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

[TonyInOhio]

Great pic of Bush right now on FOX, comforting two girls..

Enjoy it while you're seeing it - you'll be treated to more of Jesse Jackson than President Bush in the evening's newscasts.

[steveegg]

Air America must be using all the drugs that the dealers can't get into NO, huh?

Them and the RATs in the House. Bash Bush is now officially the party line on orders from Botox Pelosi.

[L,TOWM]

Best laugh I've had all day. Except for the "judjment" of God thing.

[r9etb]

please do not repost photos from my server. If you want to repost, use your own server.

Eeek. Sorry 'bout that. Does it re-download it every time it's posted, or does it just get loaded once and placed into the cache?

[Arizona Carolyn]

Don't get me wrong.. but, Clinton should have been a preacher... it's in his blood. Kerry has "blue" blood and he and Teresa would have cringed to have these people near them, much less touch them.

[Peach]

(((Johnny Crab)))

[beyond the sea]

You were wrong to make the claim that you did to the poster. You were unable to admit that you were wrong. God, let's leave it at that! Some things never change.

[Mago]

Governor Blanco still sitting on couch, eating cookie dough & watching Oxygen

Correction... late breaking update, she is now eating Bon Bons and watching the WE network

[Howlin]

It's just ongoing. Doesn't seem to be any way to stop it.

And I know I'm not the only one it happens to.

[Types_with_Fist]

Looks like that one fire has jumped a street and into another block.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

But there are amtrak lines that go through NO. There was the Crescent, the Sunset and the City of New Orleans lines: North, East and West (unless they were downsided away). It might have been a good idea to think of an emergency evacuation plan that included trains. How many other cities have that many amtrack routes any more?

[NautiNurse]

please use common sense when posting photos on this thread.

[jeffers]

Your credibility has officially sunk to equal that of the LA Governor.

End of discussion.

[Howlin]

Thanks for proving my point; you are completely detached from reality.

[Peach]

Sadly, you aren't the only one. But now making stuff up out of whole cloth...

[bwteim]

Evacuating charity hospital now per scanner

[PAR35]

That makes sense. I thought it was a typo with an extra digit sneaking in, but the commas suggested otherwise.

[Pearls Before Swine]

They're also watching the street value of their supply go up, given the fact that a lot of processed heroin and cocaine is lying at the bottom of the water.

This will probably give rise to the term "New Orleans Brown" for any salvaged dope. Good analysis.

[linear]

I really hope Bush goes to the SD. I know it would be dangerous but I'm hopeful it would calm things down.

[steveegg]

Does it re-download it every time it's posted, or does it just get loaded once and placed into the cache?

Depends on how each person's browser is set up. I'm on the far end; forcing a full refresh every time.