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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/
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Katrina Live Thread, Part XIII
Katrina Live Thread, Party XII
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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
we predicted that long ago here. the looting and the snipers doesn't fit into the script they are trying to sell about it all being Bush's fault, so they will simply omit it in the recap.
You got a recap of Witt on WDSU?
5179..... BEST POST EVER!
I don't think that contamination is an issue upriver.
Could be wrong but other than minute amounts carried on the hulls of barges, I don't see a mechanism.
Was it that bonehead Douglas Brinkley?
Currently? I don't know.
IMO, Bush's POV is that finger pointing detracts from precious time to respond to the essential rescue operations. In this I would agree with him.
But I'd agree with you as well that allowing unaswered for a long time was not helpful.
The trouble is that Bush shouldn't have to be the one to take time from rescue/relief to address politization. Other Republicans with time on their hands should have filled this role, but as usual, they were hiding afraid of whichever way the political wind blows. meanwhile with exception of a few nuMedia sources and us, no one was taking them on immediately either.
I will provide there were exceptions. The Governors involved took the media on fearlessly. In the midst of dealing with the destruction, they actually stood for the President and got Truth out.
But where were the Senators and members of the House? Calling for hearings.
Why not fedralize the region they have no govt to speak
No, I turned it off. He started off by saying he participated in a table top drill 12 years ago so he knew something about the situation. Basically someone asked Blanco a tough question and she pushed him in front of her.
That's a relief. I'm sure your right. I was just wondering.
I think the reality of just how inept the democratic politicians in Louisiana are is beginning to set in among them.
That is so funny, " Water world" rings a bell. I wonder if he can get "Flipper " to be his City Manager? He is ready for the "rubber Room", I wonder if it is water proof? This is probably "serious as cancer" to quote James Traficant, but we need a little levity.
O'Reilly last night blasted the NO officials - said something like they were not skilled to handle this.
Landrieux has been occupying her time calling for a new Cabinet position to be in charge of all affected regions across the states. Nevermind Miss and Alabama don't seem to have an absence of leadership.
Truly incredible.
Ivan van Heerden or something like that. He was a local professor.
06 this 37 Alpha
Fema Director Brown says he doesn't know what to do with a particular individual. (name ommitted).
Don't know if this a person in custody or detained. Strange.
Bingo! (and well said). You and I are now perfectly on the "same page" in this matter. :)
O'Reilly sounded like an idiot arguing for government limits on oil company profits.
LOL. My friend in Houma thinks they are delaying the power to keep people from Houma and westward from finding out how they screwed this all up. It's not too far-fetched. My friend also thinks Blanco is a stooge for the imprisoned Eddie Edwards. LOL!
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