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

[sheikdetailfeather]

The reasoning of a Democrat is this: The Feds are all powerful and bureaucracy got in the way of saving lives. The National Guard were waiting for someone to tell them to act and did not ask anything about their orders because they had no interest. President Bush had the power and resources the locals did not and he did not act because he does not like blacks. How do I know all of this? Because I heard it on Nightline.

[oceanview]

you need only look at the (D) after their names to know why.

if NO had not flooded, I think the MSM would have already moved on from this story - if it were only MS and AL that were hit.

[DrewsMum]

I am one of those houston people and my husband and I contamplated it, but we cannot feel comfortable enough to offer our home to the refugees as of yet. Neither of us are home during the day and you just don't know. True we have to protect our own first and foremost. I am scared to death some of my neighbors will bring some of the bad ones in.

[Tiger Smack]

Can you tell me if the I 10 overpass Shep reported from so much, going WEST, connects to 90 WEST & then on to Houma ??

you can, sorta via backroads and hwys. the 10 doesnt go directly to Houma no The preferd route is via the 310 which runs from the 10 back towards metairie and back towards laPlace and then south and west to Houma.

[Route66]

Thanks for the info.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Then take out your frustration and email all the jerk commentators. I've sent more emails this week than since the election.

[kingu]

Louisiana only issues a rear license plate.

Oops, didn't know that. Too used to California that requires them front and back - makes it easier to photograph for red light violations (grr...)

[BurbankKarl]

Nancy Grace broke into coverage to announce this

[NautiNurse]

A full gas tank is another top priority in the hurricane prep list, along with water - to last at least three days. You say your folks used up their fuel driving back into the devastated area--and I'm not sure why that is the government's fault they don't have gasoline there now.

[John Jamieson]

Good. It's time for the chief whiners to pitch in and help, but they are a few days late.

[wardaddy]

14 megathreads

is that a record

in so many days?

[rolling_stone]

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

Maybe they did..one casualty..

[Texasforever]

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.

Buildings like the Dome create their own weather systems. I have seen it actually drizzle inside when the A/C was out of balance with the humidity.

[OKIEDOC]

heck, we on FR new this was going to hist NO.

Just shows those people should have been reading FR instead of Democrat Underground Dummies.

[Cboldt]

According to the link above, the crash was most likely caused by the same passenger who was killed.

Fascinating. Somebody wanted to be on his own, not taken to another dome. I wonder, just curious, about the person's long-term plans. Good guy snapped? Or bad-guy looking for new turf?

[PhiKapMom]

Snow and all! LOL!

[Tiger Smack]

like I said....lots of people who stayed were from the projects! Dont bring them to your homes. Thats horrible to say but trust me. NO projects are the worst and theres a reason why its been the murder capital of the US for a REASON!

[Johnny Crab]

Sister's a 20+ year PE Civil....evac'd from NOLA Friday with consultant gear in a truck.

The Causeway has pre-fabbed sections ready for replacement use all the time for when "drunk" or "sleeping" tugboats hit that one.

[md2576]

Yes but my 6 year old son is smart enough to have a better plan in place than this State has had if I told him what would happen to the city in case of a MEDIUM to large hurricane.

[NautiNurse]

Commercial airlines are flying 25,000 survivors out.