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

[Soul Seeker]

Haven't forgotton, so many threads having difficulty finding the source to newt.

[RDTF]

Oh I think it's birkenstocks. Whatever.

[queenkathy]

Mary had to have a run off I think. weeks later.

[samantha]

I think that everyone in America should demand an accounting and a roadmap of what officials that are responsible in National Disasters are to do and when they are to do it. All the credentials of these officials should be scrutinized because these are lives that may be lost if they are not ready for prime time. We should be able to know if the Gov of our State will ask for help and will call for Martial law and call out the Guard. We must know if our county officials know what they are doing, have major plans and are going through regular drills etc. Clearly the leadership in the entire State of LA was not up to the job and probably incompetent. I know in my State and my County and City or Town are ready because we have been tested,time after time.

[Tarheel]

Interestingly enough there was an interview with a woman with 11 children who got out of the SuperSewage Dome yesterday. She stated that she had her bigger boys stand guard with her at night to protect the girls in the family. Sounded as though she set up some sort of rotation system so they each got some rest but also had to pull a shift on guard duty.

[Seattle Conservative]

"Word is he told Blanco and Nagin to shut up."

Verrrrry innnnterestingggg. I suspect they relayed that to the Klintoons and/or the DNC and that may be why Witt is in there all of a sudden. Just a wild speculation on my part, but with these sneaky, slimey jerks, nothing would surprise me.

[Dog]

Oh good lord..

[oceanview]

we were talking about that upthread - Blanco did this on orders from the Clintons, Witt is the Clinton point man on politicizing this against Bush.

I will again suggest my tin-foil theory - Blanco was told by the DNC to dropback on maintaining civil order in the first 24-48 hours, to make FEMAs job harder, so they could blame Bush for this.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Jessie Jackson

Al Sharpton

Shiela Jackson Lee

Carol Mosely Braun

Chris Matthews

Howard Fineman

Jack Caferty

[Calpernia]

>>>the adults are in charge now.

Absolutely!

Especially, since it may seem they are going to be in trouble!

See what we found here:

Check out evacuation instructions from NOLA website
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475714/posts?page=26#26

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475714/posts?page=141#141

>>>The main responsibility and authority for operational aspects of evacuation in Orleans Parish lies with the Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP) within the Chief Administrative Office of the City. The authority to make the final decisions related to an evacuation rests with the Mayor of New Orleans.

Office of Emergency Preparedness: http://www.neworleanscert.org

OEP Mission Statement The Office of Emergency Preparedness is responsible for the response and coordination of those actions needed to protect the lives and property of its citizens from natural or man-made disasters as well as emergency planning for the City of New Orleans. Our primary responsibility is to advise the Mayor, the City Council and Chief Administrative Officer regarding emergency preparedness activities and operations. We coordinate all city departments and allied state and federal agencies which respond to city-wide disasters and emergencies through the development and constant updating of an integrated multi-hazard plan. All requests for federal disaster assistance and federal funding subsequent to disaster declarations are also made through this office.Our authority is defined by the Louisiana Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act of 1993, Chapter 6 Section 709, Paragraph B:

"FOR CERT INFORMATION ONLY" CONTACT Lt. Col. Tom Miller, AC5TM At 504 715-7185 (For CERT Info. Only)

New Orleans Community Emergency Response Team

CERT Divisions:

Updated Information Coming Soon

Member Information:

Members exercise medical skills during a CERT class.

Capt. Mike Smolek CERT Class.

NOTHING HERE

2003 CERT Graduation

NO CLASS OF 2003? No other Members listed on the site. Updated Information Coming Soon????

NOTHING ON THE SITE ABOUT HURRICANES.

[Abigail Adams]

"The pair spent two days in an attic, two days on an interstate island and the last four days on the pavement in front of the convention center. "

Hurricane hit Monday. Today is Saturday. That's 6 days. So their ordeal lasted 8 days?

More lib media math.

[oceanview]

Al Gore is in town! Oh god!!

[Michael Goldsberry]

"And we wear makeup, do our hair and don't wear burkenstocks :)"

... and when you talk, it doesn't sound like a sack of rusty nails scraping slowly across a dusty chalkboard...

[Arizona Carolyn]

BARF Alert -- Al Gore showed up in NOLA today and refused interview with FOX News.

The Rats are coming out of their holes.

[RDTF]

Who is the idiot that spread the awful (incorrect) rumours about cannibalism? He needs to be punished for that.

[tiredoflaundry]

and I just ate dinner!

[Seattle Conservative]

OMIGOSH! FNC JUST REPORTING ALGORE AT THE NO AIRPORT TODAY 'SURVEYING' THE SITUATION - WOULDN'T COMMENT TO THEM - GUESS HE'S WAITING FOR AN EXCLUSIVE W CNN

[LadyBuzz]

Just saw that - he was there"observing"??? WTF?

[Ellesu]

http://media.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08272005-3.html

Blanco/Bush declares state of emergency

http://media1.dfw.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08282005-8.html
Blanco presser

http://media1.dfw.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08282005-10.html

Blanco expresses concerns

http://media.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08292005-16.html

Blanco speech after storm

http://media1.dfw.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08292005-11.html
OEP presser


http://media.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08302005-21.html

Blanco addresses Superdome condition

http://media.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08302005-11.html

Blanco and Landrieu describe damage

http://media.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/08312005-21.html

Blanco working through extreme circumstances

http://media.swagit.com/s/wbrz/The_Advocate/09012005-7.html

Blanco speaks on 4th day of storm

[Txsleuth]

NO---did he really say that?

That guy has a mental problem...he crys at the drop of a hat...gets on radio and cusses about the situation...

and NOW he is paranoid. Wow...

OR, he is getting his talking points from Jesse Jackson!