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Posted on 09/02/2005 3:03:06 PM PDT by 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
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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
In other news I just saw a Red Cross commercial on TV for hurricane Katrina. So I guess they can whip up a commercial real quick huh!
And all of this from a Catholic woman who gives to Catholic Charities USA, but never the RED CROSS.
I believe Shep's emotions are the most validated. He's been there since the beginning. Geraldo is a drama queen and a showman, but that doesn't mean he isn't genuine. It has shocked him to see the conditions. They are living in the midst of filfth, stench, death, disease, destruction, despair, anger, hate, pure evil, and emptiness. All of this in the nation with more than enough resources to help - but it is all so slow. They are frustrated, angry, hurting, and in shock themselves. Let them report as they see fit.
This is not a nice orderly pretty scene that they can report so that nationwide sensitivities aren't offended. This is hell on earth. Cut them some slack.
Valenti and her husband, two of very few white people in the almost exclusively black refugee camp, said she and other whites were threatened with murder on Thursday.
"They hated us. Four young black men told us the buses were going to come last night and pick up the elderly so they were going to kill us," she said, sobbing. "They were plotting to murder us and then they sent the buses away because we would all be killed if the buses came -- that's what the people in charge told us this morning."
That's what I was wondering. There seem to be alot of "invisible" people...which may explain why the Governor did not comprehend the enormity of the evacuation problem. The people of the projects may not even have opened the door for the census takers for a variety of reasons.
"1) The reporters aren't doing their job. They are inciting hysteria."
.... In Geraldo's case, I genuinely think he feels that those people behind him are being doomed, without even a chance to escape. In Shep's case, I think he's just pissed off and frustrated - certainly nothing like inciting hysteria.
"2) I'm aware Shep has been there since the beginning. That's why he should be pulled. he is emotionally unstable. "
.... Well, he IS Fox New's main man. Who are they gonna put in there in his place? Laurie Dhue? Allan Colmes? ... Although, come to think of it, I WOULD like to see the entire Fox and Friends weekend team dumped there.
"3) people are not being allowed out for their safety and the safety of others. YOU let out 30,000 people into an uncontrolled environment and we'll have even more rape, murder and mayhem. "
.... Given the level or rape, murder and mayhem IN the convention center, I can't believe that it could get much worse.
"4) When you have incompetance at the state level, it is very difficult to play catch up and restore order in the aftermath. You are assuming they are being neglected or that our people are incompetant. NO! The problem is that THOUSANDS must be rescued when the entire city is wrecked and it is NOT easy to do that in short order. "
... It's been reported for days that, after the Superdome, the Convention Center was the main place people were congregating. No excuse for these people not being given some relief, or taken out of there to shelters. The Superbowl is emptied... that the Convention Center evidently hasn't been emptied AT ALL is a disgrace.
"5) Harsh but true. These people could have evacuated and chose not too."
.... I agree with you there. But the babies and old people shouldn't be made to suffer for the idiocy of those who chose not to leave.
Didn't seem like mania to me. Seemed like justifiable anger at the way things AREN'T being done.
Don't know.
I think the Governor is in the area, but am not 100% sure.
I have no idea where the Mayor is.
A true leader would be the last citizen out of the city.
Thank you. I must have scrolled through 100 posts looking for someone to make this exact post.
"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."
YOU MY FRIEND, ARE EXACTLY RIGHT!!!!
Bastardi was right on the entire time. Earned my respect.
(man, he must have had it tough carrying around that last name!)
But if you don't have the pressure from those reporters, the people won't feel their needs are addressed at all.
no good deed goes unpunished.
look at it from their perspective - they are americans, they can live anyplace they want, why not Texas? how can they be forced to stay in the Astrodome and the other relief centers? nothing will happen for a few days, but give it a couple of weeks - these people will want out.
... and Geraldo said they've been there for 6 days. Not very credible.
Geraldo also tricked me into watching his Capones Vault Special as well. That rascal.
I don't like them cracking up either. But, that doesn't change the overall reality of the situation in the convention center.
And Hannity just tried to sugar coat the whole thing and he missed his opportunity to really ask the real question to that Red Cross guy... If the news media is there, and they are not shot at - what's it gonna take ? Do we have to watch all those people die of dehydration and starvation live on TV? Why didn't hannity say to him - do you need an armed presence, if you're afraid? Why not put it on some army trucks then and ship the BASICS for LIFE in there right away.
What a disgrace. I know why Sean is sugarcoating it, he wants to protect BUSH, but why did Allen Colmes also play nice with the Red Cross guy? I am just shocked.
Shep and Geraldo are witness to a national disgrace.
Yikes maybe chill dude.
How many police and school buses did that mayor have at his disposal before the storm hit? He had a good 48 hours notice of coming disaster and sat on his hands. Now he blames everyone but himself.
Good Lord! How much easier is it to load a school bus, 65 humans at a time, than to load a Sea Hawk, eight (if that) people at a time?
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