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

[Salvation]

Is she taking Linda Vester's place? Where has she been? Or is she taking Rita Cosby's place?

Interesting.

And whatever happened to cutie, Heather Nauert, that used to be on John Gibson's show?

[dawn53]

Well maybe Geraldo should check with his station for the facts since Harrigan was there earlier and saw the food being distributed.

And as far as the police chief ranting and raving...well, don't get me started on that one.

[madison10]

There were reports of snipers all over though. At police, at firemen, and at rescue vehicles.

Who trained the inner city "snipers"? or is it just lots of practice?

[StarFan]

Laura Ingle, the girl who reported every day on the Michael Jackson trial?

Yup and previously reported on Scott Peterson.

[SunnyUsa]

I used the term "vermin" because that's what another poster called them, not me. I see people there in terrible need for very basics and they've been there for days.

[Tiger Smack]

hes obvioulsy over his head and Bush would be wise to dump him pronto and put Rudy G in place. Not only would Rudy help the people down there but he would also help the GOP during the next elections.

[Palladin]

Yes,this whole mess in New orleans has me thinking of adding a couple more guns to my collection, as well as sufficient ammo.

[GOPrincess]

"I have been asking the question for several days that if Shep is stuck on that ramp with the people that have no food or water, why doesn't he have a beard and my questions gets ignored over and over again."

I've assumed maybe he was helicoptered off the freeway ramp by Fox at the end of the day?

[Spktyr]

The pipeline between Texas and the rest of the Gulf States should be back up and running now at about 80%. You'll be getting Texas-processed petrochems soon. We'll feel a bit of that at the pump here, but we don't mind. We can carry the load for a bit.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Linda Vester has been on maternity leave,

[PhiKapMom]

Exactly and why are they using bottled water to take baths and shave if the people he keeps spotlighting haven't had water for five days Before you say anything I know it hasn't been five days but people on here keep saying Shep has been there on the ramp for five days.

Seems selfish to me to be worried more about how you appear on camera then to give water to people that haven't had any.

[Blogger]

It will probably be higher than that rather than lower. Could be wrong, but sounds like Mississippi is a horror. New Orleans people just didn't evacuate when they were supposed to. The worst is past, but we haven't discovered it yet.

[GOPrincess]

"She is a conservative talk show host on am radio and is very good"

Are you by chance confusing conservative talk host Laura Ingraham with former KFI (Los Angeles) radio reporter Laura Ingle, who now works for Fox News Channel?

[Shortstop7]

I think it's rather odd when a FReeper says to another FReeper "you are not there"....well, the first FReeper is not there either, is he? So, really, aren't BOTH opinions valid and possible?

Good point.

[Cboldt]

The problem with Geraldo saying the people at the Convention Center hadn't had food and water ...

I saw the replay a few minutes ago. Geraldo asked an open question of the Police Chief, something like "Describe conditions here," and it was the Police Chief who said no food, no water, and 30,000 people.

[Blogger]

Not evening dignifying that. If someone is on a rooftop shooting at you, they are a sniper.

[Palladin]

That theory makes sense. It is a more volatile population at the C. Center.

And Geraldo was fomenting a riot there. Very irresponsible "journalism".

[GOPrincess]

"He exempted hotels from the evacuation order because airlines had already cancelled all flights."

So because they had no airline flights, they were supposed to take their chances on dying at their hotels in a CAT 5?

Big help he was.

[queenkathy]

I live about 2 miles from there...But don't play golf. Lots of my friends do so I hear it all the time.

[SunnyUsa]

This sniper smoke and mirrors is delaying relief that can save hundreds of lives.

I think its being exaggerated, and because of that they are delaying all that help for the hundreds stranded.