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

[John Jamieson]

Speak easy. Don't tell 'em.

[REDWOOD99]

I can't imagine going through what they are. I pray that God give them and our President and aid workers strength. G'nite Fatima.

[fatima]

Night beautiful.

[McGavin999]

Oh yes, and let me add to that list: locate sites for shelters that weren't under water or destroyed by the hurricane, line up enough buses from every place imaginable to get the people out, make sure there is FUEL for those buses, get emergency services started, try to do something about the levee breaches, arrange for pumping the water out of the city after the breaches are fixed, tell the Salvation Army and the Red Cross where they can begin setting up, get the trucks loaded and headed off to the newly located shelter sites, and on top of all that try to locate the mayor who has disappeared and the governor who is so busy appearing on various TV programs that she can't be bothered to call up the Guard.

Any questions?

[Flamenco Lady]

Water and food just arrived at the Levi Strauss shelter.

6 more jet planes due to arrive at the airport with evacuees from NO. If I have counted correctly this will make about 18 planes that have landed there since I've been listening to the scanner. I would guess that translates to about 3600 people evacuated tonight to San Antonio.

[Miss Behave]

"I'm not concerned about the pollution. I think the Gulf can handle it without noticing after 200 years of drinking the entire Mississippi."

I really like your style.

[jeffers]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep it in mind if I hear any more Bush bashing. Just forums, you know...like for model trains or how to make meatloaf, only about climbing. Naturally there's a few more lefties hanging around them, more trees to hug I guess, but they wised up in a hurry.

I don't hear NBC doing any bragging about the revenues from the concert tonight.

Agenda or no, I'm guessing they wish they could kick Mr. Mouth's...contract...around the block.

[beyond the sea]

How about a two-sentence summary?

Trent was tough, he buried the silver spooned kid. It was BEAUTIFUL. I used to refer to Trent as Vacant Lott......... not anymore!

Too many sentences, but.........

;-)

[John Jamieson]

Can I marry you the next time I'm in Chicago? My wife doesn't think that much of me!

[jeffers]

"But you just ABSOLUTELY know that the LIB enviros are going to go spastic as soon as they start
dumping that stuff into the river and lake..."



Well then....guess we best just leave it where it is.

Won't cost us any votes, in fact, they might be grateful we did things their way.


;-)

[fatima]

Well I tuned in off and on and it was like the Philadelphia-England thing.All they did was talk and talk and talk.I missed Mouth as most of the world did because it was so boring and staged.Salvation Army here we come.

[jeffers]

I was out, and just caught the rant on the news.

Naturally I raced to the phone, credit card in hand.

Inspiring...it was simply inspiring.

[Miss Behave]

Only if you pick me up in your B52...and bring treats.

[luckystarmom]

I'm signing off tonight. For the first time, the news is slow and that's a good thing. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a much better day for the people of NO.

[easonc52]

I cannot stop thinking of the MANY poor souls in attics.

I did see someone on TV (not sure who) before the storm, say don't go into your attics without some tools to break through onto the roof. But I imagine a lot of people didn't get that message, or just didn't pay enough attention to what was coming.

[fatima]

You have me laughing.They had all these sad faces and then someone comes on and tells us we are all losers:)He might have been the brightest spot:)

[Miss Behave]

...and you made me smile for the first time today.

[tcrlaf]

Per The Scanner-
Buses being Directed to I-10, the Airport, and the Train STATION!

That means they must have Amrtrak up!

[wolficatZ]

 

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[Arizona Carolyn]

It was in all the news and in the newspaper. Someone posted the link here earlier this evening.