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

[Uncle Ike]

"and dusk-to-dawn afterwards"

"dusk to dawn" should be "dawn to dusk".

Coffee is my friend!!

[burzum]

I don't know if anyone has done this yet, but here are some satellite pictures of unused buses in New Orleans:

http://maps.google.com/maps?&ll=29.999,-90.038&spn=0.004,0.01&t=e
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=29.954,-90.047&spn=0.00406,0.0101&t=e

It makes me want to scream. These are just some of the buses I found in 15 minutes searched the google maps (they have added the Katrina images). You can click on satellite instead of Katrina to show that probably 95% of the buses remained after Katrina hit. There are undoubtedly many more buses left in New Orleans.

[Diva]

Doubt we'll see him on any other station anytime soon

But then, pictures and imagiges are very powerful. Who was rescuing these people? It certainly wasn't Jesse Jackson or the Black Caucus. Yes, there are many blacks who are in the armed forces and in Red Cross, Coast Guard, etc. but you see they are the ones who get out of the plantation mentality. I pray that many of those rescued will have the scales drop from their eyes.

[Patriot from Philly]

I'm watching Fox and they have those 3 clowns who do the weekend morning shows. CNN is in full bash-Bush mode.

I don't think the emotion is entirely genuine. I think they are going for awards. Again the best reporting I saw was from the CNN's Jean Mansur (I think that's her name).

She was the first one to indicate that there was a major problem in NO, which is what reporting is. Meanwhile that camera hog Shep was in the French Quarter talking about how NO had dodged the bullet.

[Diva]

There are undoubtedly many more buses left in New Orleans.

And, (probably in Uptown New Orleans), a lot that are not wet. I could be wrong but satellite photos don't usually get it wrong. Lots of Uptown New Orleans appears to be dry. Lots of Meterie (the other side of the 17th Street Canal where the levee breech is), appears to be dry. River Rd. which goes to the Huey P Long Bridge is dry, the Crescent City connection is apparently dry. My sister in law was driven by her son out of Uptown New Orleans and to Baton Rouge on Thursday, I believe that was the high water mark of the flood in East New Orleans and downtown. You go across the Crescent City Connection right there by the Superdome onto dry land on the West bank of the Mississippi River. Kenner, where the International Airport is located is dry. Shep Smith is leaving every day and being refreshed and renewed for his reports. He's not sleeping with these poor people on the bridge. I am becoming very suspicious about a lot of what we are seeing on the newscasts.

[LikeLight]

The situation now is spreading, like a long slow storm surge, along an expanding wave from the Hurricane area - refugees from N.O. are being force-fed into an area already saturated by those who left the coast voluntarily - the geographic scope is unimaginable - the Media cannot tell the story - it's too big - all they can do is pick a few spots - but they cannot tell the story, whether they want to or not.

[Uncle Ike]

Just saw an interview on Fox with a Lt McLeary (sp?) of the LA State Police.

He said "There were a few robberies in the Superdome, but no rapes" (don't think he mentioned killings..) "..hard to tell fact from fiction.."

Given that Gov. Blanko said basically the same thing yesterday morning (was it? time runs together..), I'm wondering if this is now the "Official Line", to be repeated regardless of facts or reports from the ground.

[LikeLight]

Exactly. The Louisiana govt is in massive CYA mode. We already know too much. Too much real news of these numerous criminal incidents came straight off the LEO/military scanners and is documented throughout these hurricane threads. They can try to spin it away, the record is clear.

[Uncle Ike]

"LikeLight wrote:
"Exactly. The Louisiana govt is in massive CYA mode."

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it...

;)

[theophilusscribe]

He's a natural born leader. Someone will notice.

[theophilusscribe]

I pray that young man has a good future. And Texas is a great place to start that bright future.

[angcat]

I believe it comes from the horses ass.

[theophilusscribe]

I agree.

[Lady Heron]

we have 10000 dead in NO and no reports of anyone getting hit by a sniper. there are hours of footage of firemen and police at a french quarter fire - no snipers.

Guess you missed seeing the shootout in front of the building that was on fire yesterday on FOX.

[tiredoflaundry]

bump

[don-o]

From this morning's Knoxville New Sentinel.

Go Vols! Geaux Tigers!

_______________

Mannings aiding New Orleans

*By From wire reports* *September 3, 2005* Peyton and Eli Manning, who grew up in New Orleans, will fly to Baton Rouge, La., today on a plane carrying relief supplies for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

The brothers will leave from Indianapolis on a plane sponsored by the PeyBack Foundation. The flight will be carrying 31,000 pounds of nonperishable items including diapers, baby formula, pillows, water and Gatorade that will be delivered to the American Red Cross.

Peyton, the NFL's two-time MVP and former University of Tennessee star, is the quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. His brother Eli, the first pick in the 2004 NFL draft, is the quarterback for the New York Giants.

Manning starred at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, and his parents, Archie and Olivia, reside there. Wayne was a standout athlete at John Ehret High School in New Orleans.

"It's hard to hear a whole lot because the communication down there is tough," Peyton Manning told The Indianapolis Star. "It's pretty devastating, the pictures you see and some stories that you hear.

"It's hard to watch, both from the New Orleans standpoint and the friends and relatives we have in Mississippi as well. Our prayers and thoughts are out for them."

[Uncle Ike]

Did I just hear right?

Caught the tag-end of a FOX interview with some kind of Doctor, and I thought I heard him say that one of the big health issues with the refugees/DP's is that many of them don't have HEALTH INSURANCE.

Please tell me that isn't what he said -- or else somebody really has his priorities outta whack.

[mewzilla]

Health insurance?! Ye gad. Who was that clymer?

[Heatseeker]

Found an interesting couplet of maps showing the racial distribution within the central part of the City of New Orleans, and income distribution:

http://www.uwec.edu/Geography/Ivogeler/w188/no.htm

This raises another aspect of the evacuation issue: if those who failed to evacuate did so because they were unable to, could not the city government have targeted those parts of the city which were disproportionately poor (who cares whether they are black, white, or purple with pink polka dots) where it might reasonably be assumed those who lacked the resources to remove themselves from the city would be clustered?

This strategy might have reduced the area the city needed to worry about, evacuation-wise, in the 24-48 hours before the storm hit. For all we know, between the now-imfamously unused school buses and the public transport buses all of those supposedly unable to evacuate themselves (and I have my doubts about that, see my earlier posts) could have been removed from the city in 4-5 round-trips.

[Miss Marple]

Oh, please, tell me that he didn't say that.