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

[easonc52]

I saw that guy - he was claiming that the city gov. turned off the lights and the phones - I couldn't believe my ears

Yes, I had a problem hearing that also, after he was rescued. At least he didn't become a looter (we hope)...

[BurbankKarl]

The main tranmission lines into the city are down....and the Nuclear Plant was shut down...etc. etc. etc.

[Carolinamom]

Please don't flame me for asking, but have you noticed that many of these refugees from water filled NO are wearing what appears to be clean clothes?

[EVO X]

I wish some of the northern states would offer to help with taking in some of the refugees. Maybe they have and I just have not heard about it.

I am sure you can count on the load balancing. The local nightly news in Central Illinois had a segment about a couple's 12 family members that are going to seek shelter here. I would venture to guess Chicago will be seeing some rather substantial inflows.

[Howlin]

Shepherd Smih and Anderson Cooper need to be REMOVED physically.

[oceanview]

why should the truth be sanitized? like 9/11 was sanitized by not showing the people jumping from the towers. this caller OReilly just had on, is he lying? OK, I will admit that focusing only on the bad news and not mentioning the good news - is much like the media's coverage of iraq. but I still want to hear these stories.

[tomkat]

re military scanner: Big ammo truck inbound to Col. Ball in NO - ETA soon.

Gangstas best haul ass...   

[mware]

thanks dad

[nicmarlo]

He didn't get it - these people expect handouts and if they don't have things the way the want them then it's the cities fault or the gov's fault or whatever - I am hearing very few people say thank God I'm alive.

Very true; I remember when I lived in Southern CA, I had a very large emergency preparedness kit....consisting of water, blankets, medicinals, canned goods, flashlights, etc., in preparation for earthquake survival. I'm sure if I lived in a flood prone/hurricane area...I'd have taken those supplies with me and left....but, there will always be those who are unable to leave...for various reasons.

[bwteim]

bump to Howlin's post and "In the outlying areas, help IS there. The people are NOT rioting; the people are NOT standing around waiting for somebody to help them; they are helping each other and working together; they are THANKFUL to be alive and thankful for the help they are getting."

bump to your 13 threads.

[Tuxedo]

OK, even if I try to understand the looters' motivation... how do they think they are going to get this stuff out of the city? There will be no water or food left once they evacuate the citizenry. Doubt they let anyone on a bus carrying a plasma TV.

[Strategerist]

Just saw on one of the News channels Detroit offer to take basically everbody.

[RummyChick]

That's right. Next time you want to complain about something just remember those in this nightmare . I don't mean you specifically I mean people in general.

[bwteim]

stand in line;)

[oceanview]

see post 404.

[SE Mom]

Will sometime just tell Shep to STFU...

He is a drama queen...I HATE this on national tv.

[mware]

They transferred the baby to a hospital in Texas before or right after the hurricane.

[MarineNav]

I totally agree with your post. Too many posters have been taking advantage of this tragedy to slam the victims and also politicians.

God bless and comfort the victims of this tragedy, ESPECIALLY those of the least means. They are the needy. How we treat them, 'the least of His brothers', is what matters..

[max_rpf]

re military scanner: Big ammo truck inbound to Col. Ball in NO - ETA soon. Gangstas best haul ass.. Suprised they make no effort to encrypt that info? Crazy

[Ovation_girl]

"In the Homestead Tent City following Hurricane Andrew, there were two families per tent, or all women in one tent, all men in another. That was the official designation, anyway."

Why are we not hearing this as a suggestion on the news? After Andrew, other spaces were considered, but keeping the people as close as possible to home was made possible by this tent city, and it gave all the residents some sense of normalcy, however little it was.

On another note. FEMA head on CNN is saying they just found out about the Convention Center people today. I can only see this as the failure of the NO local officials to accurately see the ENTIRE situation.