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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/
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
AND WHAT HAS FOX DONE WITH BRIT HUME?
Someone else said Kenya West ??
I just happened to turn to NBC because someone said Aaron Neville was singing. I won't be turning back again.
YES!
That's a good idea. We should all do that...Call their number and demand a retraction. Oh ya like that will work. This is getting serious.
To them, it is about a "race" to the MSM finish line to power. It has never been, with liberals, about skin color (except when using quotas, etc.); but this current "race" is about "using the visual" of "tarring" whites, Bush Admin, and such when in fact, it is about the "race" in politics. Lib-Dems and their Pest Syndrome, "racing" for their cure.
About time people wake up to the fact that all these so called black leaders are nothing more than racists themselves.
They throw around Gods name as though only God shines into their outhouse.
I started drinking hours ago.
Not in those exact words, but yes, that was the net effect and you captured it nicely. When Hannity asked him yesterday on radio show, Shep went on how people have no water and were always asking him for water and gee, he wants to help but - Shep concludes - "you can't, it's a survival thing." Playing drama queen for the radio audience.
Thank you.
Not like I needed another reason not to buy a rap record. LOL!
Mark my words. There will be another civil war in this country in the next 5 years. The race pimps will see to it.
I just have this sick feeling that I can not shake.
Good point.
No, and I'm missing something about him saying that we are going to be shooting his people and there is nobody to help because they are in Iraq.
I just called their number...the poor guy had no idea but I am so damn mad.
Nope, I was looking for some refuge from Whoraldo, and switched over to NBC, to hear a voice say "George Bush doesn't care about BLACK PEOPLE"
A *lot* of Vietnamese refugees from the S. Vietnam settled around the Gulf Coast and took up the fishing industry (among other things). They definitely contributed to the wealth of their new country - us.
Poor people, now they've had their homes destroyed twice.
I would love to know also - I need a Brit fix
No. it's just a lie and Jesse knows it's a lie. He's beneath contempt. Some Reverend -- first he fathers a love child and then he bears false witness against citizens based on race. If he REALLY cared about black people in trouble, he'd be thanking all who help -- not using this tragedy to get in the news. But then, Jesse only really cares about Jesse.
I'm on hold now waiting to give them an earful.
Yeah, I was wondering that too. I've been pretty bummed the last two days to come home from work and find Bill Hemmer and somebody else on. Maybe Brit's on vacation or something.
I still really can't believe this guy said that. I was pissed at Stone Phillips a bit earlier for interjecting a story about a fireman seeing Marine 1 and saying I just hope they do something for us soon, but now I'm glad that I'm donating to the Salvation Army.
What does that guy think his accomplishing. He'll end up causing the deaths of dozens more because of those comments.
Still stunned...
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