Katrina Live Thread, Part XIV

Various ^ | 2 September 2005 | Various

[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

[LadyBuzz]

the hair is great - actually it's only a mid-life infatuation if I live to be 104! LOL

[tiredoflaundry]

This needs to be repeated

[Spktyr]

The former was a guy who was attacking someone else with scissors.

Nothing wrong with either shoot, IMHO.

[tiredoflaundry]

lol

[pitinkie]

Whorealdo on lying about " they had no food til today" at the CC

[John Jamieson]

Just another form of Texas redistricting.

[CajunConservative]

:::Gave the whole impression of herself as too nice to point at Bush and fema, but left the thought there that she had been about to do that. I think she is evil.:::

After the crisis passes, I pray that she gets tried for murder. Her actions or lack of actions has caused undo numbers to die.

[gpapa]

Witt was FEMA director under former President Clinton, serving in that position from 1993-2001

Following is a link, from blogger GEA3, that will give you an idea how much the Clinton folks like Witt did for flood control in Louisiana. Here is a taste of what the Clinton administration did in 1995 thru 2000: US Left: All Straws Clutched, Every Barrel Scraped A sample from 1995: Clinton administration officials argue that the flood-control efforts are local projects, not national, and should be paid for by local taxes. I would argue that every project proposed over the last 100 years to protect New Orleans from a category 5 hurricane would fail to prevent a catastrophic destruction of that city. If anyone can provide a counter argument to that statement, other than relocating the entire city, I would like to hear it.

[Spktyr]

Most of them are probably going to change their party affiliation once they get here and see how we do it here.

[BurbankKarl]

It isnt an air force base anymore...there are businesses there and a retirement center and a golf course....they made it sound like barracks are sitting there read to move in

[malia]

"-- "get on the same page as far as chain of command is concerned," -------."

When I first heard that I thought ---well the dems talking points are out there and he has been instructed.

For major mess-up this little mayor is sounding pretty tough.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Bob Livingston on Fox now.

[Seattle Conservative]

"Well yeah it will make a big difference since Blanco wasn't doing and seems not be held responsible for anything that has happened in the state she is suppose to be governing."

Isn't that the truth! Can you imagine if this had been a Pubbie Gov???? What if this had been Perry in TX or G*d forbid Bush in FL???

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Great idea!

Cajungirl ping to post 4206.
Has there been any local discussion about this?

[Mo1]

For major mess-up this little mayor is sounding pretty tough.

It's easy for him to sound tough now considering the Feds bailed his sorry butt out of the fire

[RDTF]

he said 'state leadership was not there'

[Abigail Adams]

I know a local soldier who is with the 256th ECB in Iraq. Most of them are from LA, and this soldier says some of these guys had homes that were flooded by the levee break. He says it's hitting a lot of them hard.

The kicker is that they have been "on their way home" for a couple of weeks now as their tour has ended. And some of these soldiers now have no home to come home to.

Prayers, please!

[tcrlaf]

****Many who fled flooded New Orleans for shelter in Houston's Astrodome are already eyeing potential jobs and considering making Houston their new home. Will evacuation turn to immigration?***

And this SCARES the DNC to death...

MORE seats to lose in 2006.

Anybody have a map with how many State/federal seats we are talikng about here?

[maryz]

the media will be throwing all the credit for the FEMA effort, to Witt now.

Is he any good on TV? I just got the awful thought that Hillary wanted him in so he could supply the anti-Bush rants for the Sunday shows. (Obviously putting Blanco or Nagin on wouldn't do the dems much good -- apart from at DU, of course.)

[tiredoflaundry]

Bob Livingston on Fox now.

Smacking down the local officials!