The U.S. Military distributes water and food to the victims of Hurricane Katrina outside the convention center Friday, Sept. 2, 2005 in New Orleans.
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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:
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Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here
Looting Begins In New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina HOUSING Thread
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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/
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Good guys are on the inside; Bad guys are on the outside. Snipers will find the bad guys. The brotherhood of honor extends to those in law enforcement, firefighting, military.
The U.S. Military distributes water and food to the victims of Hurricane Katrina outside the convention center Friday, Sept. 2, 2005 in New Orleans.
they were brits ans aussies mainly
Take off the two ** at the end of the link and manually post into your browser.
**On your link, I get page not found.**
Take off the two asterisks on the end of that link I cut and pasted. I use those to quote what I am responding to.
And that wasn't my link. :)
I think they did (or a different set of buses) make it to the Marriot, because a caller into CNN from the Ritz Carlton was evacuated in that manner.
' Evening, Cboldt!
Carry on!
BTW, just saw CNN Anderson Snow interviewing Trent Lott - it probably has been discussed already on this thread. Here are my 2 cents:
"This is beyond B.O., this is is B.B.O.!" - George C
"Oh Gee .... I'm sooooooooo glad I switched over to CNN ... NOT!!"
I just put it on and watched Anderson Cooper interview a family in Mississippi, who bashed Bush because they had no help in their state....that "ALL the national guard were in Iraq."
I have to stop watching. My B/P is rising!
OReilly on now - all 80 persons at a nursing home found dead during a rescue operation.
Fantastic. That look so, so, organized!
Thanks. I just sent a note to Keith about some of the dates/times prior to landfall that are critical to show that the democrats in NO and LA ignored. HA! Makes me feel better; I know MSNBC won't bother to post any facts, but oh well...what the hey!
Supervisor of medic services calling Oreilly to help get medical people out. they are having to use IVs on themselves
Brown did so well when four hurricanes hit Florida last year. Why in hell did he just seem to fall apart in the most critical situation of his life?
*Preventative health is a priority to prevent the spread of disease.*
Good Lord, hate to nitpik - but don't her minions know that it's not "preventative", but preventive???????
this stuff from the dr is unreal. I hope FEMA is listening to this and can help him.
I'm sure she means a "Democrat" official who believes more federal government involvement is the answer to the problem.
" Well Chrissy Matthews I would like to walk up to you and just B!tch Slap a little common sense in to your extremely rude head."
I watched him tonight first time in a long time and he was true to form...made a fool out of himself....he should stick to yelling at women about books he hasn't read..he's both rude and a pin head....
That was a different group of tourists, who had their priivately chartered busses commandeered. The commandeered busses were for Hotel Monteleone and Crowne Plaza Astor Downtown. THeir private busses were taken by the government.
In contrast, the tenants of the Hyatt were given preferential treatment on government-provided busses.
Geraldo with breaking news. Fox.
About damn time. Yesterday he was speaking lies about the President, just what did O'Reilly say about Blanco?
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