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Posted on 09/01/2005 3:46:26 PM PDT by 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
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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/
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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12
LOL, I know what you mean..I now have the TV right next to my pc, looks terrible but it's convienient!
People who only had one television set? What is that supposed to mean? They were too busy to watch the news about a hurricane cat 3-5 about to hit them?? I am so beyond words at the spectacle they are making of themselves.
No offense to FEMA, but I'm my own first, best line of defense and they can't be everywhere :)
Make a Bloody Mary for me and don't take up space with celery...
C-Span still carrying the caucus.
Shocking about the one television. Just astounding.
Celery counts as a veggie!
OK, let me try
these are his "words"
channels from Baton Rouge to NOLA has deep water and can move vessels in and out of NOLA
challenge is to restore navig aids
night ops are out for some time to come
lot will be up to river pilots to see how the river is due to changes
corp has done everything it can to protect city
there has been some discussion that had they had funds that city would have been protected
his personal and prof opinion is that that is not the case
then described some projects
holding up paper graphic outlining levees
about half has flooding half has no flooding
multiple parrishes are impacted
where levee broke is as good as it was going to get
it was rated for cat 4
intensity of storm exceeded capacity of levee
so next question, why cat 3 and not 4 or 5
answer, we knew capacity of this levee, and that is why mayor others evacuated the city
had they not done that, loss would have been much greater
also, war in Iraq has NOT impacted corp funding levels
Glad I scrolled down and saw you had requested it. Saved me from a flame and the humiliating "never mind" I find myself having to do too often LOL!
Not a real flame for that southern "ALWAYS be polite and mind your manners gene in my dna won't let me cut loose with both barrels, even anonymously--it's more like a child's pop gun.
We really need to nip this in the bud. It's time for quite a few "have you no decency, sir?" letters to the editor concerning these political opportunists.
The CBC should stop bitching, and take a look a real poverty. Take for example, Cuba or Haiti.
"Did anyone try to start them up?"
Good question. I bet not. Though they should have been right at the dome from the beginning. The Mayor is guilty of incompetence and negligence.
Oh no, more reparations? Call Wachovia.
I heard a local radio host this morning on 540am in Orlando say that those shooting at the rescue helicopter on the roof could have to do with the mob delaying the evac. until they can get some valuables out of town. He feels there is something bigger going on than just "ticked off people" or "druggies."
Thank you for the information!
Someone interviewed last night on Fox said Jesse Jackson had sent a bus and plucked her daughter off a bridge or highway. I wonder if this is true?
Funny. Watching some of these donations pile in, people with and without wealth ARE stepping up to the plate. Are they going to turn their ugly eye on more celebrities, as people of "wealth" from their own party to pitch in?
So see, it's not that unhealthy after all :-)
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