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

[Alia]

The Governor of CA is doing his best to keep the CA Democrats from sinking CALIFORNIA, as seems their plan. If CA sinks, economically, and as it comprises 1/7th of the economy (echo: HillaryCare); it will drag down every state's economy. He's doing as much as he can to hold the state as "steady" as he can, but the Dems in CA are worse than those in NO, IME.

But the National Guard is Bush's fault

Excuse me? He can't order them to go until the LA Gov ASKS for help. Didn't you learn much about the checks and balances of power between the various arms of the US Government? She never asked. President Bush got them ready, anyway.

Who many evacuees is CA taking? CA is what, about twice the size of Texas?

I have no idea. Have you ever checked out and compared the populations of those two states? Not comparable in re "available" economy. Dems have been sinking the state of CA for many years. And perhaps you are suggesting a piling on of more citizens to drain the near non-existent budget, would SHOW what a "compassionate" state is CA?

lol.. "Hello, Reality Check Here!"

[nhoward14]

You must be smokin' too much of that medicinal marijuana to think CA has anything in that is bigger than Texas.

[oceanview]

yes, but those 2000 people at the superdome are new arrivals there,not part of the original set. the convention center needed the evac for sure.

[bvw]

The level of care owed invited guests and legal visitors varies by statute or case law history from state to state, most of it is based on the hornbook or common law we inheritied from England, or in the singular case of Louisiana, from the Napoleanic code of France. In all, as best I understand, it favors the invitied guest most highly, followed by the visitor. No I do not have cites. You can research them and counter me to the points I make if you will or can -- and that will be a good education for you.

[Soul Seeker]

That would be the generous assessment. :-)

But the only way that guy could be correct is if attempted to leave before the hurricane, and if he had, he wouldn't be there.

[Alia]

Cool! We are on the same page, Spktr!

[ARealMothersSonForever]

See #4527. He is a Texan by the way.

[maica]

I don't understand why she would have to hire Witt. That only proves even more that she can't handle responsiblity. What a moron...

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I am betting that behind the scenes some one in today's FEMA/Homeland Security said "Can someone find out what Jamie Witt is doing, and if he can clear his schedule for the next few months. Gov Blank-o is clearly out of her depth [stupid pun, I know] We need to get someone in LA that we can work with."

[Arkinsaw]

If you check out the Flood of 1927 you'll see that's what happened then. Up until then Blacks were predominately southern and Republican. The flood caused a massive black migration north. Hoover was elected on promises to fix their plight and found he did not have the resources he promised. The black community turned it's allegiance almost entirely to democRats ever since.

Yep, and very few people know that even though it was a huge event that has reverberated through the decades.

[Txsleuth]

Unfortunately, we don't see enough interviews with the "refugees" that do understand what their situation is...and are making the best of it...

What is really maddening is that a hurricane is color-blind. It doesn't distinguish between skin color, income or anything...

and these groups that are making these statements are hurting the very people they claim to be "helping".

[samantha]

Yeah, NIMBY!!!!

[Michael Goldsberry]

2003 Census

Texas: Population (est) 22,118,509

California: Population (est) 35,484,453

[Alia]

Whoa.. I have "flashbulb memories" of Kent State; and I wasn't even there. So, NG Policy remains constant, yes?

[AmericanInTokyo]

What caliber weapon or weapons do they recommend?

[Alia]

Bless 'em. Thank you, Qatar!

[Howlin]

Did you hear the phone call just on MSNBC from the lady who was just rescued today from Slidell?

It was very disturbing. (At least it will be for a lot of people when we start hearing MORE of these stories.)

The people banned together, went to a mall, lived out of the food court, formed a "semi-government/town," had rules, policed themselves. Saved themselves.

Quite unlike what happened in the SuperDome/Convention Center.

[Crawdad]

I'm betting Witt got at least $1 million up front to take the job.

[Uncle Ike]

"yes, but those 2000 people at the superdome are new arrivals there,not part of the original set. the convention center needed the evac for sure."

Yeah, I'm not arguing that point, although the suspension of Superdome pickups caused somewhat of a flap this morning.

My point was that the helicopter pickups at a land-accessible place might be due to a lack of dedicated people-moving assets.

[John Jamieson]

How about CA has much more average personal income, population, and empty shelters.

Hey, we could use a little help here!

[shezza]

Someone on FOX lying about trying to leave the city for 7-8 days.

They would have had a different life today if they actually had been trying to leave the city 7-8 days ago.