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Katrina Live Thread, Part XIV
Various ^ | 2 September 2005 | Various

Posted on 09/02/2005 3:03:06 PM PDT by 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


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: aftermath; hurricane; katrina; neworleans
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To: shield

The only "jamming" that's going on is that there's a lot of people trying to talk on the same freq. I haven't seen any reports of actual jamming being posted from the people monitoring SATERN (ham radio net under SalArm aegis).


3,601 posted on 09/03/2005 9:31:28 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: NittanyLion
400 may be closer to an accurate number as there has been much discussion in the past about the fudging of numbers reported upward. It could be a case of strict definition of reporting category, too. I'd say for a city with the corruption level for which NO is famous, the number is probably higher than what the FBI reports.
3,602 posted on 09/03/2005 9:31:50 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Freedom of speech makes it much easier to spot the idiots." [Jay Lessig, 2/7/2005])
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To: KJC1

Guy being interviewed by Geraldo says you can HEAR people pounding on the roofs of their attics and screaming for help. Good God.


3,603 posted on 09/03/2005 9:32:02 AM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's son and keep him strong.)
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To: bahblahbah

I watched WWL for about 30 minutes the other night and won't turn it back on. I found them pretty offensive.


3,604 posted on 09/03/2005 9:32:37 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: Spktyr

Amen!!!!!!!


3,605 posted on 09/03/2005 9:32:41 AM PDT by samantha (Cheer up, the adults are in charge.)
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To: KJC1
From WDSU: Some FEMA badges and IDs have been stolen in New Orleans. They are warning citizens to be on the lookout for people posing as FEMA employees.

Good grief. And the people who need to know, probably aren't hearing the

This is sounding more and more exactly like the situation in Baghdad!! Glad there are troops in NO with experience with these type of vermin.
3,606 posted on 09/03/2005 9:33:05 AM PDT by SolomoninSouthDakota (Daschle is gone.)
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To: Howlin
Nobody is standing up for Bush.

I don't have television show, but I am standing up for the President and I'm taking notes. I'm listening to Bobby Jindal and he is just another prig as far as I'm concerned. These people who claim to be for personal responsibility and self government cannot now stand up and claim that the federal government dropped the ball. FEMA did game this out in 2004 and they expected that "The state of Louisiana had resources to operate shelters for three to five days, and plans were made for how federal and other sources could replenish those."

3,607 posted on 09/03/2005 9:33:30 AM PDT by Dolphy
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To: Miss Marple
Guy being interviewed by Geraldo says you can HEAR people pounding on the roofs of their attics and screaming for help. Good God.

Five days without food, water and breathable air and that pounding and screaming will be stopping soon.

3,608 posted on 09/03/2005 9:33:36 AM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Spktyr

Did you just see the piece on the Reliant building and how they are taking care of people in Houston?

The lady said they gave them all they needed, especially love.

My question, where are the other states? I am happy Texas is helping out, but what about New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee etc...???


3,609 posted on 09/03/2005 9:33:59 AM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: No Blue States

I've heard two evacuees say they are so ashamed because the folks that are there to help them have been shot at.


3,610 posted on 09/03/2005 9:34:08 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: BagCamAddict

Agreed - I've slept in my car on trips when I didn't want to bother with a hotel. It's not too unpleasant.


3,611 posted on 09/03/2005 9:34:15 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: ican'tbelieveit
Did you notice the PBS emblem on the wall above them in the studio they were using? Maybe it was an environmental influence, sort of a negative feng shui LOL
3,612 posted on 09/03/2005 9:34:30 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Freedom of speech makes it much easier to spot the idiots." [Jay Lessig, 2/7/2005])
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To: All

Does anyone know what happened to the BellSouth building where the 100 firemen and families were battling it out with the looter thugs?

I never heard!

I am nauseated by the total lack of truth about the response to this disaster.

I knew how big the storm was from looking at the loops here on FR. I didn't know ALL the ramifications of the storm, but....I was concerned by the non-existent leardership of the N.O. mayor and the La. Gov. before Katrina hit!

