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

[BurbankKarl]

Over 150 dogs and other animals were evacuated from an animal hospital after their owners had left town without them.

[Peach]

I think they eventually took those residents out by helicopter too, but I could be wrong. One of the worst managed things about this crisis has been the hospitals, caring for the most vulnerable among us, left to their own devices.

Somewhere I read this morning that people showing up in Texas are so traumatized, that Gov. Perry has been asked to declare Texas a state of emergency.

[hipaatwo]

CNN has a woman on the phone from the Convention Center. She's saying how the guard is there, they're getting food and water and how happy they are to see them. Presstitute says so your feeling good and the woman says yes. They cut away from her for now, but told her to hold on.

[daybreakcoming]

Freedom fighters tomorrow

[BurbankKarl]

I want to shoot that b*tch for that false reporting this morning...

[toldyou]

"And the LAST words of the president in this press conf were: And I want to THANK the governor for his L E A D E R S H I P...

He made the point more than once- in subtle ways...that the LEADERSHIP in LA is VERY different than in MS and AL"


I caught that! Good! I'm sure we all agree it needed to be said!

[bonfire]

".. as they are surrounded in a high rise that they have taken over - and call themselves repressed."



Cue Jesse Jackson.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Yep.

But I have good news. A young man, the only child of a friend of mine who passed away ten years ago, is alive and in Thibodeaux....now I am still worried sick about his aunt, but that's a start!

[PMCarey]

I wonder if anyone will dare to suggest something similar in this situation.

They will. Guarantee'd

[didi]

I think he's got kind of a geeky-cute look. History professorish. I like his voice and manner.

But really, blasting what's her name on CNN was what I was liking - then he went off again when whoever the anchor was commented on his 'mood'.

[bonfire]

What did she say?

[r9etb]

No, it means that whoever makes it back to that district at election time has a much greater chance of swaying the election than if he were to stay and vote in his new district.

Actually, I think they'll arrange for displaced NO residents to vote via absentee ballot. Which probably amounts to much the same thing you've said.

[watchwoman]

Awwww....!! That photo is priceless!

[Howlin]

CNN has a woman on the phone from the Convention Center. She's saying how the guard is there, they're getting food and water and how happy they are to see them.

Well, what will poor Paula Zahn talk about tonight?

[Laverne]

Thats a pretty good email; mine have been much worse than that! And trust me, I have sent both msnbc and cnn many emails. I have also sent some to FNC regarding Bill Hemmer...told them to tell him, FNC is not CNN-lite, and if we wants to continue to blame everything on Bush, he should go back to his previous network. The Bush bashing on CNN is uncontrollable -- in fact, its gotten to the point of laughable. Just listen to them for one minute, and you will laugh. MSNBC...well, they are just ignorant all around.

[EBH]

:-)

[bwteim]

That is OWN as in bought and paid for with sweat or cash, for years in the family...

[bonfire]

Well, good for him. Looks like he finally got some cojones. Wasn't quite sure about him!

[LadyBuzz]

Refugees are actually evacuees & insurgents are actually terrorists - the MSM is driving me crazy

[Elyse]

"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."


Thanks for that link. I couldn't agree with the squirrel more!