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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
LOL! My bad!
(PS: I love your graphics.)
The snow will be good for 'em. Toughen 'em up a little. LOL!
I thought that outside of the closed-down mines in Pennsylvania, most of the U.S. coal was bituminous.
Well then if they want a faster response... change the law. This stupid governor won't even allow the red cross in Baton Rouge give people personal hygiene products and they can only distribute what the governor approves them to hand out.
;-)
Here it is:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1476513/posts
Randall Robinson Spreads Rumors of Cannibalism in New Orleans
JonathanBWilson.com | September 3, 2005 | Jonathan B. Wilson
Posted on 09/03/2005 11:18:23 AM PDT by JBW
Randall Robinson, an activist and Harvard-educated lawyer whose past activities include founding the TransAfrica organization, encouraging black Americans to sue for reparations, and then loudly emigrating in protest from the U.S. to the Caribean island of St. Kitts, now claims that black Hurricane victims are "eating corpses to survive."
The almost President?
We have now OFFICIALLY JUMPED SHARK!!!
"what has Newt said about this?"
I don't recall the exact words, but I know I was very disappointed in Newt - IMHO he was doing some pre-presedential posturing and bashing the Admin.
Well, we have had disagreements here on FR about Frist's statement calling for hearings into "what went wrong" on this hurricane..
I took it as a "slap" at Bush...and didn't like it. But I know some, maybe you (I can't remember), think it would be good to have hearings in order to show the ineptness of the others..not Bush.
Therefore, you choose if Frist belongs on the list...I think one reason I was on the negative side, is because of what Frist did with the embryonic stem cell thingy, the day before August recess...so I may be damning him for the wrong thing.
You decide, Howlin...I trust your judgement on this one.
That's because you're not thinking w your brain
I like my job in Naperville, but conservative women don't seem very abundant here, and most that do exist seem to be married.
"Howlin wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476641/posts
New Orleans Mayor Suggests CIA May Take Him Out Over His Criticism of Federal Efforts (CNN)"
Is there a number to call for people who want to donate to the CIA's post Katrina clean-up effort?
I just put another 2 bucks in my cuss jar
On Fox. St Bernard Parish resident saying "people are dying in the suburbs." Race Card being played to save New Orleans inner city.
Thank You Minnesota!
"She also said the relief effort was " criminal " and charges should be brought. "
I saw that. She thought the residents of NO were being held like prisoners and they should be allowed to fend for themselves.(wants a human rights investigation.) She meant that as a good thing, that the military should let them be self sufficient. Well, I thought we already tried that and that's what got N.O. in this mess to begin with.
If you allow them to be "self-sufficient" you get accussed of "racism by omission" and if you bring in the cavalry you get accused of "racism by comission." What public office is she going to be running for?
What authority does Al Gore bring? What nonsense we are forced to endure.
http://www.wpri.com/Global/story.asp?S=3803640
I guess we're taking 2,000.
Re: ALGORE.
$1.50 on the way via PayPal to the cuss jar.
Yup we became conservative by injection!
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