Katrina Live Thread, Part XIV

Various ^ | 2 September 2005 | Various

[NautiNurse]

President Bush continues to assess the catastrophic damage by air and on the ground in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Bush spent the day meeting with search and rescue personnel, relief commanders, and displaced residents in Mobile, Biloxi, and the New Orleans area. U.S. Congress passed a $10.5 billion relief package for the hurricane ravaged areas. First Lady Laura Bush issued a press statement from an evacuation shelter in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Patient and staff evacuations continue from numerous New Orleans Hospitals. Thousands of patients are being airlifted to a field hospital at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport for triage, staging, and transport to hospitals throughout the United States.

The U.S. Coast Guard and civilian volunteers continue to evacuate thousands of survivors from their flooded homes in New Orleans. The Army Corps of Engineers continues work to repair the damaged levees.

The nation's airlines today began an operation intended to fly up to 25,000 refugees out of New Orleans. The airlines are volunteering their aircraft and crews for the program. Long convoys loaded with relief supplies arrived throughout the day into New Orleans, while convoys of buses are moving survivors out of the city.

Several large fires are burning in the city and greater New Orleans area. Reports indicate snipers are holding down firefighters. Reports of shots fired with LEO down in the St. Bernard Parish area. Rescue operations are underway. A bus carrying NOLA evauees rolled over in Opelousa, LA.

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:

New Orleans Emergency Operations Center - is now open:
504-463-1000
504-463-1001
504-463-1002

WWL-TV New Orleans (via WFAA Dallas) - WWL-TV is operating from studios at Louisiana Public Broadcasting. CBS has a relay during the morning and afternoon. When available, use the CBS relay first as they have greater streaming capacity. Yahoo has also provided a relay.

WDSU-TV New Orleans - The news staff has started to return to temporary news studios near New Orleans. However, expect evening coverage from Hearst-Argyle sister stations WAPT Jackson and WESH Orlando when the New Orleans staff needs to take a break.

WGNO-TV New Orleans - New Orleans' ABC affiliate has returned to the air with WBRZ-TV and launched video streaming with continuous Katrina coverage.

WPMI-TV Mobile, AL - WPMI is webcasting from 5:30am - 10:30pm CDT. When off air, you can view pre-recorded reports on demand. This feed is often unreliable.

WKRG-TV Mobile, AL - This station is providing good coverage of the situation to the east in Mississippi and Alabama. However, the station is now signing off at around 10:30pm CDT like WWL and WPMI.

WJTV-TV Jackson, MS - The CBS affiliate in Jackson is providing live coverage for both the Jackson area and south Mississippi (knowing a lot of media in that area is off the air).

United Radio From New Orleans: WWL-AM, WNOE-FM, "KISS-FM," WRNO-FM, WYLD-FM, and WJBO-AM who have joined forces as United Radio From New Orleans, and they are streaming.

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/ Southern Baptist: NAMB - http://www.namb.net/
Samaritan's Purse - http://www.samaritanspurse.org/

Previous Threads:
Katrina Live Thread, Part XIII
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

[Graymatter]

Geraldo just had a baby,

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Either my water broke in sympathy, or the purple koolaid is pouring out of me!

[Caramelgal]

You are absolute right sir. I watched CNN and saw people dying live on TV. Americans, no matter their race, religion or economic level, should not still be suffering to the extent they are so many days after a well predicted and anticipated disaster.

I was late to work this morning because I was so overwhelmed by it all that I had to take some time to get my self together. At the conclusion of our company wide staff meeting today I requested my co-workers to take some time this holiday weekend to consider what they might do to help and pleaded that they might make some donation. My company is responding by setting up a way to donate with matching contributions. The private sector is responding, as I knew they would.

But the response to this; from the Mayor of NO, the parish councilmen, governors, FEMA, all the way up to the highest levels of our government has been beyond slow, It’s been deplorable.

[ken5050]

One correction to your comments..that wasn't a NOPD captian..that was the Police Commissioner of NO, who should have been fired on the spot..

[Johnny Crab]

The road blocks in the Gretna bridge were put up last night by the parish President and Police chief. There were/are untold numbers of desperate people roaming within the parish, where most residents had evacuated before the storm, and most residences were empty. Untold amount of home break-ins and looting, arson, firefights. Parish President made a statement that he would stop them at the bridge last night, over his dead body, on a local newscast interview.

Not only that but they have a real nice housing project to deal with. Oakwood Mall knows now that it is a smoldering ruins.

[WVNan]

You know, that is exactly what I've been thinking. I was a child during the Depression and can remember the "hobos" and wanderers who would come past our little shack begging for bread and water.

[Age of Reason]

Drudge has up a blurb about a claim that black people are eating the dead.

During NPR's reporting this evening, they mentioned that some guy in N.O.--I forget his name--had a generator, and his family actually had roast beef and gravy for dinner last night.

Now I wonder if it was beef.

[Shortstop7]

I've never watched people dying like that either.. I am as horrified as everyone else.

I just don't think adding to the hysteria is helpful. jmo

[sola_fide]

Thanks for the info Jersey. I had not heard this. I guess I owe Shep an apology.

[RushCrush]

Believe me, I get your point! I also think Geraldo and Shep are making it WORSE. There are ways to get attention. Geraldo's and Shep's ways just caused a whole lot of folks to turn the channel.

[tomkat]

FReepmail

[hipaatwo]

I'm small but my son is 6'1 and 300 lbs. Guess I can just get him to sit on the person and crush em..LOL

[TexKat]

Thanks stlnative, I did read that a short while ago. Thank you and others for clarifying the misinfo that was generated by the media.

[Crawdad]

Finger sandwiches.

[madison10]

Shep said he hasn't seen ONE Red Cross vehicle in the five days that he has been there. What happened?

Maybe Mississippi & Alabama need help, too. I know you know this, but New Orleans, contrary to the MSM hype, was not the only place in the country damaged by Katrina. Biloxi was badly hit. We seem to be forgetting about the states that had their acts together...& punishing them for it.

[hipaatwo]

bookmark

[cajungirl]

I think you are right.

Texas is going to rue the day they were generous. I hate to say that.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"NO. THAT'S 100% WRONG. He asked the other guy if he wanted to say something, and the other guy waved him off and walked off-screen."

The superior officer didn't want to comment on the Geraldo "incite-a-riot" show? What a shocker.

As I said, Geraldo's intent was to let the officer rant.

[Prince Charles]

Hehehe.