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

[Spktyr]

I'm worried about the media rebroadcasting it....

[TonyInOhio]

Bush showing courage and being positive as well as sensitive. What a man!

CSPAN2 is showing this live, for those who are TV-deprived.

Unfortunately, you'll be treated to more stupid, grandstanding questions from the press. :(

[grey_whiskers]

Jackson said 120,000 people in New Orleans make less than $8,000 a year, and are without private transportation. Thus, they had no capacity to leave the city, and no place to go even if they could leave.

OK, Nicholas Cage donated $1 million.
Why didn't Jesse offer to pay bus companies, etc. to move people out before hand?

Oh, that's right, he was meeting with yet another Communist dictator...

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Jokes aside, I have seen the Gila river do some serious flooding over the years. My aunts got caught in it....

[linear]

I bet (and hope) he does land. I think it will be a great moment for him. Just hope they can keep him safe.

[Types_with_Fist]

The question is whether he will actually land and visit with people.

I predict the airport in kenner and a visit with the Colonel. I pray he gets back on afterward and leaves the state without stopping at Baton Rouge.

[PigRigger]

Honestly, the heart of TX is as big as the state itself....the surrounding states will be taking on a lot of refugees as well....this will be stretching their resources very thin...

This crisis has only just begun....

[McGruff]

Some idiot reporter asking President Bush about Iraq when the president is trying to resolve this crisis.

[HapaxLegamenon]

Interesting Feed at WGNO.com right now. This is the NO ABC station which has been broadcasting on Web through the Baton Rouge Affiliate. In any case, right now all we get is some FEMA guy giving interviews one after another to various TV station. You can only hear the answers Mr. FEMA is giving, but not the questions. Nevertheless he is aping the same responses almost word for word.

[kingu]

He was talking about seeing reporters beside a starving child in Africa and all he could ever think was that he wanted to tell the reporter to put that camera down and give that baby a sammich.

http://www.illwillpress.com/kat.html has a flash rant that goes along with that thought. Not censored; don't use the audio loudly at work.

[Peach]

Check out the New Orleans evacuation procedures.

There are NO plans for people without cars or resources. A third grader could have written this.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475714/posts

[steveegg]

Question time in Biloxi (paraphrasing) -

First question - something about being prepared (partially drowned out by heli) - Nobody can be prepared for something like this.

2nd question from Terry - Are we spending too much on Iraq? - No.

3rd question - What did you mean by not acceptable results? - Explaining that he meant that it meant that we could do better.

[nicmarlo]

President Bush on now giving high praise to Haley Barbour and the mayor of Biloxi. If you listen to what he is saying, you can hear the unspoken "unlike another governor I won't name."

Very good; Gov. Barbour deserves praise...we know the other does not and why.

[MNlurker]

Bush (paarphares)

AL response good
MS response good
Coast Guard response in NO good.

There's the shot across the bow of Blanco and Nagin.

[olde north church]

It was the moron, Moran or Moran, the moron.

[TonyInOhio]

Very good; Gov. Barbour deserves praise...we know the other does not and why.

Agreed - drawing the distinction between the two situations forces the media whores to report it that way.

[WoodstockCat]

I understand that..sorry. I just wanted people to understand that moving things via that means on the Miss. Gulf Coast is a no-go.

[Howlin]

You're squishing his head, you're squishing his head!

[Abigail Adams]

Prez saying we're gonna have a problem this weekend with gas. But they're working on it.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I was saying that it was the governor's fault, and the Lousiana FEMA team not working together well...But now things look like they are moving into higher gear.