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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/
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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
IMHO his job is to report what he sees (in that very small sector he reports from) and not lay blame when he's oblivious to the many who have been rescued throughout the State. Leave it to the skilless Mayor of NO to finger point and pray his days are numbered.
Well then get some hardened reporters in there that go around the city and REPORT what is happening instead of wimpy reporters. I have seen reporters that reported on accidents that knew the people that were critically injured or killed and reported the facts. On the air you never would have known.
One of those reporters talked to my daughter who is in Journalism for over a half an hour about how important it is for a reporter to make sure they stay detached and report the story and NEVER become the story where everyone is talking about the reporter not the event.
Only one word will suffice here...
YAYYYYY!!!!
No you are hearing him report about the dead bodies at the convention center. He has talked about ONE body on that bridge and he has NEVER said they died before his eyes. Hell he is only there for about 6 hours a day.
Tell Jessie to go to Gulfport, find one of the piers and jump off of it.
That's interesting.
Well, I guess you told me, lady!
Have a nice day.
Hit the nail on the head.
What has the NAACP done or any other racists black group.
Gun and Satellite phone are good idea.
"Didn't she also say something obscene at the end of her tirade that they muted out?"
Sorry, Bonnie. My TV isn't near my computer like a lot of others, so I missed it. Gotta change this arrangement or buy a laptop and sit in front of the tube.
no, not you. I am just talking about the general theme on this thread.
what would you like Bush to do? Federalize the guard?
At least we wouldn't have to worry about Gregoire going emotional- I don't think the witch has a soul. AND- I am sure she would get a lot accomplished- she would take a long look at the situation and decide...we need new taxes. We would have new cigarette and gas taxes coming right up.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I'm so very happy for you and your family!
Short term maybe. I don't understand what they will do when the snow flies. Big change between the weather in NO and the weather here in Michigan. They will have to adapt. We golf in the snow here.
Oh don't get me wrong. You phrased it much better than I did. And I'm still trying to catch up on 1000 or so posts, so I was just happy to see someone else was as brilliant as I was!
Oh, Miss Marple, you DO have a way with words!!!
I feel the same way...but I couldn't express it as well..thank you...lol
Replay of the interview (with Geraldo) going on, and the assertion of "no food/no water" came from the NO Police Officer on the scene (Convention Center).
Whatever. I've had the opportunity to watch a lot of this, and have heard it plenty of times, regardless of how much it shoots down your digs at Shep. It is stupid to be wasting time arguing about it, better to go down tomorrow and volunteer at the shelters.
For those that are concerned:
WFAA - Refugees coming to the Dallas area are being processed at Big Town Mall (usually used as a convention center for gun shows, not a real shopping center) before being sent on to Reunion or their next destination.
There is a large, heavily armed police presence there.
As I said before, we don't tolerate that s*** here.
*****
Those two NO PD deserters (Mayberry brothers) are now in Grand Prairie and giving interviews with WFAA.
Thank you, chuknospam. This needs to be shouted from the rooftops for those who are too deaf to hear the truth. Well done!
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