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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
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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
I appreciater your, "we are all Southerners" sentiment...
however, I kind of think that this is part of the problem with this disaster for the media, compared to 9/11.
Chrissy Matthews has desperately tried to sound like he can "connect" with the people of the Gulf Coast states that have had this happen to them...
But, he uses phrases like "the Redneck Riviera", when talking about Biloxi and Gulfport...and he just has a condescending way of talking about these victims..that I didn't notice in the media on 9/11.
I may be sensitive...but I just don't see the connect from him, O'Reilly, even Hannity---especially Wolfie and that other idiot on Wolfie's show..
I betcha on the Sunday Talk Shows, it will be even more apparent...and that is why they will be discussing Bush's incompetence more...because they can't relate to a "southern" problem as well.
There were reports of snipers all over though. At police, at firemen, and at rescue vehicles.
Yup. Unlike Louisiana, we have Texas Rangers. And I'm not talking about the baseball team.
How tough are they? "One riot, one Ranger." That's the truth - one Ranger put down a riot in Dallas in the 1930s pretty much single handedly. And they haven't gotten soft since.
Preach it brother/sister!!!!
Get the wife a .357 and have her shoot .38.
When you go, you should try to set up communication via cell phone text messaging (I hear it is still working) with someone who can post your messages so we can hear about what you are seeing. Do you have a cell with texting capabilities? I do, and I'll volunteer to take your messages and post them if you'd like.
I don't understand the deal about the stranded people being viewed as "vermin." Are you referring to their class status or the color of their skin?
Either way, the argument doesn't hold.
Looks to me that the thousands that have been evacuated are the same color and class status as those at the convention center.
And those people at the Convention Center are not forgotten. They were given food and water, I saw Harrigan reporting on it earlier in the day.
But I also heard reported, that they aren't the only pocket left. Col Hunt said they found a group of people that hadn't been rescued yet and were stranded, and the people were quite pleasant and understood that help would eventually come.
Remember the folks in the Dome got searched and patted down when they went in (even so they got guns in.) The folks at the Convention Center didn't, and I believe they will have to screen them before they put them on a bus and ship them to an evacuation center, and that could be holding up the process with those folks. (I have no idea if this is or isn't the reason, it's just a theory.)
He cannot, it is against the law for him to bring in the military. Nice of you to want it, though.
Yes. I was thinking they hired her, but I guess it is Laura Ingle from KFI.
Why do you think they let the looters do what they want, the powers that be have been looting the people of Louisiana for years.
you dont know there are 10,000 dead....nobody knows how many dead and there ARE snipers
Of course.
The Dems would love to put a race riot on Bush's doorstep.
It fits so nicely with their 60s re-run reunion agenda.
Didnt see it, but I am proud of that lib, Tucker, for standing up to her.
Encouraging news folks, many not so far left democrats are starting to see the light now.
Maybe they are scared of what could come?
I'll bet she voted for Kerry at least twice.
And in the same election.
;)
That is funny! It reminds of of Bruce Willis' line in Pulp Fiction when he picks his girlfriend up on Zed's Chopper. "Honey, today has been the single most strangest day of my life" (or something like that)
Laura Ingle is from KFI radio in Los Angeles. Does a good job. Has usually covered trials and got a lot of TV exposure during the Peterson and Jackson cases. She switched jobs to Fox this summer.
I wouldn't send a dime to any foundation that woman set up. I;m glad to hear O'Reilly is going to monitor how they spend the money that is given them by the Government.
Is she taking Linda Vester's place? Where has she been? Or is she taking Rita Cosby's place?
Interesting.
< ...or buy a laptop and sit in front of the tube. >
It's the way to go.
I'm from Texas, and my dad and brothers are all hunters. Growing up I was surrounded by guns, but I never thought about them as a life saver. I've hated the idea of a gun in my house because of my kids, but my kids are good. Plus, we'll just lock a few away in the attic in case of emergency.
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