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

[oceanview]

listen to this guy on OReilly now at a hospital - begging everyone for security - mayor, governor - they will not move on it.

[metmom]

Busy. Just wondering if cajungirl made out OK

[conservativeinferno]

Did anyone just hear Olberman on MSNBC? "That Limbaugh.." and "he doesn't get it." He is going to get it tomorrow.

[bwteim]

The Stand is a great novel. And I did get all the way through that book as well, as opposed to some of his later ones.

Again, reading those type of post-war/post disaster books would have been good brain food for many of today's planners, as I wrote earlier.

[Mad Dawgg]

OK everything is gonna be OK now cuz O'Reilly is gonna demand that the Federals get control of the situation.

I feel better now. < /Sarcasm >

[NautiNurse]

My cousin was hit by a tornado in N GA, but all is well : )

All is well - that is wonderful news! So very good to hear your cousin is safe after being clobbered by the long arms of nasty Katrina.

[Friend of thunder]

I will say ONCE AGAIN. Those people in MS crying over losing their possessions should thank GOD they are not in NO.

And not be crying? What is your point? How do you know that they are not thanking God that they are not in NO?

I am not trying to be argumentative but your statement, whether you intended it to be or not, is condescending, that is not my assumption, it is self-evident.

[don-o]

She posted this afternoon from BR. I believe she is fine and dandy.

[oceanview]

giving big kudos to the military evacuation. listen to this, helicopters trying to land met by 100 thugs with guns, had to pull away.

[Tuxedo]

Olberman is a complete tool.

[jimbo123]

The tourists being abused inside the convention center are being HELD HOSTAGE. They cannot leave of their own free will (if they are still alive). Hopefully they will still be alive if the police go in.


Buried in the NY Times:

The police superintendent, Eddie Compass, estimated that perhaps 100 armed people were inside the convention center and that he was considering a plan to restore order there with a force of perhaps 500 police officers and national guardsmen.

Mr. Compass said that some stranded tourists who had sought shelter at the convention center instead found trouble. "The tourists are walking around there and as soon as these individuals see them, they're being preyed upon," he said.

[tomkat]

As of early this afternoon, she's fine, if a bit rattled.
She's workin' at LSU, and Baton Rouge has evidently gotten real interesting the past 24hrs.

[conservative in nyc]

Last I heard, all 7 people who stayed on Grand Isle are accounted for. Structures on the island were hit hard by the storm, as one would expect.

[rwfromkansas]

Nurse, great summation of the day's events. Very well done.

[Knute]

Cajungirl has been posting today

[popdonnelly]

"What students is he going to rescue?"

Probably the sons and daughters of the people who have benefitted from the Rainbow Coalition. What about the poor African Americans who are supposed to be Jackson's constituency?

[Dog Gone]

I hope he brings firepower with him landing on that levee.

He's quite the avid hunter, so I'm sure he'll go in armed. I'm most concerned about the time after he lands and before he gets back to the plane. The potential for trouble is obvious.

I think he needs someone to stay with the plane. If he hasn't already gone and this is a weekend rescue, I think I'll volunteer to go with him. I'll guard the plane while he gets his FIL. A few shotgun blasts should be all that's needed to discourage a hijacking from occurring.

[samantha]

You know Harrigan has been doing a wonderful job. He has been through so much emotionally gutwrenching garbage in Iraq that he is very professional in handling his assignment. Shep is too emotional and some of the others are also. Jeff Goldblum seems better at handling the horrors before him. I think Fox needs to rotate these people out before they have breakdowns on the air. I think little Molly Henenberg was doing a good job today, she is very gutsy,and savvy but never loses her feminity. No one person among us can handle this stuff the first time out, and a constant barrage of this tragic scene cannot be tolerated.

[rwfromkansas]

At our core, we are all savages.

Don't be surprised when society falls apart and we respond like our nature would entail.

Ala Lord of the Flies

[NautiNurse]

Oh my...if I read all the posts on that blog, I would never find my way back here...thanks for the link!