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

[Johnny Crab]

Houston AstroDome Command Post (winamp):
http://204.9.64.131:9900

Houston AstroDome Command Post (winamp):
http://205.134.173.10:8088

[two23]

"Good lord. Like a check point would stop me. They certainly weren't using guns on the looters, doubt they'd bother with someone trying to get off the bridge."

I hear ya, but maybe the direction they wanted to go was not safe or passable. Also I think the rescue crews probably want people to stick together so that pick up is more efficient.

[sinkspur]

So much is being done at the local level in MS, TN, Arkansas, Alabama and north Louisiana that is not being shown on national TV.

Good for those states! It appears that everybody, even the Northeastern states, are pitching in and taking some of these evacuees.

Right now, they don't feel they belong anywhere. We must help them find some roots somewhere.

Americans have been given abundance to the point of overflowing, and they are sharing with those who have lost everything.

[Tiger Smack]

Im sorry but "some" of these Houston people are making a HUGE mistake by giving "some" of these people shelter in their homes and garages and whatnot.

A lot...and I mean a LOT of people in NO live in the projects. The same animals that were killing/raping in the dome are now being fused into Houston suburban live. Thats a deadly combination

[Texasforever]

I am glad to see that. There is no way though for this many people to live in an open dorm environment for any length of time.

[hoosiermama]

Franklin Graham had a great idea last night....If each church in the nation temp. "adopted" just one family or group....there would be no problem.

[md2576]

I see large commercial buildings go up like puzzles with large cement prefab walls. I don't understand why they couldn't get the levees filled in quicker than dumping a pallet full of sandbags at a time was all they could come up with in over 40 years of "planning" for this event. I'm disgusted.

[oceanview]

the policing operation is under control of the governor, the rescue is FEMA. that's the coodination issue you are seeing in your post.

[bonfire]

I heard that and wondered why didn't the other passengers go after the disgruntled guy???

[Born in a Rage]

They need to take the refugees to the closest non-affected areas first. Later, when the people need more permanent housing, they will be going all over the country.

[BurbankKarl]

The District of Columbia is going to open up their giant Armory according the XM Radio ch 247 (The Disaster channel)

They have been broadcasting some interesting tidbit on that channel

[John Jamieson]

Just how much food and water did Jessy bring with him and how many evacuees is he taking out with him?

[PhiKapMom]

I thought maybe they had remodeled the Astrodome. I never went to the restrooms after the 2nd quarter of a football game or 5th inning of baseball for the very same reason when I used to take the kids there from Boerne. Sounds like things didn't change.

Last time I was at a football game there between the Oilers/Steelers, it was very hot in there and the a/c didn't seem to be working right.

This is a prescription for trouble.

[Texasforever]

OH good grief. Yeah and if we all clap our hands Tinkerbell won't die.

[Arizona Carolyn]

And when he found out they wanted to find suitable housing in Texas and get these people settled into a normal life, Rev. Jessie says -- I think they need to all be put in an abandoned military base somewhere in LA and kept close to home (does that translate to keeping them in a party state?)

[Johnny Crab]

Calmly explain to them what the governor and mayor are elected to do AND what the same clueless-non-leaders(in this case) must do to GET "your President's" help.

[rolling_stone]

I'm afraid I'm going to deck one of my RELATIVES for the same crap. Spending the next few days with them and if ANYONE says one word about "it's Bush's fault" I just KNOW I'm gonna snap.


Yeah I think I'll go look at the new big screen tv's I dont think mine is bulletproof and it might not make the week...bet I could find one cheap in NO..

[onyx eyes]

hey somebody pick this up: Guess what the cat drug in!

Under cover of Hurricane Katrina the Aruban authorities have released Van Der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers.

[conservative in nyc]

Actually, two lanes of the Causeway have been re-opened to relief/rescue traffic only.

Reopening bridges takes time. There was a HURRICANE. Every section of the Causeway had to be manually inspected to make sure that it was safe to drive over. The other side had minor damage to two sections, which is in the process of being repaired.

There are only a few routes into New Orleans. Imagine the media outrage if one of the bridges on the only open route out collapsed because it wasn't properly inspected before convoys deployed.

The MSM doesn't understand logistics. It takes time to clear roads. It takes time to inspect bridges. It takes time to assemble convoys. It takes time to deploy troops. And remember, the storm was still lingering in upstate portions of Louisiana and Mississippi all day Monday.

[Route66]

Thanks very much for the radio information.