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

[easonc52]

We all know why JJ's there. Al would be there, but he's holding on to Shitty's hand.

O'rielly said earlier that Katrina killed 'Shitty'.

[berkeleybeej]

That's going to be a HUGE pile of debris. Just how do you throw out an entire major city?

Maybe they can use the debris to raise the place above sea level. :)

[Cboldt]

Rita (full of energy), head bouncing: What a sad story.

She's in her own happy space, and I'm glad for her for that. But watching her gives me the heebie-jeebies.

[oceanview]

the logistical apparatus is improving greatly - but the governor is (deliberately in my opinion) doing very little about the security situation - making FEMA and everyone elses job harder.

[samantha]

I have seen seasoned Police Officers lose it particularly when it is a child that is lost. This is too much for the average person to bear especially if they are watching it for hours at a time. You can see the warning signs, they need to rotate these guys before they have a permanent mental breakdown. I knew a great officer that had one too many scenes that he could not handle and I talked to him about taking time off for weeks. He did not take the time off, and ended his life with a shotgun. He was a 12 year veteran and he could not handle the daily onslaught any longer. If veteran PO's cannot handle it sometimes, we should not expect Shep to or any other civilian.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I like some of the local anchors. Maybe I'm prejudiced...

[IamConservative]

Are you picking up scanner audio on the net? Where? How?

Sorry, haven't been able to keep up, I am sure this is posted somewhere.

[madison10]

Jesse Jackson on LK just stated he believes people are exagerating about the snipers shooting at rescuers.

He needs to get his butt in a helicopter & help the rescuers then...

[Will_Zurmacht]

i just got back from class and this was the rumor of several liberal grad students....

they were explaining how this was all pre-planned for Bu$h and the evil oil companies...plus this sets the stage for the Warmongers to start sending "undesirables" like minorities and the poor people to the camps Bush built....they seriously believe this cr@p!

to make matters worse the liberal prof advised "you know, it's possible, I wouldn't put anything past Bush and Rove"....

sigh, it's just so d@mn sad, these are "educated" liberals

I told them they were definately insane if they even entertain any of this nonsense, but they are convinced I'm part of the conspiracy too, for what it's worth

[PhiKapMom]

How about looting drugs for their drug habit?

[kenth]

Because she's a media whore and democrat scumbag?

What do I win?

She started the Bush blame game Saturday when she could have been urging her constituents to leave. She also could have been using her influence with the mayor and governor. She chose not to.

[DouglasKC]

Did anyone just see the report on MSNBC about the convention center. They have NO supplies there FGS. It's something I cannot imagine, where is the water? Food?

They have water and MRE's. The reporter let this slip at the end. A Blackhawk helicopter dropped off a large load of bottled water and he mentioned that they had MRE's also.

[rolling_stone]

I asked this on another thread. How do you dispose of an entire city? A safe estimate would be that 85 to 90 percent of all structures will have to be razed. That's going to be a HUGE pile of debris. Just how do you throw out an entire major city? That's way on down the road, but that's going to have to be addressed.

Offer illegal aliens all the free building materials as long as they truck it south with them back to Mexico.it will be an improvement on their shanty towns and clean up the debris at the same time plus the freebee of having the illegals take themselves out of our country. That or burn it..

[Knitting A Conundrum]

http://radio.scannerbuff.net:8008/

[Mad Dawgg]

"Which half?"

The top half, somewhere around the head.

Except for Britt, I like Britt.

[sfimom]

LOL you too? Another book that comes to mind is Robert McAmmon's 'Swan Song'

[not_apathetic_anymore]

but the FEDS are looking contract with medical staff to get them in there for reliefl...see my post 732

[Battle Hymn of the Republic]

I hope someone told blanco to shut her mouth and step aside

[Americanchild]

We have created a class of people who cannot fend for themselves and who rely on the government for everything

That's exactly what I thought when I saw the news coverage tonight. My heart goes out to the truely helpless, but alot of these folks need to get out of the victim mentality.

[GOP_Proud]

< We don't run from snipers in Iraq. >

Hey, Jesse. They're allowed to shoot the snipers in Iraq.