Habeas corpus was suspended on April 27, 1861 during the American Civil War by President Lincoln in Maryland and parts of midwestern states, including southern Indiana. He did so in response to riots, local militia actions and the threat that the Southern slave state of Maryland would secede from the Union leaving the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., in the south. He was also motivated by requests by generals to set up military courts to rein in "Copperheads" or Peace Democrats, and those in the Union who supported the Confederate cause. His action was challenged in court and overturned by the U.S. Circuit Court in Maryland (led by Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney) in Ex Parte Merryman, 17 F. Cas. 144 (C.C.D. Md. 1861). Lincoln ignored Taney's order.

What would Honest Abe say if he was here today? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeus_corpus#Suspension_during_the_Civil_War_and_Reconstruction

[pamlet]

Laugh... it was pretty amazing apparently. Because last time he was outside was about 11:30 I think...

I do hope they have a good method of screening, monitoring. Also hope they get some good AC in there - I know they've got HUGE fans as well as AC in the wharehouse that my husband works in.. it stays fairly cool.

Of course his office is FREEZING because it's the IT office and they have all the computer equipment in it..

[eternity]

Football season? Trucks are being rationed gas at $50 a stop. Some trunking companies are not going down south to pick up loads. Looting taking place now in Baton Rouge. Million refugees across the land. This ain't Bud Lite time believe me. No sir.

[bjs1779]

I almost cried today because my windshield cracked from a crack that had been fixed weeks ago.

I thought it was illegal to fix a crack in the windshield. More than one person told me that..Illinois.

[Friend of thunder]

It is a fact that they should be damn glad they aren't in NO rignt now.

One can be damn glad that are not in NO and still be walking over the rubble crying over their lost items they have a right to their grief.

[nicmarlo]

Fox just was interviewing a citizen of N.O.....he's very angry with the city officials of N.O....and the very end, he mentioned FEMA...but most of his criticism was leveled with N.O. City Officials...and rightly so.

[popdonnelly]

"Nagin needs to step aside and let the adults (if there are any in his administration) take over."

I can sympathize with Nagin insofar as he has to deal with the Governor.

The Democrats have a problem here. They have a Democratic city machine, and a Democratic State machine, both of which are costing lives. Small wonder they're blaming Bush.

I bet a Congressional oversight hearing into Louisiana disaster planning would turn up some interesting stuff.

[RummyChick]

And there's the point. People in NO can't say that. People in NO are facing murder, looting, raping of children, inability to get out. It is a true nightmare for those stuck in NO. They aren't even safe in the Superdome. They go to sleep at night in the Superdome not knowing if someone will take their child and rape them before the night is over.

[samantha]

I agree with Carville, the people of LA and that general vicinity need the Saints to play this year. They should try to get some of the games in a stadium closer to home also, so there can be home crowd influence. Houston is good because a lot of the Saints fans will be there in Shelters still. They need something positive in their lives. I know how I felt last year when the Dolphins could not play.

[No Blue States]

"NO, I saw with my own eyes three, black female, uniformed NOLA police officers stealing shoes while pushing a shopping cart amongst other stealing toys and other goods."

I saw one big black cop who put a bead on a looters head with his shotgun. The looter dropped his stash and ran away.

Promote this man immediately.

[Howlin]

Another point: the people in the convention center BROKE in there; most of them are the ones who have left the SuperDome because they are refusing to go to Houston. The Convention Center was NEVER set up to be a shelter.

And.......even if these people decided to stay despite the order, I heard the mayor of New Orleans tell them all to have three to five days worth of food and water for each person because they might not be able to get help to them for a few days.

Where is their food?

[DrewsMum]

you said it right

[Rokke]

"no one is coming for them with buses"

Baloney. There have been buses coming to that spot all day long. There are more on the way. This is a disaster area. Life sucks in a disaster area. There is no denying that and no way to avoid it. But the folks he was showing were sitting on a blanket, drinking water and smoking cigerettes. They may have to wait a few more hours for the bus, but it is coming.

[ican'tbelieveit]

January '09.

[Krodg]

I'm on dialup and I want the pictures. Please don't stop.

[Coldwater Creek]

It was the end of the month. Food stamps were all gone.

[Mad Dawgg]

Hehehe Oh dear, O'Reilly is asking for a SUNDAYS boycott of purchasing gas till Christmas.

[samantha]

Thanks for the info, I am impressed with Texas.