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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
Can you imagine the media coverage of that...how dare they just drop food on peoples heads without sending in someone to distribute...
Are you folks watching this guy rant on WWL???
This link you posted fascinates me:
http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050903/NEWS05/50903001
because there's another link posted in this forum from the very same paper saying that reports of an increase in crime in Monroe are untrue?
They're doing the very same thing in Alexandria. One report did slip through the cracks at The Town Talk, only to be followed by more articles in which the Chiefs of Police of Alexandria and Pineville vehemently deny that there is any increase in crime here. In fact, Chief Daren Coutee of Alexandria said on KALB Newschannel 5 that he wished citizens would tell him who was starting these wild rumors so he could put those individuals in jail.
I was a crime victim myself this week, but no one wants to hear about it. Instead, I have literally been told by the local media that it isn't of significance *unless I can prove the crime was committed by a refugee* and that I should be grateful that my only loss was my $300 insurance deductible and not as great as the families in New Orleans.
What the...? Why does it matter where the person(s) who robbed me lived? The fact is that the individual(s) took advantage of the situation caused by Katrina to commit a crime spree! But, oops, I'd better not bang the drum too loudly because people think I'm a rumormonger.
Thanks for posting a very intriguing link.
Thanks for that link, since I have been one person asking consistently why airdrops were not done. I am not sure I
believe/accept the reasoning behind it, but it was good to see it had at least been considered.
What's he saying?
It's not bizarre logic. Postponing a day to develop massive relief and infrastructure is sound logic. More people would be killed in a stampede/fight for a few items than would die without food/water for an additional day.
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Tell that comforting thought to families of those who died do to dehyradtion and the mother's of dead babies.
I sure they would have preferred to take their chance with a stampede and chance to live; then to have no chance at all.
Are you the one who posted a link to get into that system?
There was a link provided stating it took time but you could get into it keep trying.
He's defintitely on my last nerve....I am trying to watch the rescue. Have to mute the drama queen.
READ THIS:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1476485/posts?page=1
Get Off His Back
By Ben Stein
Published 9/2/2005 11:59:59 PM
A few truths, for those who have ears and eyes and care to know the truth:
1.) The hurricane that hit New Orleans and Mississippi and Alabama was an astonishing tragedy. The suffering and loss of life and peace of mind of the residents of those areas is acutely horrifying.
2.) George Bush did not cause the hurricane. Hurricanes have been happening for eons. George Bush did not create them or unleash this one.
Can you imagine being married to him? Such a drama queen!
At least he's crying with HAPPINESS today. Yesterday I wanted to smack him upside the head.
He's (NO City Councilman) obviously distraught and I agree with him that not everybody is a looter or a thug, but man is he making a fool of himself right now.
where the hell has he been for the past week? under the gov's skirt?
1) The aggregate death toll to date.
2) The estimated total death toll.
In every other disaster the MSM covers, the total number of dead is estimated in the lead sentence - it's what the whole story is about to them. Since about Wednesday, when it became evident that the toll in Mississippi was probably over 1,000, they have not even ventured a guess.
I looked through your links didn't see the link to monitor scanners in that area...do you know what it is?
Good for Carnival Cruise Lines. The Fun Ships put to use!
You fail to step back from your captain's chair to see the option was considered, and determined to be too dangerous.
Gladly. Oliver, we will send your people back just as soon as you have somewhere to put them. Get busy.
looks like virtually all landmarks escaped with little damage.
How can that be?
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