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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/
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
That is a good point..The men can help clean up etc...They can eat as they serve. They can give them brooms and let them sweep, after they take care of their needs too.
There were snipers shooting at cops trying to stop people from breaking into jewelry stores as well. And, the boats arriving have been shot at. It is a problem. Not major. But it is keeping folks like the Red Cross from coming in.
The .357/.38 combo is good - there are lots of guns chambered for .357, and any of those will shoot .38. The caliber is good because the two weapons can share ammo.
There is a trade off between size of gun and perceived recoil. Lighter guns tend to kick more, of feel more harsh. The best advice is to try before you buy. The shooter needs to be comfortable with the gun. .22 is useless, unless you want to use it to bag small critters to eat. Well, a .22 is great for general practice, ammo is real cheap ;-)
My personal favorite is .45 auto on a "Lightweight Combat Commander" frame. I have small hands too, and it (the weapon) is quite easy to manage - takes lots of practice to get proficient.
As of yet, those reports have been unsubstantiated. Notice I said AS OF YET....
It wasn't Usher.
That woman is a trip without the luggage!
No... I see vermin shooting at the people coming to rescue the people on those highways. You and I aren't talking about the same people.
You just don't see the vermin. That's the difference.
I am praying that things get a lot easier for you...I know you have had a hard time.
Maybe more gas availability will be the first step in other things getting "fixed"...
God Bless you.
RE: your last paragraph. I was thinking the very same thing earlier today.
I agree and I certainly would have tried to do it. And, no, Fox hasn't done it. But, the fact is: neither has anyone else.
**Why aren't NG guys over there helping them yet?**
Because the CAMERAS are in New Orleans..
They are raising such a ruckus there, that i'm betting there are no assets to spare for anywhere else..
No, you're not alone. Well, despise is a pretty harsh word...but I'm not a fan. Haven't been for quite awhile. This afternoon and tonight just reinforced my beliefs.
I (gack) listened to NPR for 15 minutes in the car today (just about the only station with news that I can get - mea culpa!) and some FREAKING IDIOT commentator (didn't get his name) was race baiting like I have never heard.
That the "rich white Dixiecrats" {his exact words) escaped from NOLA while all the black brothers and sisters were bascially forced to stay - basically saying that someone (who?) was forcing the black people of NOLA to stay and die. He sounded so angry and admitted he was trembling in rage. He sounded as though he was about to need a strait jacket.
Leftists are worse than mentally ill.
He was standing at the Convention Center site and making those assertions. Makes him a liar, sounds like. And those in charge of delivering supplies will know that.
Im at a loss for words. Your point is profound and I have thought often today how MS is....
I fear that the Islamic terrorists are taking copious notes of the goings-on in New Orleans.
here we go
WWL has added an audio-only feed of their TV broadcasts for low bandwidth/dial-up users.
All information is subject to change. Many stations are relying on their corporate parents to configure and maintain Internet streaming. Because of the intense interest in the feeds, they may be unavailable at times because of network congestion or a problem feeding the video to the streaming servers.
WWL-TV New Orleans - 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.
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).
WFAA-TV Dallas, TX - I have added this feed (and will be adding some others) from WFAA-TV because it is one of the evacuation cities. I will begin compiling links for the major evacuation locations for those who need to follow what's going on in those areas.
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.
Gulf Coast Storm Network (Clear Channel Radio) - Clear Channel offers radio listeners across the gulf coast access to a simulcast emergency radio service. This service seems primarily focused on Alabama and Mississippi, but does cover Louisiana to some degree.
New Orleans Police Department & National Guard Operations: Several volunteers are pitching in to help relay these "scanner broadcasts." You can now listen for extended periods of time. The service now also includes broadcasts from the National Guard operating in southern Louisiana.
Gulf Coast ARES Emergency Network: These are amateur radio operators providing assistance and coordination via high frequency (shortwave) links. The audio feed for this will be subject to interference and sound anomalies due to the transmission mode and frequency.
Streaming Media Links
WWL-TV (via CBS):
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/videoplayer/newVid/small_player/cbsnews_videoplayer.shtml?clip=LiveWebCast&BaseName=livenews&title=CBS$@$News$@$Live$@$Webcast&castNum=2&mediaType=wmv
WWL-TV: http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/yahooPlayer.pl
WWL-TV (via Yahoo!): http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1377930&segment=152389
WWL-TV (special low bandwidth/dial-up audio-only feed): http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_txcn&props=livenoad
WDSU-TV: http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38844.asx
WGNO-TV: http://abc26.trb.com/news/wgno-hurricane-livestream,0,6270996.htmlstory?coll=wgno-home-1
WPMI-TV: http://www.wpmi.com/mediacenter/default.aspx?videoId=113739
WKRG-TV: mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518
WJTV-TV: mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95563
WFAA-TV: An evacuation city http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/makeadplaylist.pl?title=beloint_wfaa&live=yes
United Radio From New Orleans: http://ccri.eonstreams.com/ccri_la_batonrouge_wskr_am.asf
Gulf Coast Storm Network (radio): http://www.stormalert.net/main.html#
That's what I heard; that as the days passed and some other areas dried up, those people came to take the places of the ones who had been there in the beginning. I remember the reporter kept saying "They just keep appearing."
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