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

[mystery-ak]

You can't just send a whole bunch of choppers there without having logistics in place...men, fuel, mechanics etc...the blatant truth is, it takes time..

[Peach]

Oh, Ohio, I am so glad for you. And for them! That is indeed wonderful news.

[NautiNurse]

Did you see yesterday - the photos of the submerged buses are getting legs.

[NonValueAdded]

I'm listening to the Army Corp of Engineers talking now on WDSU ... he is saying a contractor is about to poke holes in some levees to let the water out. Sorry, but all I can picture is Curley in the rowboat with his "water-letter-outer." I do hope they have an effective way to close the breeches they make.

Whoa, someone asking about the impact of pumping the toxic soup out into the environment. Answer is that there will be enormous environmental damage. Question -- why do the additional damage? I guess that is a Denny Hastert question, one that needs to be asked but the messenger gets shot.

[NautiNurse]

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[NittanyLion]

Yeah, right and that makes you about the most unrealistic poster on the FR. I guess you are suggesting the "action" is staged just off stage right or something and it spurs into action once Bush arrives on the scene. You must be in the film industry.

Whatever Chuck. I allowed for the fact that this may be coincidence - maybe this massive mobilization was well underway since early this week. Does a Presidential visit hurt/slow the timeline? I certainly can't imagine how it would do anything but help, but maybe that's just my "unrealistic" side showing.

[steveegg]

Corps of Engneers Q&A - Q: When will the water be pumped out? - A: 36 days after the pump stations are dewatered for Orleans Parish. St. Bernard's Parish will take more time and pumps.

Missed a vanilla question or two, getting the last - Q: Follow-up on when to get the pump stations on-line. A: - Estimate 7 days after we get the canals sealed off. Will need to bring in our own generators, the on-site ones likely destroyed.

Army on commenting on the evacs. Two-pronged approach; buses and aircraft. Over 35,000 evacuated so far.

[txdoda]

Our enemies are watching, and we look (and are) unprepared.

BUMP.....

[mhking]

Did you see yesterday - the photos of the submerged buses are getting legs.

"They can walk! It's a miracle!"

[mjwise]

My roommate (a reserve in the Ohio Army National Guard) got called up yesterday to go to NOLA and they are deploying THIS AFTERNOON. Talk about turnaround time!

Godspeed to them.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Agree. The Governette and Nagin have been effectively set aside and replaced by people who know what they are doing.

55 airplanes and 700+ buses out of LA. Emptying causeway area.

Using military aircraft out of Belle Chase NAS.

[Spktyr]

The first amphibious assault carrier is currently supporting New Orleans from the sea. The second assault carrier is due in today, IIRC - it will support the rest of the coast.

We'd have more, but Klinton destroyed our amphibious landing ship fleet. In addition, navigation close to shore is now an unknown quantity after Katrina.

[plushaye]

Thanks for the info about the bus delay. However the evacuations are going fast and furious now, I hear, and that's really great news.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Where did you see it? I love the internet, it won't let stories that need covering die.

[SE Mom]

Your point is excellent and needs to be made over and over.

Unless one has ever been involved in the movement of masses of humanity it is inconceivable. Add to that the dynamics of this event, and you have logistics that can't be appreciated by the fast-food, video game mentality our nation has adopted as a way of life.

[Peach]

Shep has been over the top and ridiculous in some of his reporting. I know it's an emotional situation, but he's been unprofessional.

And Geraldo last night...I really don't have words to describe him.

[texasbluebell]

Bush kicked some *ss and this is the result -

And he's going to do it again on Monday, when he goes back there once more!

[oceanview]

there is no place else to put the water.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I saw that info in an article this morning, that 700 people from the Hyatt Regency had been put ahead of those in the Dome for evacuation. Are you saying these were the Mayor's orders? They mentioned these people having luggage, as if they were vacationing.

There is no excuse for putting them ahead of the ones in the Superdome, none.

[ohioWfan]

I have a question..............I just heard Phil talk about the rapes.

I wonder how many rapes (or murders, for that matter) took place in NO every night under 'normal' circumstances, and if there has been any increase at all in their numbers, or just national coverage of them.

It may be a strange question, but I've been wondering......