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]

I just put another $3 in my cuss jar

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Said he pleaded with her Tuesday to call for martial law when Barbour did--she did not. He does not know why.

[FReepaholic]

Reports of New Orleans police suicides

I've been following the blog of a guy in a high-rise in downtown NO. His company provides ISP services of some sort and they've kept their networks up via generators.

He just reported that police have told him that two fellow officers have commited suicide.

[No Blue States]

"Geraldo said one person was shot in the head at the superdome. The guy was in the process of raping a 13 year old."

I hope he was kicked in the head too.

One woman who came out of the dome said the crowd beat to death someone who raped a little girl.

I read a lot of stuff about how society can break down as y2k approached. Its amazing how much of this proved true.

[RDTF]

OMG!!! Livingston is blasting the Gov and the liberals! I love it! He is pulling no punches

[nhoward14]

WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!

Livinsgton slams the environazis!

[Spktyr]

Neither of the two R Govs you mentioned would have been caught out like this.

In fact, it HAS happened to two R govs - Miss and Ala are both Republicans.

Oddly enough, the press isn't there because things are progressing smoothly... I wonder why that could be.... Oh, yeah - LEADERSHIP WITH A CLUE.

[oceanview]

its good to see you are coming to your senses regarding who is really working behind the scenes of the Louisiana Democratic elected state officials.

[Aliska]

Thanks. The one with the cell phone charger would be nice, but is probably more expensive. Do you happen to know which model that would be?

[RDTF]

If this can be proved then can't they impeach her?

[BurbankKarl]

You will see the TX Democrats trying to get the state redistricted yet again due to the influx of people.

[TheSpottedOwl]

The Clinton stain is all over the hiring of Witt

Hell, I live in CA, but I can smell it from here! Bastards who will dance on the bodies of the dead just to stay in power. Damn them all. I owe .75 to the swear jar...

[Michael Goldsberry]

"Actually that's a bad thing, now Texas is closer to being a blue state as a result."

Houston alone is a city of something like 4 to 5 million residents. 25,000 new voters, even if every single one pulls the D lever, is not a significant statistic here.

[Heatseeker]

The wealthier ones--who own property and had jobs--are likely to return to N.O.

But looks like the poor, having nothing to go back to, are just as happy to be poor wherever they're sent:

I think you're right. The people with good jobs which have survived in NO, or who own property - they would be foolish to stay away too long. And BTW, I don't know where I saw it, but I recall reading something to the effect that African-American home ownership was relatively high in New Orleans.

[No Blue States]

"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"

Sounds like a potential problem then if they arrive there with those buses uninvited.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Slamming Hastert too. I can't be hard on Hastert--He said what many are thinking.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Mr. Livingston made the points that the Governor of LA refused his pleas (and those of others, I am sure) to call for martial law on Monday like Gov. Barbour did in Miss. THAT is the reason for the delay and the FEDS who keep getting criticized need to make clear whose fault it was and then say - let's get on with the disaster relief.

[tiredoflaundry]

IMHO, Blanco & Nagin should be criminally charged! (if possible )

[oceanview]

"He does not know why".

Check her phone records.

[dfwgator]

Bob Livingston on Fox now. Smacking down the local officials!

Will Larry Flynt crawl out of his slime pit again, now.