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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
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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
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Tropical Storm 12
Why didn't he bring them the water? Freepers on here have been talking about how he was on the ramp for five days (impossible) and making him out to be a super hero (not in my book).
If he was able to leave the ramp, why couldn't the people leave the ramp as well?
Report on local radio yesterday that AMTRAK had already taken a couple of thousand folks out....North.
Just imagine that meeting, will you?
All the big head honchos, sitting around a big table with their legal pads and #2 pencils.
They go through their maps, they go through their assets, they good through their needs and wants, they go through their ideas for the plan.
Then they start their timeline.
Now, which one of them says, "Okay, how much time should we allow for the uprising, the rapes, the murders, the looting, and the mayhem?"
I mean, they WOULD have to factor that in, wouldn't they?
"I guess you missed the Steve Harrigan report at that location with gunfire, that had a fire burning, where police and guard teams had to move in. "
I did but I will assume that there were no sniper victims.
But there are tons of innocent victims that can not be held at bay over reports of snipers that have not wounded a single person.
Roger Ailes is friends with G.W. Bush. Hunt and Cowan who work for Fox now do Military opts... they have run all sort of things under cover since they retired formally from the Military. Personally, if someone at FOX can give everyone a kick in the pants... I applaud the efforts.
Span, just off the top of my head, there was the Soldier shot the first night by the dome (documented by all authorities/press), two officers shot and medivac-ed near the boat ramp (came over command channel scanner), the ferry pilot shot, and two instances of gunfire live on camera this morning, plus at least one report of the helo sustaining small arms damage. These are just ones I remember off the top of my head with no research. The gangsta snipers are really there.
I didn't hear Bill tonight, but I am about to send him an email, telling him that he and Hillary are both idiots for calling an excess profit tax on oil companies. The oil companies have suffered huge losses, they are donating free fuel to the rescue efforts, including the tugs and pilots and are paying the salaries of the employees who are volunteering their expertise and time. We know Hillary is trying to score political points, but what's Bill O'Reilly's excuse?
If there is no enemy, what are the looters/rapists/shooters? Good buddies? Misunderstood victims?
You must be high. There have been MANY reports of people (cops, rescue workers) getting hit by snipers.
The Coast Guard has had to stand down a number of copters because of bullet damage.
Have you watched the coverage tonight? They are portraying themselves to be the problem-solvers.
LOL, well I like his looks a lot better without his make-up that he wears in the studio.
I know I've been thinking how much more "real" he looks,,,yum
Whoa... what's this about inciting race riots??? I missed it, he ticks me off so bad I changed at first and caught the end. Is he still moaning about Texas Troopers giving him a ticket last week?
I am just getting back online after being away all week.
How many NO police officers walked away? Is that information available? Thanks.
Great.
Hugh Hewitt was talking on his radio show tonite to Freddie Barnes...For the duration...it's wall to wall Katrina coverage...
But does that apply to Cavuto's show, too? Anyway, they joked about not having Beltway Boys this week...
It still doesn't quite add up....But that's my report!
Well stated!
That's what gun safes are for. Some of the new ones are *very* interesting - especially the bedside models.
He is someone who routinely makes a fool of himself and doesn't seem to care about it. Kinda like a court jester.
You should go. This disaster is of momentous proportions and nobody can depend that relief agencies or the gov will be able to get to them on time.
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