Katrina Live Thread, Part XIV

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[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

[RDTF]

I had to laugh when the French finally ponied up some cash. Bet they're glad NO is not theirs right now.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

And how many times has she used that word when reading the news? Are they all idiots?

[John Jamieson]

Where do you live Kitty? There is hardly a place that doesn't have one natural disaster risk or another.

I live in Tornado Alley.

[OKIEDOC]

I have flown over that area in Helicopters in years past and seems like to me that there are quite a few poor white families living South of New Orleans down to the coast line.

One thing for sure, all this complaining by phony black leaders have left a very bad opinion of these charlatans.

Scheming black thugs like Jackson, Sharpton and others are doing nothing but trying to divide America for their own personal reasons.

I saw where Larry King was having a Bush Bash with such seminaries as Sharpton, Belafonte, Jackson, Carville and many other dregs from the white hating arm of the Democrat party.

I'm just sick and tired of being branded a racist by these American hating publicity hounds and photo opt con artists.

[WoodstockCat]

Geraldo must have gotten some meds. Admitted the pure geographical scope of this natural disaster dwarfed 9/11.

[76834]

LOL
NO WAS theirs at one time.
Betcha they are glad they sold it now...

[SE Mom]

Whew...I was just going back and reading our thread from the 28th...and found a particulary poignant post:

To: kitkat
I can't believe that they don't have some plan in place to help the elderly and the stranded tourists get out of town on busses or trains or something! What will happen to those people?

41 posted on 08/28/2005 12:49:16 PM EDT by Abigail Adams
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[oceanview]

Geraldo doing a very powerful segment right now with this mother and small children at the convention center.

[CTGOPPER]

The clothes from Chicos are not 'fitted'

That would make them great clothes to donate and that's why I like them so much. Gain 10 pounds, lose 10 pounds, it doesn't matter.

[samantha]

This reminds me of his (shep's) erratic behavior when he ran that newswoman down in Tallahassee that was trying to save a parking space after the 2000 Election mayhem. He is surprisingly immature at times.

[nhoward14]

You just knew Geraldo was going to find some baby to hold on screen and cry with. It's happened every night.

[Molly Pitcher]

I just tuned into this interview. Where'd these folks come from??

[John Jamieson]

A typical Vanderbilt.

[WoodstockCat]

Tucker Carlson has jumped the shark: "yeah..you think the federal government could have been as organized as MSNBC". Some blowhard reporter in front of him claiming one day's warning for NO and why things couldn't be staged where the media was.

I sincerely wish someone would drive a 80 ton truck over these two.

[RDTF]

Bet he misses his newborn

[Txsleuth]

I saw that interview...I just wanted to reach into the TV and hug that young woman with those kids..

[oceanview]

Blanco will tour new orleans tomorrow.

[LadyBuzz]

yep, just like clockwork 3x a day - did you see him mugging for the camera?

[RoseyT]

"This is a scary time for everyone, but none more so than those who have lost their livelihoods."

No doubt about that. My cousin was telling me about helping a family while at the Red Cross. She had neglected to give them directions to the Human Resources office, where they could receive emergency food stamps. She said the father looked at her and told her he "couldn't do it." She had to give directions to the mom. She said it was clear he had never needed help from anyone before, at least not like that. Heartbreaking. :(

[WoodstockCat]

pleease tell me you just forgot your sarcasm tag...