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

[StillProud2BeFree]

Yep.

Stories like Florita are emerging. Like the Aussies who banded together with other tourists, provided escorts for the women, and basically looked after themselves.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Don't suppose someone could feed some intelligent questions to Anderson to ask him?

[GOPrincess]

Nice to see a personal story like that...she sure seemed like a salt of the earth type. Geraldo's a ham but I loved him going there to rescue her so fast after she called in to Fox. We all needed a little ray of sunshine, I think :).

[Carolinamom]

UPDATE per FOX via AP: The contractors were fired UPON. Soldiers killed 5 of the gun toting thugs and presumably wounded the other 3.

[BurbankKarl]

I dont care what they say....there was water four feet over those levees....before they failed....I heard it many times on the SATERN network.

[SamAdams76]

True. The media needs to calm down and get their facts straight before putting it on the wires.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Friday at $p.m., but she never declared Martial law.

[grey_whiskers]

He's trying to set them up.

Someone should tell him to STFU and just go father more illegitimate children; that'd do less harm than he's doing right now?

[Arizona Carolyn]

No, that isn't what I ment, my theory is mostly white people in New Orleans will be the last one's out because they didn't go to the convention center or the dome.

[hipaatwo]

Anyone just see James Witt on MSNBC? He just told Rita Cosby the reason the Governor had trouble getting the guard together was because 5,000 of her guard members are in Iraq.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Now he's on Rita Cosby....

[spectre]

Agree, but it took ALL I had in me, to even want to thank Geraldo for anything...but he did good.

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[sheikdetailfeather]

I am glad you are offering to help this lady. I also am glad she and her dog got rescued. What a survivor, ha?

[SamAdams76]

FoxNews reporting outbreak of dysentery in Biloxi, MS.

Dysentery is an inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract, usually caused by a bacterial, parasitic, or protozoan infection and resulting in pain, fever, and severe diarrhea, often accompanied by the passage of blood and mucus.

Dirty, standing water is obviously contributing to this.

[TexKat]

Gulfport Ms Rick Levanthal: Marines bringing in troops in Biloxi. Gulfport really in trouble. Cleanup is a monstrous task. 400 people sick from drinking the water. People evacuated. Contaminated chicken factory. Outbreak of dysentery in Biloxi, Ms.

[debg]

I saw it. She's wonderful. I haven't heard a peep from Fox. I need to call but don't know where to call. Can anyone help me out here?

[LibertyRocks]

Now getting word in on AP wire at WWLTV live feed - 3rd change in story...

Now saying SOME ARMY CORPS CONTRACTORS were killed by NOPD while walking across a bridge... I hope they get the story straight soon...

[BurbankKarl]

Rubber bladders, each holding 500 gallons of fresh drinking water, are seen before they are transported on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) in the Gulf Coast September 3, 2005. Bataan has been off the Gulf Coast providing relief efforts since Hurricane Katrina hit the coast. The Navy's involvement in the Hurricane Katrina humanitarian assistance operations is led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense. Picture taken September 3, 2005

[tcrlaf]

Gotta stay on the DNC talking points, ya know??

[Arizona Carolyn]

I'm not even going there... you all got me curious and I caught the tail end on Rita Cosby. I think we should all boycot so they have zero ratings.