Louisiana State Police officers stop a car in downtown New Orleans, Friday, Sept. 2, 2005
I would say driving a nice Caddy like that three days after martial law would be suspicious?
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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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Sadly, this kind of stupidity and selfishness is what got alot of people into this mess in the first place. The water she just dumped onto herself could have made the difference between life and death for a severely dehydrated baby. Part ignorance, part selfishness.
STATE prisoners were transferred to other facilities...
Local prisoners (those not yet convicted) were let loose...
No, we aren't sure it's accurate. However, it was reported on two or three occasions by FoxNews.
The boats are for rescuing people in the flooded areas. There's still people trapped in their homes.
The reports from Texas shelters seem to show quiet and fairly grateful people. They may have figured out a way to filter out the trouble before sending them or perhaps the folks in Texas did their own screening when they arrived.
Governor Perry is running for re-election...
Now, I am not saying this to disparage what he has done...it is more than some other Governors have done.
BUT, just be prepared for the blasting from the left.
I WILL blast him if this in any way gets us closer to state income tax, though...
This should come out of a HS share.
Good post. I agree completely.
Civilian on the ground contradicted that story - perhaps the Chief meant that they don't have any more water or food and is worried about the morning?
Scanner chatter implies to me that we will have a full-blown refugee crisis all through the South by daylight . . . get ready . . . the storm surge is headed for your town . . .
Even just feeding them is going to be a crisis unto itself . . .
Me too.......I've been keeping up with news of Houma, I lived there a few years ago, 90 goes straight into NO & past the Dome.
I know Terrebonne Par. (Houma) was allowing evac's back Tues. because they only received some wind damage......I know they also asked for volunteers w/small boats for rescues too. (Prolly many of those that retreated due to sniper fire....:o(
Louisiana State Police officers stop a car in downtown New Orleans, Friday, Sept. 2, 2005
I would say driving a nice Caddy like that three days after martial law would be suspicious?
Anyone know what the number of sex offenders is in LA compared to say Florida?
Like I said, GW is going to be alone in the political world. I have never been as disgusted with the American people as I am right now. Howlin, this disaster has even started yet and, I have seen it right here on FR, people now believe that the federal government should have had this wrapped up on Wednesday. What is it going to be like when they are told that it will take 50 billion dollars just to get people back into some type of housing while we spend another 100 billion building it all back. That isn't even counting the effect this will have on our will to stay in Iraq or even Afghanistan. They announced today that FEMA is spending 700 million a day and we are YEARS away from putting this behind us. We still have the entire month of September to get through for the Hurricane season and that is the most active month for the Gulf Coast. What happens if Florida or the Texas coast is next?
All I'm saying is when this is all said and done, I'd like someone to subpoena these "premium only" gas stations and check out their Veeder Root records (tank levels)
I just don't know. I just know AP and CNN were reporting, and have photos, that food and water arrived. I also heard that CNN talked to someone waiting at the convention center who said they finally had food and water. Maybe it wasn't enough, and ran out? That would have been reported though. I guess the situation will become clearer tomorrow morning because it sure is confused tonight.
The French QUarter is fine....FIlm on Fox tonight.
You are right about some people not having to be told twice...Two are safe a warm with family here in Indiana....But they were invited to several "hurricane parties" and had "intelligent" friends who chose to stay and party. Haven't heard from them yet.
LOL!
President Bush cautioned us to conserve fuel right now. As a result, I've heard a multitude of stories relating that people are hoarding gasoline. Learned tonight there were near-riots at gas stations in Charlotte NC, and that every tank, can, tea cup and saucer around the Queen City is now filled with gasoline.
"Jesse Jackson questioned why Bush has not named blacks to top positions in the federal response to the disaster, particularly when the majority of victims remaining stranded in New Orleans are black: "How can blacks be locked out of the leadership, and trapped in the suffering?"
"It is that lack of sensitivity and compassion that represents a kind of incompetence."
Yoohoo Rev. Jackson, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Russell Honore who is in charge in New Orleans is BLACK!
What happened to those screened out? Back on the streets?
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