I wasn't the only one.......many here on FR knew we were in for a bad disaster!

What was wrong with the La, leaders? Could they not see it? Or were they thinking, "it will turn, as it always does".
That seemed to be the case on Monday, from watching reporters say, N.O. dodged the bullet.

The so-called tension in this Country about racisim has been fabricated and instigated by Jessie, Al Sharpton, the dems and their followers.

The dirth of leadership and guidance, of the LA government....is what should be in question.

Do the race baiting people out there not realize that the whites & blacks in this Country, are the ones taking in, feeding and clothing the blacks & and whites that have been displaced by this weather disaster?

I have news for some of the folks out there.....
It's not the dems that are doing these kind & compassionate things! I'm sure there are some out there though!

Will people be surprised that the largest majority of givers and those that house & clothe....will prove in the end to be us Conservatives!

I am convinced that the lack of accommodating the people of N.O. by the State of La. is simply CRIMINAL!!!

They need to be brought up on charges immediately!

I think our Country has done the best it could do, in the circumstance!

ie, THE DISASTER ITSELF!!!!
No communication,
the shock of watching the after effects,
roadways blocked by debris,
the endless parade of people that would NOT/COULD not leave the flood of water,
the thugs that want to take over the city,
the fires,
the people trapped for one reason or another,
too many things to even name!

Our Military and those that are commanding them (including their Commander-in Chief) are heros!!!
God bless every one of them. They always pull us through! And they are to be honored!

As Americans, we need patience...lots of it.



3,613 posted on 09/03/2005 9:34:53 AM PDT by LadyPilgrim (Sealed my Pardon with HIS BLOOD!!! Hallelujah!!! What a Savior)
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To: Types_with_Fist
That's what the nurse also being interviewed said.

This is particularly horrible to me, as I am claustrophobic. Ugh.

3,614 posted on 09/03/2005 9:35:00 AM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's son and keep him strong.)
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To: Spktyr

OK...then you're monitoring...thanks for that info...


3,615 posted on 09/03/2005 9:35:13 AM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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I cant imagine how relieved (for what its worth) people still in NOLA are when they see the sun rising.

What a nightmare it must be when the sun goes down.

WWL live showing last nights chemical warehouse explosion, plenty of gun shots heard in the distance.


3,616 posted on 09/03/2005 9:35:36 AM PDT by No Blue States
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To: DocRock

"Here is a LINK to the City of New Orleans Emergency Preparedness page titled "General Evacuation Guidelines". Check it out. It says "If you need a ride, try to go with a neighbor, friend, or relative."

Wow - that helps a lot when a large portion of the city's poor don't have cars and use public transportation of their main means of getting around. Maybe Naign (or his replacement) will add the school busses are sitting under water to the 'plan'.


3,617 posted on 09/03/2005 9:36:10 AM PDT by Seattle Conservative (God Bless and protect our troops and their CIC)
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To: Types_with_Fist; oceanview

OK, I now see a reason why emergency reduction in the water level outweighs environmental concerns. It is a calculus too horrible to be calculated. I sit corrected.


3,618 posted on 09/03/2005 9:36:44 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Freedom of speech makes it much easier to spot the idiots." [Jay Lessig, 2/7/2005])
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To: headsonpikes; cwb

Good analysis, cwb. I'm learning more about Louisiana politics, than I ever wanted to. Now Blanco is going to learn just how fast her fellow Dems will turn on her. She and Nagin ought to be run out of town on a rail.


3,619 posted on 09/03/2005 9:36:48 AM PDT by TheSpottedOwl ("President Bush, start building that wall"!)
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To: bvw

WWL is doing the same thing. I have not heard them say one word against the leaders down there. But, they are being very critical of President Bush and the few helicopters that are available due to their being in Iraq.


3,620 posted on 09/03/2005 9:36:55 AM PDT by MamaB (mom to an angel)
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