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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 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
man I'm thinking the same thing!
I'm starting to get nervous... I feel like going to the gun store.
I disagree. I've been saying for days that any 'plan' to totally evacuate the entire population of a major metropolitan area is nothing more than bureaucratic fantasy. There are always going to be several hundred thousand who won't leave. Not can't leave, won't leave. All this talk about people who had no cars, no personal transportation. So how did they get around before? Answer: friends and family and public transport. The Mayor had the latter available: we've all seen the picture of those school buses. And there were probably twice as many public transport buses I'm guessing.
I was afraid of this... one reason I think the women, children and elderly should be segregated from the young bucks.
SEE---the news is just not really reliable...not saying lies...just that we don't really know.
I didn't know until your post that there were two hospitals with Charity in their names...and I don't remember O'Reilly saying that (if he knew).
I just think that between the media's "slant", and the chaos that is the Hurricane Katrina locations, it is just to be expected that we will hear/read about things that end up being rumors, hoaxes, or just wrong information.
It is frustrating for us...but it plays right into the MSM and dems hands...because it can all be "spun" so easily.
Can they even pump this water back into the lake??
It's contaminated with EVERYTHING, do you really think OSHA and EPA are going to let a DROP of that stuff go anywhere but a tanker car??
the idea of finding only charities that focus on MS/AL is a good one.
Hmmm, earlier he was screaming that the Mayor ordered that tourists be rescued first before getting to the people of NO.
Exactly. We already have 20,000+ of them down in Houston, we're going to have 35,000 of them in Dallas by Sunday, San Antonio is going to have 25,000 by about the same time...
Press Release - (PRNewswire) - When Hurricane Katrina emerged as this summer's 11th named storm, The Weather Channel was on the scene with continuous coverage of the storm's dangerous lifespan as it escalated. Experts at the all-weather channel knew, from the very earliest stages, that Katrina would be one of the worst hurricanes they had seen in many years.
I don't need a crystal ball. I have cable.
"Something funny is going on."
I recall watching on the news on 9/11. They were showing "live" footage. The newscaster said "we have a report that one of the towers as fallen". "But obviously that is wrong as they are still both standing." It was quite awhile later (5-10 minutes?) that the first tower fell. That seemed way to late for a tape-delay. I'm not into conspiracies - but I always wondered what that was about.
True, but it must have had an immediate effect since NBC issued a public, written appology.
It's frustrating to watch at home and be able to do NOTHING except scream at the TV or post on FR.
I think we are all still in shock particularly by the outrageous statements, blame game, etc.
I hope you are right. I can't stay this feeding frenzy from the news media.
I'm still disgusted by Shep and Geraldo's antics.
Oh for God's sake. It is obvious that you know nothing about logistics what it takes to mobilize something this big. You cannot put boots on the ground until you have them supplied and a path to get them there. Just because you can have a few reporters find their way to a bridge doesn't mean that you can follow their trail with heavy equipment and rescue vehicle's. There is only one way in and out of NO and that is I-10 and if you will look there are large stretches that are underwater or simply washed away not to mention the intact bridges that had to be surveyed to make sure that they could handle the heavy loads that we saw today going in. Hell no one even knew how many people were left in NO for a couple of days and on top of that rescue workers pinned down by snipers. Add to that there were 3 other states that were begging for help at the same time. You tell me this. When was the last time you know of that 4 states have been essentially wiped out?
Yesterday afternoon!
It doesn't seem that far-fetched to me. Wow, I'm sure there will be tons of conspiracies about this situation...
Yes I saw it too
Do you know it this I 10 overpass Shep's been reporting from, going WEST, will then connect to 90 WEST & then on to Houma.
Shep keep saying people could of walked out to Jefferson Parrish, *if* cops would of let them.
"I agree there is a direct conflict in stories. I think the Police Cheif was lying."
To be charitable, perhaps he is just not up-to-date with the correct info (lack of communication abounds!!), but it was splashed in the CNN lead article today:
"NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Four days after Hurricane Katrina devastated much of the northern Gulf Coast, tired and angry people stranded at the convention center in New Orleans welcomed a supply convoy carrying food, water and medicine with cheers and tears of joy. It was perhaps the biggest breakthrough in a day of progress in the ravaged city."
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