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

[LA Woman3]

Oh baloney. Look I have never seen officials and weather experts so damn scared in my life and I have lived in the gulf coast for many years. There is ABSOLUTLY no argument to be made that people did not have timely and forceful warnings.


OK, I grew up in Texas. It is different here in Louisiana. I was smart enough to leave. I could see the major category 5 hurricane coming and knew to leave. Many in New Orleans believe everything their elected officials tell them. They didn't order a mandatory evacuation until President Bush called Blanco and Nagin and told them to do so.

[mystery-ak]

Did you hear Joe's line that Bush 41 and Bush 43 was like deja vu all over again...I too changed back to FNC...and if I hear one more time say that it's been a week...I'll scream..the flooding didn't start til Tuesday and troops/agencies need time to group and move into place....God Bless our troops, especially the Guard.

[cajungirl]

People I know who are smart good people say this is as good Mayor.

I think he was screwed by the Gov. I really do. He went off the dem plantation, was making things better in NO and was investigating some pretty bad corruption from prior admin.

I like the Mayor.

[Snoitan5]

Thanks tomkat!

I'm so happy I could just spit! They have a slab left, and the clothes they are wearing, but I come from a pretty big (U.S.A.F.) family. We WILL get through this.

[d-informed-1]

i am organizing a monetary donation drive at work and want to make sure the funds go to a GOOD charity that will make the best use of it. is the Salvation Army the right one? anyone have suggestions?

[Txsleuth]

I am not a hugh Greta fan...but she is the best advertisement for Texas I have ever seen...

She can't seem to say enough good things about it.

[Trust but Verify]

Actually, he said he got the bus rom a schoolyard.

Shout out to SBC, the company I work for, that is matching up to 1 million in employee donations in addition to providing up to 4 million/month in free telecommunications services to evacuees in Houston, San Antonio and Dallas.

[Soul Seeker]

Well, the lady is evidently insane since G.W. ain't running for anything.

[DrewsMum]

Absolutely and i'm sure he really cares,,,,do we really think she voted for him the last time???

[Blogger]

How do you know that there was someone around to get the answer to that one? If they aren't communicating with the people, they aren't communicating.

[Texasforever]

It is different here in Louisiana. I was smart enough to leave. I could see the major category 5 hurricane coming and knew to leave. Many in New Orleans believe everything their elected officials tell them. They didn't order a mandatory evacuation until President Bush called Blanco and Nagin and told them to do so.

So you are saying that those in NO are just too stupid to think for themselves. Ok.

[Alissa]

I'm so angry at that Witch. I want to know DETAILS about her and why she got air time. I gave a few hundred dollars on Monday and I support Bush.

[NCPAC]

I guess I was being "picky, picky." But, then, that's my nature (for the most part, anyway).

[mabelkitty]

Please answer, if you know:

Which union civil servant was expected to drive those buses?

Just wondering. Everyone is assuming labor contracts/civil employees are not applicable at a time like this, and I assure you, they most certainly are.
Who would drive the buses?

[cajungirl]

Does anyone remember that when this first bus arrived at the dome, he was driving it.

And that nite, Freepers were demanding he be sent to jail for hijacking a bus. They swore he was high.

Isn't this the same guy.

[JediForce]

To be fair...they only had 48 hours tops. Still...like the President said this morning...the response was unacceptable. Look...they blew it at the local level as well as the state level. The feds are the last line in cases like this and it takes time to get things moving.

At the first sign of looting...the looters should have been shot and killed. Word spreads...looting stops...supplies get in faster...more are rescued. Liberals don't like shoot to kill. But I will lay of the politics for now. Unlike some on the other side...I believe this is NOT the time for politics.

God help those people...they are our people...Americans.

JEDI.

[Michael Goldsberry]

Relax, cajungirl. We Love 'ya.

[WoodstockCat]

PTL!

Heard from my brother this afternoon in B'Ham. His church is currently converting some of their Sunday School trailers, adding bunk beds to house 100 "displaced American citizens".(I can't stand the word refugee).

[madison10]

What did i say that would make him lose credibility there?

Not you, DM. The media wants President Bush to lose credibility;therefore, they are not showing the good things that are happening in the other two states. The MSM would rather harp on their created perception that President Bush messed up in dealing with New Orleans/LA.

[steveegg]

I think he was screwed by the Gov. I really do. He went off the dem plantation, was making things better in NO and was investigating some pretty bad corruption from prior admin.

That will definitely get a RAT kicked all the way off the plantation with the bloodhounds chasing him.