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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
Note to self: Keep a list of these can't live without items handy - written with a sharpie
myself as well...
I still can't find much on that "Racist" Fema excersise from a few months ago...
Yep. I was one of those predicting disaster on Saturday/Sunday. Damn, I would love nothing better than to have been wrong!
Wouldn't hurt to nudge business. My Co-workers were discussing this on their own today, carpooling to work. Someone else is going to take a bike instead of car though that will only last till the snow hits later in the year.
We won't know who all of them are until later,lots of freepers and Bloggers have been doing this since day one. National Geographic, History Channel, Weather Channel to name a few. They will get it right. All this info is public knowledge and available to whomever asks for it. The Washington Times, NY Post, ETC, Etc. The Dems are circling the Wagon on this already and for good reason, the truth will come out.
The barge was in the industrial canal,,pics were there very early. It banged all the way thru the levee and was on the opposite side after the storm.
Mississippi and Louisiana are already declared disaster areas. I think I would prefer it if they would just announce that everyone needs to stay at home for a certain period of time -- say a week, so that the roads and resources will be readily available for rescue efforts. Exceptions could be made for essential employees assisting in relief efforts and for emergency and medical personnel. Desperate needs for food and medicine could be met by local emergency management personnel or designated volunteers. Then maybe everybody would quit driving around wasting gas by looking for a place to buy gas. This is probably naive and foolish, but I can't believe there isn't a better way than the utter chaos that we're seeing now.
Just paid 55.00 bucks to fill up Explorer. Cheapes price was 3.19 here in Drums PA.
Gun shows, pawn shops, gun dealers....
Though most pawn shops have been looted from what my family in BR has told me.
Hey Sis! :o)
"The barge was in the industrial canal,,pics were there very early. It banged all the way thru the levee and was on the opposite side after the storm."
That certainly makes sense. However, levees are designed to withstand those kinds of collisions. Combine a soggy levee that's already been stressed to the max with that sort of collision and it's a recipe for disaster.
Well, to Ann Rice, NO is the ground zero for all her books.
Yes. I know we as nation will prevail. Yet, sitting under a dry roof, I feel selfish.
I have donated to organizations and will continue to do so. In the meantime, I am numb, even more so than four years ago - as this is like watching 9/11 in slow motion. And, despite my last night's rant, I have watched TV news - only muting op ed pieces by talking heads. The images and survivors' stories are important to keep as others have said on threads.
whatever non-essential trips you can eliminate - do it. try not to drive. I drove 14 miles in the last 3 days. we can get through this if everyone conserves where they can.
BTW, mom and dad are going to stay one more day and head out on Monday. Still planning on taking I-20...
Thanks, I knew you'd know via the Power of the Threads;)
I came across this site using Google Maps to disseminate information regarding status of certain locations in the aftermath of the hurricane. Hopefully it is of some use to people here trying to get info.
http://www.scipionus.com/
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