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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
I'm sick of hearing the BS
I don't know how to post a pic here - but look at this pic on Fox's front page of their website - the old lady in awheelchair holding hands with the little girl while evacuating..
http://www.foxnews.com/
"A TRIAD can be dropped from more than 10,000 feet with excellent accuracy."
Just curious. How big is the zone of the excellent accuracy, in square feet? I am visualizing the apron of the SD full of people or the I-10 overpass and wondering how much space would have to be clear of people for a successful 10000 ft drop.
Buck up, man. You've been in Texas long enough to the spirit of Texans. If Greta van Susteren can be in Texas for three days and not find anything to complain about, we must be doing okay.
me too. That's why I don't turn on that channel - it'd be at least 1 cuss jar donation.
I've lived here all my life, and have always called them that.
Good point!!!
Exactly!
Keep those links; we're gonna be hearing about that guy when the investigations start.
I don't watch much TV, but in flipping for news, I've seen most of the shows. I don't think I've ever seen even a bit of a McGuyyver show though. I don't even know what the guy looks like or what channel it's on.
Somehow, I'm not conjuring up much regret either.
:-)
No offense, but what they did was in the old Civil Defense manuals of years gone by. That's exactly what they're supposed to do - well, pre-liberal era, anyway.
If a lot of people did this, the liberals are in for a long day and a short existence as a party.
who are some of the folks there?
I am glad to see the change.
I started noticing improvement yesterday so I started watching more FNC.
"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."
That may be her goal - but it's happening with no thanks to her or the Mayor of NO. By the time Witt gets on board I think (and pray) that all affected areas will already be evacuated (US Armed Forces are in and she has no control of them anyway) and that their transition will be in the great state of Texas and/or other states, where she has NO control.
Get a grip toots, your gig is OVER!
Just dropping in to point out how joyful it is to watch the happy faces of evacuees as they're strapped into a military chopper and briefed on the flight out. (Fox right now.)
The expression on that woman's face is pure joy. It makes me elated just to see it.
She's thrilled!
Do we have here at FR, Governor Blanco's two days of statements archived, the ones to the effect that she had New Orleans under perfect control, that reports to the contrary were fiction (implying that help was neither needed or wanted), all made while the police stations and hospitals were being overrun?
If so, I think they will prove to be valuable later on.
any 'emergency kit list' floating around that lacks the inclusion of some kind of fire power, is kind of 'p*ssy' in my mind, IMHO
Update from a current AP article:
"By mid-afternoon, only pockets of stragglers remained in the streets around the convention center, and New Orleans paramedics began carting away the dead."
Excellent. They've got everyone there out. They're also gone from the interstate, and I hope they evac'd the remaining 2000 from the Dome. There were a few thousand at the airport too. Other than those that still need to be rescued from homes/apartments, the crowds have been looked after.
10mm ammo and 30-06 is a lot harder to find ammo for than .45 ACP and .308/7.62 NATO.
My primary "Oh ****" arm right now is my Saiga 12ga magfed semiauto (gas operated). They're cheap and reliable.
I agree, it brought tears to these old eyes.
Must have put up the cofferdam around the pump and are dewatering it.
Wasn't that the neatest thing you've seen on TV for a week!!!
I just loved her smile, and the thumb's up!! and she is just now being rescued....wonderful spirit on that young lady!!!
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