Residents are evacuated by a US military helicopter in the 7th Ward of New Orleans, LA. US troops began the final search for hurricane survivors in New Orleans and braced for the gruesome task of harvesting the dead from the city's flooded streets.
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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.
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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Katrina Live Thread, Part XIII
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Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
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Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12
WWL-TV showing waterbomber chopper trying to put out a fire.
There are over 1300 aircraft involved in the rescues and resupply in NO. Another world record, unhappily set.
Yep, I believe he told them to get out on Sunday. It was definitely less than 48 hours before landfall.
i heeard him say it too! during the showing of first footage he definately said "helicopter shot down"...
he's not said it since.
could have been a slip or simple mistake
The White House is furious by recent comments made by congressman Charlie Melancon in the Times Picuyunne, Rogers has learned.
Melancon told the paper that the secret service closed the airspace for the President's visit, so no rescue helicopter could rescue while he was there. Well placed insiders claim that this is patently false, and that reporters traveling with the President can corroberate this.
The White House has repeatedly asked the Times Picayunne to racant, but they have not.
The Dead Pelican was seeking more details from the White House...
Developing....
September 04, 2005
Addresses to ship clothes directly:
Attention: Hurricane Relief (contents of box)
Civic Center
346 Civic Center Blvd, Houma, La. 70360
or
Municipal Auditoium
Municipal, 800 Verret St., Houma La. 70360
or
Pete Marevich Center, LSU Campus, Baton Rouge LA 70803
Attention: Refugee clothing for children
"Obviously, these gangsta snipers are not trained marksmen - but that's not the point - they are shooting frequently, hitting their targets sometimes, and killing occassionally"
What is upwith me observing that no one has been killed by a sniper and the flamings who have to believe I'm a grenola eating commie?
Check my history.
My point is that thousands have probably perished since the levee broke and the decision to not rescue must bear this cost in mind.
EXCUSE me for expressing myself.
If that had been the case, all the reporters on AF1 would have filed it and the MSM would have been screaming it from the rooftops.
"Scarborough says it was shot down. PMSNBC"
If true I await Ted "The drunk" Kennedy and his Senate cronies call to pull out of that quagmire called New Orleans.
"Our sons and daughters should not die due to Bush's love affair with big oil".
Days and hours since the storm hit something (new spin I suppose). Counting how long it takes the administration to take care of everything...
Residents are evacuated by a US military helicopter in the 7th Ward of New Orleans, LA. US troops began the final search for hurricane survivors in New Orleans and braced for the gruesome task of harvesting the dead from the city's flooded streets.
WOOHOOOO!!!! I just now talked to someone in Canada (Nova Scotia) and they are taking up collections like we are to help the hurricane victims. She told me a Canadian navy guy had to leave for 80 days to help down here. I told her to thank everyone there. she said it is awful. I said I blamed the local govt. for falling down on the job. I gve a few reasons why. She said she agreed and they were all just saying that! Her boyfriend is a police officer there.
Looks like it!
Time for a new thread, this one is getting too large.
Thank You Canada!
I'm now fed up.
Even my cat knows better, I'll put her on the phone or email to set them straight.
Chopper update: Homeland security. Civilian chopper down, not CG. 6:55 tonight, 2 persons, cuts & scrapes but no major injuries. Don't know cause.
WWltv reports it was a civilian chopper.
Crew safe with minor cuts and bruises.
Oooh..missed that one. I suspect it's water they were surrounded by. I did hear a call earlier today regarding a structure where 200 needed evacuation but couldn't hear the end.
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