The U.S. Military distributes water and food to the victims of Hurricane Katrina outside the Convention Center Friday, Sept. 2, 2005 in New Orleans.
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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/
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yeah, but i'm loving it! this is better than comedy channel -Jerry is such great theatre. too bad it's at the expense of these poor people.
The U.S. Military distributes water and food to the victims of Hurricane Katrina outside the Convention Center Friday, Sept. 2, 2005 in New Orleans.
OR reports that help has arrived at the hospital where that doctor called in from at the beginning of the show.
Geraldo is hysterical....someone drug the POS
I was thinking he is on drugs.....
Surely you jest.
The superdome was a hell hole, a few had misbehaved but that place was filled with women and babies.
The rule of evac is that sick go then women and children.
those at the Hyatt had been in heaven compared to the dome.
BOR has the ethics of a carnival barker.
Standard talking points robotted by those led into the clueless-ness by Lib-Dems.... tsk tsk.
Don't let your blood pressure rise, stupidity has a way of sinking, and of sinking itself. Every time it is tried.
governor.
A hurricane survivor pours water on herself after being given food and water supplies by the U.S. National Guard at the New Orleans Convention Center September 2, 2005. After five days of surviving Hurricane Katrina, the heat, shootings and other unrest, thousands at the Convention Center were given food and water.
How many Freepers bought Geraldo's performance???
I just have a sick sense of humor and always appreciate a sick sarcastic slam. :)
I happened to fly home today from a business trip to Mexico City and on the flight to Atlanta we flew past New Orleans and Biloxi / Gulfport / Mobile. I didn't get a good look at NO but the Mississippi coast looked bad even from altitude -- very few vehicles, for one thing.
I say F--- the Lamestream media and the Sharptons and Jacksons. They will provide no help. As usual, our GREAT President keeps his head, does the right thing and acts like a responsible leader in a crisis. The carpers, as usual, make things worse. So what? Americans will respond to this disaster as we always do -- with support, determination and resolution.
I admire hugely those who have responded positively -- the chopper pilots, bus drivers, Governor Perry, doctors and nurses in N.O., and those who send help. The victims who are suffering -- I won't attack them, they are in dire straits. The criminals need to be dealt with -- and the troops will do that.
But the Lamestream Media and race-baiters --- I spit on them.
"When Mr Bush visits New Orleans, he may have to answer increasing criticism that his Administration took money from a program to reinforce the levee banks to fund the war on Iraq.
The former head of the US Army Corps of Engineers, the agency that handles the infrastructure of the nation's waterways, said the damage in New Orleans probably would have been much less extensive had flood-control efforts been fully funded."
That's the part of the article that got to me.
Maybe you ought to send that picture to BOR, Geraldo and the NOPD Chief..they dont seem to know the score...
CNN and the CBC are trying to cause race riots.
" OReilly and Hunt "
Col Hunt, after his investigation :
Gov Blanco had her Louisiana National Guard troops and assests prepositioned-but, did not pull the trigger.
President Bush should have realized the collapse of state govt ( my words ) and federalized troops.
Legal considerations here, but, that could have been overcome.
Louisiana National Guard were staged 30 miles north of NO- Governor had no eyes on the ground, no communication in NO to assess the situation-people not evacing, levees breaking,etc.
Everyone had 5 days notice storm was coming at state level and no prep was done.
Blame falls on Gov Blanco, Gov Blanco, Gov Blanco and secondarily -President Bush for trusting that Democrat Governor Blanco had situation in hand.
Wow, does BOR have one of those cool red phones on his desk? What a moron.
You guys gotta understand Geraldo BOR and FOx. They are setting up the stage for the big rescue. He is creating drama not to incite a riot but to make Fox the hero.
I dont know who is paying for the buses by BOR clearly was setting this up by listening to what people needed ...and then they are saved because of his program.
Just happened with Charity Hospital.
to be fair, he was talking about the evacuation. he didn't say people were starving. but people are sick there, and that chopper team brough a triage unit in for medical needs.
Darn...I missed it. I switched to the local NBC affiliate which has its employees out high school football games collecting money for the Red Cross.
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