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

[Will_Zurmacht]

"I survived a Hurricane, Flood, incompetence, 5 nights of living with members of the 8th Street Posse, and a 12 hour bus ride, .......and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt"

[Johnny Crab]

Wonder if I should buy a gun. If this city blows it won't be pretty.

Why buy just one? They're like tools. What's good for one task may not be suitable for another. Exercise your 2nd rights often.

[sfimom]

Not to mention the fact that had it been asked I am 100% positive that other counties/states would have provided busses to help transport people out. Probably still would too.

[WVNan]

Thank you. I tend to see things from a psychological point of view. What makes people do the things they do? What motivates them? I have to admit I'm having trouble with the animals running around with AK 47s.

[Soul Seeker]

That isn't pressure.

I think it needs to be understood there is a differnece between pressure, and hysteria. O'Reilly, believe it or not, demonstrated that difference today on his show.

[SaintDismas]

Texas ->>thugs->>best thing to ever happen to Louisiana, Texas knows what to do with them, don't even worry

[bwteim]

Hells bells, of course I'm not there, neither are you. And it is a human tragedy.

But the key question is: did you hear Shep's comments on Hannity?
That is what I am referring to.

[You Dirty Rats]

There are no real journalists left anymore, none. Just Oprah, pure Oprah.

Edward R. Murrow they aren't!

[tomkat]

It's a disgusting disgrace to see those people still on those highway overpasses with NO information, no food no water?

Among other things, there's been this teensy matter of a few hundred equal-opportunity snipers ...

(but you already knew that)

[MikefromOhio]

didn't ya know?

Some FReepers DON'T HAVE emotions and calls everyone who does weak, hysterical, dramatic, etc.... :-P

[Gimme]

"FNC needs to get rid of the drama queens and leave the reporting to the professionals like Steve Harrigan."

That's it!! I totally agree with you. DRAMA Queens great description of the those two bozos. I much prefer
Steve Harrigan. He is right on with his reporting. Unlike the 2 bozos trying to make themselves THE story during America's greatest disaster.

[SolomoninSouthDakota]

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.

Remember, there was still a hurricane in Miss. till early Tues. morning. The looting had started right in the middle of the strike on NO if I remember correctly. The antisocial elements had the jump on things. It has been less than 4 days. The scope of damage is enormous and though instant media means we all see what is happening and can all pretty much figure out what should be done, IT STILL TAKES TIME TO GET THINGS DONE! I think it is remarkable that the Army Corp of Eng. has gotten the levee breaks under control. (I can't see what good it does though since the pressures were pretty well equalized and I would guess the repairs will now just end up not letting water flow out but I suppose not much would flow out since the city is in a bowl). I think the main humanitarian focus should still be on finding survivors in flooded buildings. And I accept the slow process of moving out refugees if they can get a handle on isolating the thugs to get them some rehabilitation.

[oceanview]

you Texas folks are going to have some new residents. I only hope that somehow, they do something to filter out the thugs at the superdome who were responsible for the violence there - or did they just take those people along for the ride to the Astrodome?

[RDTF]

Ya know, that was a little ridiculous. Isn't it obvious that you shouldn't be judgemental about something you are fortunate enough not to be experiencing? In other words, lay off the attacks of ANYONE that is there. Sheesh!

[Arizona Carolyn]

He couldn't get a word in edgewise. I've seen that guy before and he never lets anyone talk, just spews his hatred of white people. Everyone like to think white people are prejudiced, I submit there is no more racist organization than the Black Caucus, NAACP, etc.

[texasbluebell]

Have you all seen the photo of the school buses just standing in water?

Why weren't these buses used to get people out over the weekend?

Here's a link to the photo (not posting photo so it won't slow the thread down):

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050901/capt.flpc21109012015.hurricane_katrina_flpc211.jpg?x=380&y=235&sig=NbUvEfVIaferkxoZTiys0Q--

[Blogger]

Guess those soldiers are bad people too. <./sarcasm>

[Michael Goldsberry]

LOL! Thanks for that.

[Types_with_Fist]

Have just a teensy weensy little bit of heart. You aren't there. He is.

Yes. I agree. Something is not right with the relief effort. Is there anyone who could report from the city that people here might believe? And, btw, BOR is callous and lacking empathy on the plight of women, children and old folks.

[nhoward14]

I'll grant you that Steve "WHOA" Harrigan seems to have remained battle-hardened from his embed assignments in Iraq.