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

[Tensgrrl]

I really think that when things cool down, people will realize the problems stem from an appalling lack of leadership at the local level. The mayor and governor have blood on their hands.

[tiredoflaundry]

If I said what I really wanted to say, I would be banned! ;-)

[plushaye]

Doesn't anyone know why the buses stopped running at the Dome?? The AP articles said they suddenly stopped running, with 2000 left at the dome. How many more people left at the convention center, and on the overpass??

Why can't they get these people out?? They should just move them out by any transport means because otherwise it just feeds the MSM and black politicians' rants that the operation is racist.

[GOP_Proud]

I don't know why my post came up blank. I actually did type an answer.

Mike is a light weight and I'm never too impresed with him, but I can handle him better than Julian.

[76834]

Good morning everyone.

WWLtv just came online.

Mary Landriew (sp) Locking the barn door and playing CYA

[Uncle Ike]

"Anybody watching Fox and Friends? "

I was for a while, but got disgusted and am watching "Ask This Old House" on A&E -- dip back into F&F every once in a while during commercials, just to see if anything important is happening.

Believe me, as far as "piling on" goes, F&F doesn't hold a candle to Oreilly, H&C, and Greta last nite -- worse than CNN and MSNBC because this strikes me as treason to our cause.

[LadyBuzz]

Hope you are right but the MSM has already started the spin that it's the Feds fault.

[BlackRain]

The reason the buses stopped last night was that the NG needed security from the Louisiana State Police or law enforcement in loading the buses.

But there LSP was awol.

Take a look at last nights scanner reports.

[Tensgrrl]

Reasonable people understand that you don't blame the president when the snow plows don't clear your street after the snow!

[A. Morgan]

BINGO!

[plushaye]

"The reason the buses stopped last night was that the NG needed security from the Louisiana State Police or law enforcement in loading the buses.
But there LSP was awol. "

Thanks. I didn't know. Doesn't the military provide security?? Why do they need the LSP?

[tentmaker]

Julian was right. It does need to be discussed. He is supposed to be a journalist and a journalist should have a responsibility to get to the truth of a story or public issue. He should have stood up and insisted that they discuss it. He should have pushed them to investigate whether it is a fact that George Bush actually doesn't like black people or that it is a poisonous lie that is spread by an anti-Bush liberal Democratic media. He should have said what he really thinks, instead of cowering behind political correctness. People continue to absorb these lies because they are not challenged. Julian obviously believes that Bush is a rascist, but he doesn't have the balls to stand up and say it, instead choosing to insinuate it and allow the rest of the crew to steer the conversation away in fear. These things have to be confronted or they will persist.

[Heatseeker]

A presser with Landrieu and Vitter is on WWL-TV now. Mary Landrieu looks like a high school girl who's just discovered she won't make the cheerleading squad.

[LadyBuzz]

Yep, it would be nice if we were dealing with "reasonable" people - I do not understand for the life of me just how the mayor & gov are getting a free pass. We learned last night that the Red Cross was told not to come to NO. At the time the storm hit, the gov had 6500 NG at her disposal and did not use them.

[GOP_Proud]

All politics is local. The people of NO are learning this the hard way.

Governor and Mayor are positions not to take lightly. I fear these peple got what they elected.

[GOP_Proud]

Like Doocy said..."Not right now".

[WoodstockCat]

for the Gulf Coast needs..why can't they bring in some of the things by amphibious landing from the Navy?
The beach access isn't like trying to navigate the Miss River.

[LadyBuzz]

Have you noticed that we have not heard a word from the NO Fire Dept etc - that's where the EMS is located in most towns & cities - where is the Emergency personnel in NO?

[DollyCali]

Stef Tubby JOnes is a major embarrassment. She thinks she is hot stuff. WE have her. Sherrod Brown & Dennis Kuchy Koo here in NE Ohio. Aren't we lucky?

[BlackRain]

Have you noticed that we have not heard a word from the NO Fire Dept

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NO FD is out working but their comms were damaged during the storm.