Houston police officer Randy Upton, left, reads a book to New Orleans evacuee Mark Smith, 5, at the shelter at Reliant Center next to the Astrodome Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005, in Houston.
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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
Why is everything about Global Warming? Is that the mantra for '06? What about China and India and Global Warming?
Hah! Don't forget now :-)
It's the funniest thing I've read in days and days. The only thing better would be to see it on video.
Is it Amanpour? The war whore?
Yes the un-American war whore, who said people all over the world are watching this and she can't believe this is America. I say to her "get out and stay out!"
I would pay CASH on the spot to see that video.
From his profile page:
Retired Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, 26 years Active Duty. Vietnam Veteran. Enlisted in 1967 as an E-1, went up through the Enlisted ranks, completed OCS, and retired as an Officer (O-4), that's where the handle "Mustang" comes from.
Proud to be among the original members of the Florida Free Republic Chapter...
Thread, posted by his son, is here.
She hates this country. Send her back to England. Don't they have bombers they are looking for there?
Now you know what a sorry bastard looks like.
I think she normally lives in London with Jamie & their child - I don't think she's a US citizen - she's from Iran
Memphis news stations have forums with city-wide job openings for evacuees on their websites.
Houston police officer Randy Upton, left, reads a book to New Orleans evacuee Mark Smith, 5, at the shelter at Reliant Center next to the Astrodome Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005, in Houston.
Yes, I was in Jackson for the Easter flood of 1979 -- the water began rising on April 15. My husband (to whom I was not married at the time) got 8 feet of water in his house. I lived in an apartment on the second floor (Canton Road Manor). The water got about 6 feet deep on the first floor and I had to live with my parents for about 6 months until they got everything cleaned up and repaired.
Oh no the Mayor is on 60 mins!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wonder if he drove on a bus!
*** Taylor is one of thousands of evacuees in Central Louisiana who are considering a new life here***
THIS is why the Black Caucus is going Bananas..
They KNOW this is going to cost the DEMS seats, and they will use hook or crook to try and save them...
Watch for legislation to try and save these seats for DEMS...
Donna Nicholson, a medic with a urban search team from Connecticut, gives water to surrey mules used to pulled surreys in the French Quarter as they roam downtown New Orleans, La., Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Kartinna.
CNN frontpage article says:
Police shot and killed at least five people Sunday after gunmen opened fire on contractors crossing a bridge to make levee repairs, The Associated Press reported.
Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley told AP that police shot at eight people who had guns, killing five or six.
The Army Corps of Engineers told AP that 14 contractors escorted by police were fired upon while crossing the Danziger Bridge, which spans a canal connecting Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.
Corps spokesman John Hall told AP the contractors were on their way to launch barges into Lake Pontchartrain to help fix a breech in the 17th Street Canal.
Initial AP reports had wrongly indicated that the contractors themselves were shot by police; no other details were immediately available.
Who knows what his ulterior motives are. What industries moved into the England Air Park? Does he have some hair brained idea to set up shop there so he can get his hands in as many cookie jars as possible?
I went to Louisiana College for a year and loved living there. I have also lived in NO area so I would imagine it will be an interesting adjustment.
We are chock a block full here too. I do know that quite a few have already found work and housing here. Every spare space is taken. My sister said that they sold 150 houses in Lafayette in the last couple of days. Not everybody in NO is dirt poor or on welfare. We have just been shown the inner city population.
Does it really, really matter?
Oh yeah there are areas of NO that sounds like you are in NY.
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