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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
Now that evacuations are taking place I feel I can ask a question.
I saw that Mexico has offerred assistance. Does anyone know what form this assistance is taking? Money? Oil? 1 million Mexicans to form a bucket brigade to bail out the soup?
I haven't been out there in a while...sorry to hear they didn't make "better" use of it.
Have you been to the "new" National Cemetary near Loop 12?
My father's and now my mother's ashes are there----it is beautiful.
I'm not, but that would be the best news of all.
I hope no good people have to spend another night there,
may the gangs and thugs meet the real men with guns
and any get an extreme taste of justice.
Good for FOX. As for the rest, very shortly I will be drafting a letter to NBC and CNN. In it I will make it clear that as long as they appear to be unhappy with the help we are sending, I will comply with their wishes, stand back, and allow them to do the job they claim they can do better.
In other words, my checkbook will stay in my pocket.
Considering that it is questionable whether the whole country working together has the resources to reclaim and rebuild New Orleans, and considering that New Orleans is a predominantly Democratic city, it becomes clear just who needs who to avoid a catastrophic and permanent political disaster.
I didn't open the political maneuvering, but if they choose to play hardball and try to politicize a natural disaster, then hardball is the exact game I intend to play.
"My question, where are the other states? I am happy Texas is helping out, but what about New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee etc...???"
The Gov of Ala said yesterday during the presser w the Prez that he's instructed his folks to look at where they could take in evacuees - 2 places they're looking at are a closed base and a mental health hospital that was closed last year.
And Texas also had Indianola destroyed. It rivaled the Port of New Orleans. My relatives all came through Indianola on the immigrant ships. I'm sure many Texans have visited the barren spot of sand where it once stood.
She is right about that, because after the 4 Canes in Fla last year we have very low unemployment and especially in the Construction business. We also have more people moving to Fla all the time. There will be jobs for everyone that wants one, the only drawback is it is harder to get the best employees when the un-employment rate is so low because you have a smaller pool to pick from.
New Orlean's ads before the storm were telling people if they evacuated and left their pets behind, they would be prosecuted for animal abandonment if appropriate arrangements were not made. Talk about discouraging people from leaving!
Thats strange because on the city website they tell you how to leave your pets..:
http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?portal=46&tabid=24
Protecting your pets
It's important to include your pet in your plan of action. You will need to know what to do with your pet since they're not allowed in evacuation shelters or most hotels.
You basically have three choices: take them with you, leave them home, or find a place for them to stay.
Taking them with you, checklist
• ID collar
• Current rabies tags
• Pet carrier
• Leash
• Food & water bowls
• Food & water
• Medicines, presription or over-the-counter
• Toy
• Cat box, litter & pooper-scooper
Leaving your pet at home
• Confine your pet to a safe, high-area inside your home, away from windows and outside walls.
• Leave water in a sturdy no spill container
• Give them a three-day supply of dry food
• Post a notice outside your home listing what animals are inside and where they are located
• Never leave pets together during a disaster
• Never leave pets chained or loose outside
Places pets can stay
• At a friend's or family member's home in a safe inland area
• With you at the hotel, if the establishment allows pets
• A kennel with boarding capabilities outside the risk area
• Bring them indoors with your family if you decide not to evacuate
I keep meaning to get out there and see it, but I haven't been yet.
There are still some chopper units that work out of NAS Dallas, but I think they're on the Vought side, not sure. Mostly heavy-lift choppers, CH-47s.
Tony is on vacation until Monday...as for Brit..
I think Fox made a HUGH mistake, taking his show off temporarily to show this hurricane coverage...
HIS show does everything the best on FOX...they are really messing up lately.
I suggest you look at HughHewitt.com he's trying to match up churches in the Miss Gulf Area that will act as distribution points with donations for operations.
"I hope no good people have to spend another night there,
may the gangs and thugs meet the real men with guns
and any get an extreme taste of justice."
Well-said. The thugs and rapists will get their just reward, in this world or the next.
but was that direction coming to the police from someone who knew where the resources were going to be staged?
This sounds again like a lack of local communication with the source of resources.
Do us a favor - archive their whole site.
It will be interesting to see how they change it per the CYA doctrine afterwards.
I was just channel surfing and stopped at PMSNBC. They were showing the end of the fund raiser that they had on NBC last night. Everyone was on stage. Aaron Neville (I think that's his name) was in front. What's up with his body? He looks like he's been bulking up and on steroids (actually, his upper body looked like he might be taking estrogen). What I'm saying is he looked terrible. Anybody know if he has been "body building" or something? If so, i looks like he did it wrong.
LOL---mental hospital, huh?
They might want to hold open a couple rooms for Geraldo, Shep, Anderson Cooper, Scarborough...etc.
They have all gone a little bonkers over this.
HMMMMMMMMMMM--all men, very curious!!! LOL
Those numbers jibe with other reports, and are probably about as accurate as we can expect at this time.
I just want to point up where we are at, and how much further we have yet to go.
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