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

[Lurking in Kansas]

.. I usually leave the room.

Good advice, LOL.

[Tarheel]

Yes!

[bwteim]

bttt!

[hummingbird]

I even moved the furniture so I could at least see the TV while I'm on FR. Is that sick, or what?

Sounds perfectly normal to me....LOL!

[CedarDave]

Now bashing Hastert's comments about rebuilding.

[Sender]

The Black Caucus and the NAACP will portray state and local officials as the victims, who cried out for help while Bush was on vacation and did nothing.

You'll see little halos over the Mayor and the Gub'nor after this boils down. Halos of innocent grief. And race cards by the truckload will be dumped on the WH lawn.

[Spktyr]

All of which were completely underwater as of Tuesday and cannot be used, The fuel is contaminated - they'd be lucky to get two or three miles before failure - assuming they started.

Be angry at the local governments that didn't use them or move them before the storm hit.

[jslade]

Hey DU lurkers. They just showed on FNC your favorite repug.....Karl Rove! It's Rovian I tell ya!

[Jrabbit]

Oh nooooooooooo....he's coming to Texas???

Fox already did its hit piece on the Astrodome, this morning. Setting the scene for Sharpton, I guess. I was wondering why the good people in Houston trying to help were being critisized as being incompetent slugs...now I understand.

[Lurking in Kansas]

Rev.(?)Sharpton on WWL complaining about Bush's response being a day late and a dollar short, doesn't like "shoot to kill order"...

I'm surprised it took Sharpton this long to find a camera. He's 3 days late, LOL.

[steveegg]

I even moved the furniture so I could at least see the TV while I'm on FR. Is that sick, or what?

Perfectly logical to me :-)

[CedarDave]

Sharpton continuing rant...(BARF)

[Warren_Piece]

Anybody watching CNN or MSNBC? I've noticed the tone of reporting on Fox has changed dramatically since this morning, to quite hopeful, almost awestruck by the massive response (8-mile convoy). I was just wondering if the tone has changed on the other nets.

[spectre]

"WDSU just reported that 15 airlines are going to be transporting 25,000 refugees from Louis Armstrong International near NO to Lackland(sp?) AFB near San Antonio, TX
3,481 posted on 09/02/2005 9:52:32 AM CDT by Pyro7480 (Dies irae, dies illa....Rex tremendae majestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, salva me!)

This is wonderful news, please keep us updated!

sw

[NonValueAdded]

Give Al a parachute, tell him he is now deputized as the onsite relief coordinator, and tell him his helo is on the pad waiting for him.

[TonyInOhio]

Be angry at the local governments that didn't use them or move them before the storm hit.

My point, exactly - couldn't these have been sent to the Ninth Ward on Monday, for example?

[ladyjane]

I just heard "black genocide"" from a reporter on cspan.

Genocide or suicide?

[Spktyr]

Eh, the Coast Guard is sort of both.

However, they are not generally combat troops anyway.