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

[SunnyUsa]

Steve Harrigan was around the same misery. All three reported the same innaction and BOR callously dismissed them all.... reported on Aruba shortly after.

Exactly right!

The truth hurts, and many don't want to hear it. They want to think of all those stranded people as "vermin" and "they deserve their fate".

I believed George Bush was a leader, I'm waiting too long this week to see it.

[BonnieJ]

Didn't she also say something obscene at the end of her tirade that they muted out?

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Steve Harrigan will get the story. It may not have been the smartest thing, but that is what his profession used to be--reporting the news from first hand observations.

As a result, I believe what he says. I never heard a spin on his stories while he was in Iraq.

The only time I heard him express opinion was when he came home & did an interview on FOX. He said a few things I strongly disagreed with, but that was okay. It was the appropriate forum.

Imagine what would happen if Shep was in Iraq and reported like he did tonight. He would be out of there quickly.

[Blogger]

And NO has the organization and structure to support and promote evil. Don't forget that.

Yes, it can be said about other cities. I'm not saying it is the ONLY evil place in the world. But it isn't a place I would want my kids growing up in either.

[lainie]

I've been really trying to absorb the news coverage. It's so surreal, I can't yet.

[Texasforever]

I've watched him come up on dead bodies, come up on the dying, it was a major point he was making in his report. Had the dignity not to show them (other than the 1 body on the overpass on I-10 east of where he

He has talked about one body. If he had seen more he would have shown more to make his point. Once again, you can call me mistaken but you cannot call me a liar or we are going to have a real problem.

[Rokke]

That was a good post. Thanks for the info and insight.

[mabelkitty]

Really?
And who would authorize that?
You think the mayor has the authority to any person in NO they can drive a school bus to pick up people? You need a drug test and a special driver's license for one, he doesn't run the schools number two......
You have to remember that this was a civilized law and order (for NO) city at that time.
Hindsight is 20/20.
When we have 10' of snow, nobody's hijacking plows to get us out. We have to wait for days if we have to for the city and state plows to get to us.
That's a fact.

[RummyChick]

I can understand their predicament and the need to lie about coming from the Superdome. It will be interesting to find out how he came about the initial group. Did he go get the bus on his own and pick up people on the way. Did a group send him off to get the bus?

I think it is a nice story.

[pbear8]

Aaron Brown in question after leading question, was trying to extract from Tubbs' lips, that this whole thing was about race,

Someone else can check me on this, but I think that Tubbs made racial statements yesterday or today and maybe Aaron was just trying to get her to repeat them.

[Soul Seeker]

I am tired of this.

Notice all reporters on scenes haven't been critisized, nor all reporters that have been there since the hurricane hit. You object to TWO, out of the hundreds behavely responsibly, there that have been justly accused of hysteria. Well, add Anderson to that mix as well.

I am not impressed by the excuses. I am not interested in responding to this any longer. I will not cease stating they need to be pulled, you can state whatever you like about them but do not do so under the assumption I'll agree or be persuaded. Nor expect me to indulge your opinion they are behaving responsibly or that anyone would do the same when it's quite clear not ALL are doing the same.

[RDTF]

C'mon! He's witnessing the suffering of his own people. Although similar this is very different. There is no real enemy.

[steveegg]

That he did.

It's time to call it a night. Later everybody.

[StarFan]

They aren't making it about them either.

Disagree and I think his non response to O'Reilly's question just who HE'S blaming spoke volumes. He's there to report what he sees without finger pointing and Monday night quarterbacking.

[Soul Seeker]

Interesting. I'd like to see Sheps apologists explain this photo.

[oceanview]

he was only referring to the evacuation from the convention center not taking place. he never said they were starving to death at the convention center. the medical situation there, the sanitary situation, is another story - its bad, those people can't be left there much longer.

[mabelkitty]

Dog gone it!
When I quit my job, I was johnny-on-the spot with original questions.
Now that I work, I am never "first" to a thread, and my thoughts have already been articulated by others.
I need to quit again..... ;)

[daybreakcoming]

I thought Kip Holden had come out pretty strong about zero tolerance along with the police chief. For those who don't know, both the mayor and police chief of Baton Rouge are black. My son knows the chief and says he's really a good guy - he took some training with him.

[nhoward14]

WWL just had Je$$e Jack$son on calling New Orleans "the hull of a slave ship".

If it's that bad Je$$e, how about using your helicopter to help fly some people out????

[Blogger]

But if we weren't supplying our troops with the necessities they needed to survive, I'd want him to passionately speak up.

I don't think any of this is being done deliberately. I think some people have so far not been cared for. It's a HUGE task. Shep is just crying (as he has for two days now) for people to help the folks at the I-10 exit - hundreds, who are exposed to the sun and dying without people giving them any communcation of what to do whatsoever.