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

[olde north church]

Call me cold and uncaring but it's the logical thing to do. In the time it takes to transport 1 or 2 infirm, you may be able to evacuate 3X as many healthy people. How do we do it? Volume baby, volume!

[Conservababe]

This is obscene. I do not understand how healthy people could be airlifted before those with life threatening illnesses.

Healthy patients? How is the reporter qualified to determine who is healthy? Anyway, this may be a reverse triage going on in the evacuation. Those who can tolerate the trip may be taken first.

[steveegg]

Anyone seen Anderson Cooper? Did CNN yank him for not making nicey with Mary Landrieu?

Probably.

[jaydubya2]

I like when he calls them "choppers" instead of helecopters or rotary wings.

[plushaye]

CNN website headline:

International Energy Agency agrees to provide 60 million barrels of fuel reserves to U.S. Details soon.

MSNBC website headline:

Help arriving. Military convoy enters ravaged New Orleans.
Bush tours battered region.


Finally things looking up today. Thank God.

[Types_with_Fist]

I wonder if anyone will dare to suggest something similar in this situation. I wonder if anyone else would have the nerve to say, "Bad idea."

Someone will suggest it I'm sure. Sort of a disaster relief/reparations type thing. They all deserve help in this situation but that's not gonna fly.

[nicmarlo]

But what if a truck ran over us on the way to the brothel with our bushels?

Certainly wouldn't want to turnup there, that's fer sure.....

[daybreakcoming]

Well a silly twit on Fox just called the looters "rebels".

[dennis1x]

Finally things looking up today. Thank God.

unbelievable it took the feds until today to get even water convoys into the city.

[Types_with_Fist]

"Freedom fighters." LOL!

[nicmarlo]

That's a great find, Peach. I'm glad you linked it here...I don't know if i would have seen it.

[BurbankKarl]

Delta Force



>>>>The situation stabilized when police units and armed soldiers were able to provide cover for the evacuation process.

[Conservababe]

Ah ha, I thought so. Many folks just assume their policy covers flooding.

[Will_Zurmacht]

they're almost officially "insurgents"

[olde north church]

Mary Landrieu? You must mean Suzy Creamcheese!

[Smogger]

Yep. Of course, the fact that there is a single source for flood insurance isn't helpful.

Hell! Most of the poor homeowners didn't have any homeowners insurance at all. Which is probably why a lot of them stayed. If I didn't have any homeowners insurance, I might have stayed too.

[bitty]

I remember you saying that Saturday. They should have made you Govenor and 1,000's may not have died. The Gov and Mayor didn't want to be sued or voted out because they made people leave. They may have known the looting that would happen if they tried to make the "people" go. They need to be held accountable for putting things before lives and safety.

[TonyInOhio]

Anyone seen Anderson Cooper? Did CNN yank him for not making nicey with Mary Landrieu?

He'll be back tonight - he made up for the Miss Mary faux pas by ripping into the Federal response last night.

[BurbankKarl]

Well, when you unplug their respirator, they die. They need to be transported by ground units, which is what the snipers were trying to get to get out of the city with their loot.