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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
Reminds me of when I volunteered in the destruction of Andrew. I cooked hamburgers for the masses in a hot trailer canteen. Folks wanted rare, medium rare and complained when it was well done!
You need to stop posting now, or you will be thrashed for your ridiculous emoting.
You do not understand a quarter of what you are talking out your ass about, and need to stfu.
That area was inundated with water up the middle of the garage doors! That's what made it so bizarre. When the shot pulled out, you saw they were in the middle of utter devastation.
I want to know their story!
I thought they had a good attitude. At least swimming, they are staying cool. Why not make lemondade?
You have made a bad mistake.
Apologies are required. Elsewise, please take a break. Or the ownership of FR may impose a break.
thank you - my brain was starting to hurt
Yes, and I have experience in same before, during and after hurricanes. A lot more people in this forum know plenty more about me than anyone knows about you.
Joe Allbaugh, I believe.
You are correct and I share your frustration here, but name-calling isn't appropriate, so go ahead and do the honorable thing and apologize. It happens to the best of us, but we always try to apologize, right?
I did. There was flooding all around and they were frolicing in their pool. I'll bet the guy was well prepared for surviving. It's probably like a vacation for them and probably a heck of a lot better than a shelter.
"LOL:) Grown-ups as far as the eye can see;)"
Almost calls for a moment of silence :)
Arghhhh...naive at best.
Bernard Kerrick ?
I don't know dear. I'm so pissed off. He went to Houston to stir these poor victims up? What a sick man. I can tell you how it's playing in Philly from those "whiteys" like myself I've talked to. They are fuming. They don't like this race bating one bit. It doesn't even cross anyones mind that I know . This is all the press and politicians doing, it isn't the way the vast majority feels.
Supplies are being airdropped by HELICOPTER, not transport airplane.
The miltiary has already been on TV and explained why they're STILL not airdropping supplies to NO from C-130s.
Until they can get a LONG WIDE SWATH of dry land to drop on, they can't do it without dropping pallets everywhere, some of which will land on *people*.
See old refs to "bombing and killing people in Afghanistan with supplies".
Now, STFU.
Perhaps streetcorner signposts should have been (or should in future be) marked with elevation--either a big red marker at sea level, or a big green marker at some standard height above sea level (say 6'). Then in areas where the red marker was 2' above the ground, a report of floods 2' above sea level would let people know that the water would be 4' above ground level.
I believe I ate one of those hamburgers...well done...
Um, they've been dropping supplies via chopper since Wednesday morning.
This is not news.
The only difference is that now FEMA choppers are doing it instead of military ones.
I can't find a link anywhere to confirm but the CNN news scroll is stating that the middle eastern country of Qatar has offered 100 million for Hurricane relief.
I am stunned (even stuned). I am on record from early on saying the rest of the world can suck eggs, we don't need their help. It sure is nice though to see the offers coming in.
Condi Rice was most touched by Sri Lanka's offer of aid. A reporter asked why we would consider accepting aid from such a poor nation, especially considering that the US is still giving them aid. Her answer was much more eloquent but she said it makes a nation and its people feel good about themselves to help out. Sri Lanka offered very little and we could live without it but the act of giving made them feel proud.
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