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

[Snoitan5]

Thank you, Palladin! Me too! Prayers up for Freepers, and Freepers with family down there, that they receive good news too.

[SunnyUsa]

Oh really? Whenever I watch Shep on that bridge I haven't seen him dodge a bullet.

So, are you =going to watch all those people die on that hwy and say...but but...what about the snipers?

[pollyg107]

Well, my fellow human, I share your feelings. I feel so utterly helpless. Sometimes I have to turn off the tv so I can quit crying for a little while. This is just such a tragedy. I don't think I've fully absorbed it yet.

[stlnative]

the way I see it... the shape of Texas on the map should be changed into a great big heart!

God Bless Texas - My husband and I vacation in Texas a few years back - It was a great time and we will be back in Texas for our next vacation!

And Cajungirl - We will also be back in Louisiana in the future on vacation!

[Chena]

Hi chuknospam, I'm only posting this hear because here is where I am. The information found in the following link comes cirectly from the Whitehouse. Quote: "The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts in the parishes located in the path of Hurricane Katrina beginning on August 26, 2005, and continuing." Our President was more involved and on the ball than some give him credit for. The Governor of Louisiana may have NOT ordered an evacuation if it hadn't been for the President of the United States, George W. Bush.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050827-1.html

[Types_with_Fist]

Geraldo, well he's just being Geraldo.

Shep even had to tell BOR, "hey... you want an eyewitness report from the area... I'm just telling you what I'm seeing." Geraldo was being Geraldo, but the same people are in the same fix now, begging for help for their dying babies and elderly. Steve Harrigan was around the same misery. All three reported the same innaction and BOR callously dismissed them all.... reported on Aruba shortly after.

[Chena]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050827-1.html

[Palladin]

Greta is in a clean and sanitary spot so she can afford to be "professional". She is far removed from the stench and despair of the Convention Center. She is a little too detached for my taste. She can go from the scene right to her 4 **** hotel.

Orlando Salinas, Harrigan, and others are sleeping in their vehicles by the side of the road. Shep looks like he hasn't slept well in days.

The one who will receive awards for his reporting on this immense tragedy is Shepard Smith.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Anderson Cooper has been melting down this week, too and there was a woman with him from CNN yesterday that burst into tears because she couldn't help and Joe Scarborough was pretty close to melt down yesterday.

I saw an interview this morning with the National Guard who had been twice to Iraq. They said they had never, ever, seen anything this bad.

[RushCrush]

I'm not sure what to make of that letter. I'm certainly no expert on disaster relief....when was the letter sent? was it timely? was it enough? I honestly don't know.....but I see her getting lots of criticism so I'm wondering what is thought about this letter -aside from the strangely self-involved tone.

[MOgirl]

Hello,

So true, he had already lifted my spirits (but I am still really mad).

Glad to be here, MOgirl

[toldyou]

"The press disgusts me. They simply do not have the intelligence to understand this disaster and report on it in a responsible manner."


Very well said, and I think that we should be writing to them and telling them so.
They are creating more trouble.

[mabelkitty]

OMG!
She wants people to send cash to the LA Governor's trust?
Is she insane?
What the hell is she doing?
Trying to cover up the theft of funds?

[StarFan]

Whew, got that off my chest. Thanks.

[Torie]

I was just listening to Aaron Brown on CCN interviewing Congressman Tubbs from Cleveland. Aaron Brown in question after leading question, was trying to extract from Tubbs' lips, that this whole thing was about race, and if white folks had been involved, this cluster would have all been different. Tubbs by and large was not taking the bait, for which I salute her.

I have never watched Brown before, but I have formed a rather fixed opinion of him after one rather toxic exposure. Brown is a race baiter, a racial ambulance chaser, who happens to be white, and a disgusting and nauseating human being. I just thought I would share. Spread the word.

[chuknospam]

Thank's Chena for the addtl backup.

[bwteim]

You wrote: "NO was a cess pool."

Then you wrote: "I stand by my comment. It was full of wickedness. Doesn't mean there weren't good people there. But there was a LOT of evil there as well."

I am replying ONLY because I am tired not because I like or dislike you.
I am just trying to follow your LOGIC.

NO has people
NO has good people
NO has bad people
NO has evil people
since that can be extended to any place....

this is what I hear you 'saying':

the world is full of wickedness
thus the world is a cesspool

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my 2 cents

[Verginius Rufus]

I saw a segment on C-SPAN of Laura Bush answering questions at a center for evacuees in Lafayette, LA. She was superb, an excellent advertisement for Texas.

[DaisyCutter]

One problem with that. Shep was lieing. Yeah, its a pretty strong word, but I'm tired of his grandstanding. He hasn't been honest since sometime on Monday.

That's the convention center parking lot, according to the caption that was attached to it. That's National Guard toops. That's a lot of food and water. Those people are not being ignored, they are being taken care of.

[Tarheel]

I think that was Jeff Goldblatt--he is now in TX. I also think he was shot at on Weds.night.