A Hurricane Katrina survivor is helped by U.S. National Guardsmen upon their arrival at the New Orleans Convention Center September 2, 2005.
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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.
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Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here
Looting Begins In New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina HOUSING Thread
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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/
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A Hurricane Katrina survivor is helped by U.S. National Guardsmen upon their arrival at the New Orleans Convention Center September 2, 2005.
Gov. Pataki of NY just presented Red Cross with a check for $2.5 million. Said he wanted to payback some of the goodwill that people gave to NY after 9/11.
Never heard Shep report it. SUre hope SOMEONE covers it tonight.
I think her actions throughout this crisis prove she does not know what the word means, not surprising that her administration cannot spell. She is toast. Even the Dems in BR are bashing her.
Well I was just reading from a link to some Blog. These people actually believe it. It is a load of CRAP! The first rescue video I saw was the resuce of 4 black people from an attic.
Un substainable accusation at a time like this amount to treason IMHO. They are fanning Racisim big time. They are trying to create it so that Jackson and his buddies have something to do.
Maybe, but at least he his pointing out a specific problem that needs to be addressed.
That's better than sitting in NY or Atlanta and endlessly pontificating about why Bush is to blame.
Will someone PLEASE give Geraldo a tranquilizer and transport him to a psych hospital for eval? I believe he's lost it.
Kinda like opening Al Capones secret vault all over again...
I;m sure he is pissed off, too... as was Harrigan earlier today in the same spot, it stinks and there is dead bodies all over the place... and why did that babies mother pass out? The baby looked lethargic to me, too... so if he can get them help!!! Get IT!
First smart thing Geraldo said, counting on O'Reilly over the Governor. LOL
I'm completely disgusted. Stupid cretin is going to get people killed.
GERALDO
A U.S. National Guardsmen wheels an elderly woman from the New Orleans Convention Center, September 2, 2005. After five days of surviving Hurricane Katrina, the searing heat, shootings and other unrest, thousands at the Convention Center were given food and water by the U.S. National Guard.
5 days counting today. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
Charity hospital people rescued and BOR is taking credit..and now talking about the buses.
Yep and the nit wit doesn't realize this
If he can't compose himself and report the news like an adult ... then get him out of there
Careful, don't p-p, don't want no accidents. I wasn't sure either whether to have included sarcasm off tag or not. Not for queenkathy's sake, but for casual visitors to this zippy thread. Ya never know.
I just heard Aaron Neville sing a beautiful version of that Randy Newman song "Louisiana."
Frankly, I don't know why so many keep referring to the response to 9/11. It covered only a few blocks of a city. This disaster stretched from NO to Pensacola.
Well I do see one comparison, all the carping about why nothing was being done to the terrorists while the military took the time it needed to stage personnel and supplies. But when the military was in place, you saw quick and decisive results.
People tend to forget these kinds of facts.
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