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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/
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
They have been too busy Calling Bush a racist and trying to pin this all on him to worry about covering that bit of news.
So the Guv hiring Witt may be like appointing Gorelick to the 911 Commission. Cover-up operation.
"Burn Baby Burn", IMHO. Another "diversion" tactic, is how I've been observing this "arson" thing since yesterday.
Why don't you back off JUST a bit, huh?
Yep, that's what I was wondering. Agree w you.
Press Releases
Date: 9/3/2005
Contact: Denise Bottcher or Roderick Hawkins at 225-342-9037
Governor Blanco's Remarks from Noon Media Briefing
Governor Kathleen Blanco
Remarks from 12:00 p.m. media briefing
Sept. 3, 2005
Our National Guard troops continue to save lives throughout Louisiana today. We continue to make good progress.
Right now, there are more than 12,000 National Guard troops - soldiers and airmen -- working in Louisiana as part of what is now known as "Task Force Pelican."
Those include 5000 from Louisiana. Seven thousand from 29 other states. By Monday, we will have 4000 additional reinforcements.
Federal law prohibits active duty troops from conducting law enforcement activities. Therefore, I have directed my senior military officer, Major General Bennett Landreneau, to focus the National Guard efforts on continuing to create and maintain a secure environment. A secure environment is critical to continuing search and rescue operations and restoration of critical infrastructure.
These men and women are doing heroic work saving people and restoring order.
Yesterday, I personally briefed President Bush on our requirement for additional federal assistance. In response to this request, this morning President Bush announced more than 7,000 additional troops are on the way to help with hurricane recovery.
These troops are from the 82nd Airborne, the 1st cavalry and the 1st and 2nd marine expeditionary forces.
These federal troops will operate under the direct command of Gen. Russ Honore, a Louisiana native, who is the commander of Joint Task Force Katrina.
This is welcome news. And I phoned the White House this morning to express my appreciation to the President.
The combined forces of Task Force Pelican and Joint Task Force Katrina gives the manpower and equipment that are necessary to address our most pressing needs.
My goal is to complete life-saving operations, safely evacuate all affected areas, and transition our displaced citizens to begin restoring some semblance of normalcy to their lives.
To reach that goal, we are using every resource available . one of those resources is standing with me today.
I want to introduce you to James Lee Witt. Mr. Witt ran the Federal Emergency Management Agency for eight years from 1993 to 2001. He has more than 25 years of disaster management experience.
I have asked Mr. Witt to advise and assist me and Gen. Landreneau on the recovery effort.
As FEMA director, Mr. Witt turned was credited with turning that agency around.
His leadership is proven, his experience is extensive and he is an asset to this recovery effort.
They are pumping water back into the lake with portable pumps they brought in.
David Gregory gets my ire up every time I see his face.
"I've drove acrost it."
Yep. I done drove acrost it, an allaway back, m'self.
Yeah - but you forgot to mention watching the McGuyver reruns, all of 'em <g>
ahhh very good one!
I prefer, after consultation with a former Marine, a 12 gauge semi-automatic shotgun, with a variety of ammunition, including slugs and double ought buckshot, also some #5 shot or smaller for small game, (unless you are a marksman), a 9 or 10 mm sidearm (ammos is easy to come by), a longer range rifle with easy to obtain ammunition, such as an M1 Garrand, and a small calibre light rifle, usually one which is capable of firing .22 LR ammunition.
If you only get one, it is hard to match the defensive firepower and flexibility of a 12 gauge shotgun.
For basic survival and defense, the larger caliber handguns are not all that useful, but I will say that a .44 Magnum makes a lot of noise and pretty darn big holes.
I am wondering what is going to happen when all the stories of the people who actually fended for themselves start coming out; do you think we'll hear those in as great a number as we did the bad stuff?
I am finding it hard to believe that in all the men, even people, at the SuperDome, there were not enough to band together and stand up to the punks and POLICE THE AREA.
Wouldn't that be a kick in the butt to Governor Perry...who has really made this work...and stepped up right away....
But, he is up for re-election...so these people stay in Texas and vote for a democrat Governor!!!
Would't doubt it...
BTW, I have just noticed on the Fox News scrawl on the bottom of the screen that they are calling the rescued people, "evacuees" now...not refugees!
Dollars to donuts, someone is indeed doing that.
I believe the Alaskan bear population would object strenuously.
I wonder what the flow rate could be on those? not that much, they must be using it to drain spot locations so they can repair the levee incrementally.
why pump water back into an area that still has broken levies?
I can't say he's lying. More than likely he has lost track of time.
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