A car passes a group of power line trucks Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005 near Pachuta, Miss. as a repair is made on one of the trucks. The convoy of trucks, from Kinston, N.C., is headed to Covington, La.
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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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Hurricane Katrina HOUSING Thread
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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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Oh yea. I see the loot-fest continues and the Bush bashing has begun. How can people believe all these lies?
AirAmerika and devoted listeners == maroons
Great. Thanks for giving the media a heads up so the thugs can take a hostage - next time withold information like name and precise location.
Can't use the trains now...they should have used them to evacuate people the day before the storm. Tracks have to be inspected and bridges recertified before I'd let a person go on them.
Now that the indians are developing the South end of the Grand Canyon Kingman is going to grow like crazy. Property there is already escalating.
Giving yet another interview, I'm sure. Appalling lack of coordination or leadership skills.
It was.. and wouldn't it be nice if the damn media reran THAT video over and over again.. but that won't happen.
please do not repost photos from my server. If you want to repost, use your own server.
From Texas:Our Slidell evac'd family out their home has a tree "launched" thru the roof and still has 2 feet of water in it. They will now start over(with 4 children)....probably in a state north of Texas where the wife/Mom's employer is graciously giving her 3 months free apartment, childcare, clothing, paid relocation(what, they only have what fit in their Ford Explorer!).
Prayers for them as the father/Dad will return to Slidell this weekend to salvage, photo, video, etc. for insurance later.
The Dad will join them later as his employer(outside of NOLA) basically said "we don't care if you live in a tent, get back to work now." Pretty much ends a working relationship....
Mother-in-law from Covington is here in Texas for a few months until other La relatives repair her home & power gets restored(??)....
Thanks to all for your prayers, support, and comments.
"Who they WILL see is our President who is in Biloxi right now giving hugs and crying with the people."
Hopefully.
I've been critical of President Bush throughout this - but the shots of him getting off the the helicopter, obviously completely in charge, and those of him comforting those people on the street were very touching - very unlike the image of him projected by the press conferences.
Hopefully, some of the positive images will actually be broadcast by the MSM, along with the shots of the massive convoys of relief rolling into New Orleans.
Of course, since the primary objective of the MSM is "destroy Bush" (and the secondary objective is "destroy America"), we probably won't see anything positive at all.
The inside of the New Orleans airport is a hospital...they set up a DART team in there to work on incoming refugees with health problems.
As much as I did not like Clinton, he would have been better than Kerry. I just can't even imagine Kerry in this situation.
Clinton would have hugged people and listened to the locals, but Kerry would not.
I guess it means that I actually think Clinton does have some heart. I don't think Kerry has any.
Don't get between the Rev and an open mike and a camera, it's lethal.
You, as usual, are WRONG; I asked a simple question of Txsleuth, which SHE understood and replied to; you are the one who, in your stalking of me, went off halfcocked.
Now the mods have told you to stop posting to me, so why don't you do it? (And that means NOT replying to this post, which, of course, you will do, proving the fact that you are stalking me.)
Oil storage tanks mostly depend on the weight of their contents to hold them down. If they are partially full and then are flooded, they float loose and break the feed pipes.
Big heads up there, lots of those tanks around....and lots of....potential sparks.
A car passes a group of power line trucks Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005 near Pachuta, Miss. as a repair is made on one of the trucks. The convoy of trucks, from Kinston, N.C., is headed to Covington, La.
Thanks for posting that, thats a keeper for sure.
How do you do that anyway?
Howlin was not critical of txsleuth. Txsleuth posted something about MSNBC and joked maybe the clock there was actually to mark the last week of the Bush presidency.
Howlin asked "how so". She knew what txsleuth was saying.
Now you've been asked to stop posting by a poster and the admin. in the past to stop so why don't you just stop.
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