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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/
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Katrina Live Thread, Part XIII
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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
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Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12
Thank you for the poynterextra.com link. The image #21 of the woman's hands after two days of immersion in that toxic soup was quite riveting.
Chertoff is swatting down all the idiot DNC talking points being asked by the "reporters"...great to see.
Oops, sorry for citing your link incorrectly. It was:
http://www.poynterextra.org/Katrina/gallery/index.htm
"Did Chertoff say that the Fed Gov is taking control?"
Yes, he did. Active duty forces will be under DOD control, some sort of liason officer to coordinate comm/con. He noted that it still is within constitutional requirements. He just said "we have not federalized, yet."
yep - she'll hand them their testicles on a plate
I was dumbfounded when I heard the guy on BOR last night.
"Refugee" is racist.
"Refugee" is intolerant.
My God, is there not enough for them to worry about other than words for God's sake?
public school?
He's giving a civics lesson.
Is it just me, or have Administration spokespersons, the past couple of days, been appreciably less tolerant and patient with reporters' stupid questions?
Is it possible, after almost 5 years, that someone in this administration has finally said "ENOUGH!"?
Would anyone who was in the throes of dehydration have managed to fight off the crowds sufficiently to actually get any water, even if it was airdropped in bulk?
NG has to remain under the Governor to police, or Posse Com(sp) comes into place...everything else will be under the Fed Gov...
Sure hope so. They have nothing to lose.
And the people in the Sudan living in tents are called???
Refugees! Is that racist? NO
the reporters should listen up & learn so that when they speak again they know what they're talking about
Ah gee, as of this second, he's already mentioned he headed FEMA for 8 years about 15 times. LOL.
good point.
Boy do I love this Lt General Honore, he is my kind of leader. He tells it like it is and will bitch slap everyone in his path that interferes with getting the job done. He is like Bolton, just freaking do your job or get the hell out of the way. Boy does GWB know how to pick them.
"State of La has worked very hard to prepare for this type of scenario. No matter how hard you plan, how hard you try...and sometimes it is difficult. The people here I have worked with for many years have done a yeoman's job, no sleep, etc....I met with fema this morning - we had a (yes that is not a typo) excellent meeting, we're going to work as a team."
You are right about her being from Alabama...
but I kind of got the impression from the news story that this is more for PR purposes...
However, I hope and pray that YOU are right..and not the media...I hate pandering!
Jumping in without reading much before, but I did see the swimming pool shot - noting that they were in relatively clean, maybe chlorinated, water.
Probably saved themselves from most chances of infection.
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