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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
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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
If you find that transcript I think it would be worthy of your ping list.
It's showing time since landfall.
Ya know, since the media, CBC, and dems insist that we must talk about the racial angle of this, let's talk about it. Most of those buses didn't start showing up to the city center, and especially at the convention center, until after Texas had ramped up massive amounts of shelter capacity. Yet buses have been evacuating the wealthier western suburbs to Baton Rouge since early Wed. evening. Is the state of LA trying to push the poorest of NOLA's inner city into Texas, hoping that most won't eventually return to the state?
Just asking, since Jesse Jackson says that the race angle of this is unavoidable.
Oh Gee .... I'm sooooooooo glad I switched over to CNN ... NOT!!
BTW, that post is more fighting media/left fire with fire, than an actual belief.
What would have happened if the mayor started selling the fuel to his buddies? What would have happened if the hurricane had damaged the tanks and they were filled with water?
What would have happened if the generators got damaged because they were not hooked up properly?
As mush as I do not like regulations, they often have some reason behind them.
The reporters are too lazy to ask for reasons and some freepers are too quick to get caught by the media.
I saw that butt-patting press conference. I wish these guys would stop congratulating each other! This has not been a stellar moment for anybody.
Im fairly petite BUT - I'll hold him while you slap him
I can just hear him saying that...sadly there are people who will believe him just as they think AIDS and crack were invented to kill black people.
**The article below was written in anticipation of the storm. Especially read Nagin's remarks in the last two short paragraphs.
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWL091404nowheretogo.119ed4228.html**
This article was written last September, in 2004.
Were they talking about Hurricane Ivan?
If they're tried for being the worst PD in a major US city, will there be enough evidence to convict?
Amen! So do I!
why is that FEMA's problem? just like the hotel that spent $25K to charter 10 buses to evacuate their own guests - FEMA comandeered them. why? its one thing to stop them and determine their purpose, but if their purpose is proper (evacuation) and in line with the overall goal of getting relief in there, they should be allowed to conduct a private operation.
if somebody has a private generator, and arranges to fuel it, that should be permissible.
I do that too .... FOFL!!!
Thanks for the first laugh I've had all day
ha! Idiot mayor got his friends out of the Hyatt ahead of the SD people.....what a twit.
Shep just said Nagin put the foreign tourists ahead of the line on the bus. Must have made friends with them while he was holed up in the Hyatt.
Just as well, Caferty is getting worse by the day... and I complain about him by the day.
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