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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
Predictable but unfortunate WWL Update:
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Updates as they come in on Katrina
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07:22 PM CDT on Saturday, September 3, 2005
Tom Planchet
7:22 P.M. - JACKSON, MS (AP): The president of the NAACP says class and economic status played a clear role in how the federal government responded to Hurricane Katrina.
Bruce Gordon says there are clear discrepancies between how the government responded to September Eleventh and how it reacted to the needs of Katrina's victims, who were largely poor and black.
For now, though, the civil rights leader says he's not going to point any fingers. Gordon says that can wait until after the storm victims get the care they need.
The NAACP president spoke in Mississippi hours after top advisers to the president met with African-American leaders in Washington.
I sometimes get the feeling, that "some" folks are looking for a reason to riot.
Lib-Dem shamelessness continues: Since they think "shame" is a construct by mankind in his "thirst to invent a God"; they feel no shame in using the tool "God" for their own use. And of course, this is also why Dems can't cope with disasters or terrorists. They are so busy using the "shame stick"; they just can't be bothered to actually do something constructive. "Dialogue" is everything in the liberal psyche. Everything to them is a "construct". It's outside of them, with the real them, always striving to be "free" inside a construct they've created which will never allow them to feel "free".
This is not healthy mental behavior. And they think the key is to modify the standards as to what is healthy and what is not healthy mental behavior. There's real solid psychological descriptions that could be "inserted here"... to describe the liberal "mind".
Can you clear it up for us who aren't sure exactly where you are? Good to see you are okay, btw...:-)
I try not to use it on the weekends we use the Jetta. It had to be filled up though because it was on E. That is what I always do, getting gas is the last thing on my mind.
Who=Where... sorry.
Mr Gordon.
$100 million (so far to the Red Cross). Untold other hundreds of millions to other charities involved. The full force of the United States military (bringing an end to the chaos). Billions in taxpayer dollars.
Your're welcome.
Gee, I can't take anymore...now I know how Howlin felt yesterday...how is Bush going to survive this onslaught...
Mr Gordon.
Gee, you are 2 polite.
Right now, the coverage on fox is quite heartening. I feel MUCH better than yesterday, and I hope Howlin is watching it.
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2005/09/02/national/20050902_STORM_FEATURE.html
New Orleans: The Aftermath, see picture 4...is that a barge?
Good post! They really are hopeless, aren't they.
Historic Vicksburg, Mississippi -- which is either the perfect southern city or the best. :)
Thanks. So you are higher up at least. We've all been waiting to hear from you.
Good info - thanks.
Hmmmmm. Now I'm wondering if the solar charges the batteries or what. I'll have to check into it further. That could be handy for my camera that I use lots of rechargeable batteries for, two of them anyway. The other one uses BP-511A and a solar charger or car charger for it is more than I need to get into at the moment.
I would really miss my digital camera. You can't use one unless you have a computer that runs on electricity or a generator (which would be highly impractical as you would need the generator to run the fridge and maybe a few lights, too.
Geraldo has another baby!
He will. And come through it with flying colors. And because he doesn't play games. He knows what the mission is, he keeps his focus. He doesn't need the Job of President, in order to know who he is, or what he believes is right.
Everything the libs do, ends up bouncing offa President Bush and.. sticking to them.
You really have one? I am amazed.
But I think I would be dangerous with one. could take out all the tv's at one time just going from room to room.
At the AK-Mart, of course.
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