Katrina Live Thread, Part XIV

Various ^ | 2 September 2005 | Various

[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

[Dolphy]

I am getting to the point that I don't give a flying hoot anymore

I am getting to that point and almost everyone I know, with no ties to the south, feel the same way. The media is single handedly destroying a lot of good will with their political bashing and efforts to make this about race. It's, at this point, another Democrat Wellstone moment and there are going to be a lot of people of good will driven to indifference.

[Mo1]

30,000 people is what he is saying, but he is also saying it's 6 days after the storm...I am tired of hearing how help wasn't there on time. Katrina hit Monday

The clock on MSNBC said 4 days and 16 hours

[TexKat]

Thanks stlnative, its always good for the truth to be posted on FR.

[stlnative]

it's not dark there - it is only 7:17pm there

[BurbankKarl]

Economic losses from Hurricane Katrina's deadly carnage could top 100 billion dollars, forecasters said as oil and port operators battled to resume operations.

[Soul Seeker]

Yeah, I'm angry at them too.

They stayed behind after being told to get out. They have some responsibility here, THEY blew it first. Then they make it worse with the lawlessness. Time these "victims" step up and accept their responsibility too. never to mention they also elected the very incompetant Mayor and Governor.

[hummingbird]

Noticed Geraldo distanced himself pretty quickly from the police chief. Geraldo wandered off and the interview ended abruptly. Someone said something to the police chief right before that...police chief either lost it or was trying to claim some fame. An embarrassing interview. Even O'R looked sheepish and they dumped out of it. Totally nonproductive...designed to stir people up. The people around them looked pretty calm to me. Lots of people have been bused out...takes time.

[uncitizen]

i think he's acting as a conduit between the poor people on the ground who know what needs to be done and the Feds.

that would normally be the job of the mayor and governor, but, well they dropped the ball long ago.

[Shermy]

http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1077862.php
Evacuation complete, Superdome lies in squalor

[BurbankKarl]

There are plenty of pictures with stacks of water and MREs delivered at the NO Convention Center

[A Citizen Reporter]

It looked to me like one of his superiors tried to come over and ask him what his problem was. But Whorealdo wanted him to keep yelling and screaming and getting others agitated.

Whoraldo needs to be evac'ed out of there. Before HE incites a riot.

[bonfire]

I felt horribly sorry for them at first. But now, seeing that NONE OF THEM LEFT, I'm just disgusted. Also disgusted at the MONEY and human lives at stake to save these idiots.

[rolling_stone]

Do you believe this bs. Geraldo is off the wall.!!!!

So lets ask the NOPD Chief where he wants the buses to take them to.....this guy is another pass the buck type..what happened to his cops retreating last night?I think those stars on his shoulder cut off the oxygen to his brain and he is having trouble thinking or else he is grandstanding.....


There is 1.000 NG there with him.....
are they in immediate danger? do they have water and food?Rule #1 Remain Calm.........

[pnz1]

Another man walked up and Geraldo referred to him as "Captain". That man just waved off the microphone.

[hummingbird]

Not enough credit is being given to these organizations coming in to help

Amen.

[RDTF]

yep it's him!

[Lurking in Kansas]

Police officer and Geraldo HYSTERICAL.

Oh man, it must be something in the air. EVERYONE is crazy down there. The Chief, Mayor, and Governor ALL need to get a grip big time. There is no leadership at all in the whole STATE.

[Mo1]

Well someone has to do it, so I am watching the relief concert on NBC. Opened with Harry Conick and some jazz musicians.

I don't have the stomach to watch that

[fishntex]

"Did you catch how AS started the interview:

There is *nothing* happening in Waveland per Anderson.

Later, when Lott [who lost his house in Pascagoula] says that volunteers with a tractor and a bob cat showed up from Florida, cleaning a street, helping later a lady out of her home, etc. That's who's helping.

Anderson concluded with, yes, that's happening on every block in Waveland, too."


He is just tripping all over himself.

[Battle Hymn of the Republic]

I think when this settles, most American's will think the same thing about them staying.

Also, the Gov of LA and the mayor on NO will take the fall for not being prepared.