Mary Jones, a Red Cross volunteer from Tulsa, Okla., moves furniture in a barracks in a remote National Guard camp in Camp Gruber, Okla. in preparation for the expected arrival of at least 2,000 evacuees from hurricane-ravaged New Orleans.
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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:
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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 V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12
The Dog. Love that show.
I wonder if Forrest will take them out in his boat.
I read even a local veternarian has opened up his shelter for any pets of evacuees in town, for indefinite stays!
They will keep them until the families are settled and able to have their pets at home once again.
Help in every manner is pouring in throughout the local Southern towns.
Too bad the national media is not focused more on that.
Mary Jones, a Red Cross volunteer from Tulsa, Okla., moves furniture in a barracks in a remote National Guard camp in Camp Gruber, Okla. in preparation for the expected arrival of at least 2,000 evacuees from hurricane-ravaged New Orleans.
I agree...Carlson has had some pretty good shows during this! I thought I was the only one. He comes across as a real average guy and not a drama queen like the daytime boys like Geraldo and Shep and Cooper. He just needs to lose that gay bow tie. I cant take people seriously if they wear one of those.
I just heard some guy on C-Span lamenting the fact that after millions and millions of dollars spent to raise awareness, fewer than 50% of the people at risk had a hurricane plan.
They are driving this story; all you had to do was listen for "the question of the day."
Was Race a Factor????
All the channels have it today; and Fox has it tomorrow night, too!
I wonder what their next talking point will be?
Oh, thanks a lot... if terrorists take out Glen Canyon that will take out Hoover, Davis, etc... and we are in the path... I figure I'll have water lapping at my front door. Remember there is only one road in or out of here... but it would do a lot of damage in Henderson area, too... not to mention Bullhead City and Laughlin.
City of New Orleans Disaster Plan Hurricane Annex
The Astrodome actually was designed as an emergency shelter, though.
And that ventilation systems has been upgraded at least three times that I can think of. The big problem it has is that it can't be turned off - so they keep it at a nice 72F inside 24/7/365.
The last upgrade was in the early 90s. Also, they limited people in the Astrodome to 12K, sending the rest to Reliant and the convention center.
12K people can camp out in the Astrodome for quite a while without taxing it too much.
When will they do "was STUPIDITY a factor" segment? Stupid mayor/govenor/people who didnt leave/FEMA
Interesting. Keep us informed.
Amen!
Joe is a ... well dang .. I can't type it .. but you know what I mean
The Hurricane hit on Monday, the Levee broke on Tuesday and for the last 3 days they have been trying to clear roads, airports, police the cities, feed a half a million people and transport them
And that is just ONE city
Yep .. the Feds haven't been doing a dang thing
Like, I said ... Go to hell Joe!
That's 'Snipper' to you LOL
MY God! You were serious?
Palacios is takin' em, Port Lavaca is takin' em, Victoria is takin' em. BUT here in south Texas it's gonna be interesting with 2 "minorities" where one "minority" is actually a "majority".
They'll kill each other for sure.
Louis Armstrong International Airport is being used as a processing center to get refugees out of the metro area. Dozens of helicopters transported the stranded to safety Friday
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