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Posted on 09/04/2005 6:14:35 PM PDT by NautiNurse
U.S. commercial air carriers continue transporting tens of thousands of evacuees from the New Orleans airport to destinations throughout the nation.
Rooftop air rescue efforts continue. One rescue chopper crashed late today. Crew members are reported safe. Gunmen who fired upon bridge repair contractors were killed by law enforcement.
To date, an estimated 70 countries and U.S. businesses have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars, supplies, food and equipment to assist the United States' efforts in Katrina's aftermath. Lt. General Honore described the damage to Mississippi today, "all infrastructure south of Jackson, MS is either damaged or destroyed." Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice visited the devastated areas, and attended Sunday church services in Mobile, Alabama.
Elsewhere, Sean Penn's rescue boat, sans plug and full of his personal entourage,reportedly sank during launch in New Orleans. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) threatened to punch President Bush, and Jefferson Parish President Broussard decried that the bureaucracy of FEMA has committed murder.
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
New Orleans Emergency Operations Center - is now open:
504-463-1000
504-463-1001
504-463-1002
Streaming Video:
All information is subject to change. Many stations are relying on their corporate parents to configure and maintain Internet streaming. Because of the intense interest in the feeds, they may be unavailable at times because of network congestion or a problem feeding the video to the streaming servers.
WWL-TV New Orleans - 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. They have a secondary stream from Yahoo. WWL-TV is also offering a special low-bandwidth audio-only stream for dial-up users.
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).
WFAA-TV Dallas, TX - WFAA-TV is here because Dallas is one of the evacuation cities.
United Radio From New Orleans: WWL-AM, WNOE-FM, "KISS-FM," WRNO-FM, WYLD-FM, and WJBO-AM (Clear Channel & Entercom) who have joined forces as United Radio From New Orleans, and they are streaming.
Gulf Coast Storm Network (Clear Channel Radio) - Clear Channel offers radio listeners across the gulf coast access to a simulcast emergency radio service. This service seems primarily focused on Alabama and Mississippi, but does cover Louisiana to some degree.
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Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here
Katrina Link Archives Nice work by backhoe
Mary Landrieu-"I'll Punch Bush"
Sean Penn's Rescue Bid Sinks
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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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
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Katrina Live Thread, Part II
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for sure. FNC has video of rescue boats with relief workers screaming into the streets - some people just came out of their houses like nothing was happening and said "you want us to leave?". the guy on the boat was incredulous.
You said the state had to approve the federalization of the National Guard.
In 1962, President Kennedy nationalized (by executive order) the Mississippi National Guard in preparation for the admittance of James Meredith to the Univ Of Mississippi.
Kennedy was concerned that Gov Ross Barnett would actively use the Guard to keep Meredith from registering for classes there.
In 1962, there was no way that Barnett or the Legislature would have allowed this to happen.
Have laws changed since then that prohibits the President from nationalizing Guard units w/o state approval?
The problem here still remains that the governor must agree and allow, and most assuredly, not attempt to manipulate such a response for personal or political reasons.
There will be those who say the feds should have simply disregarded any balking on Blanco's part and gone in regardless, but they forget that these legalities are in place to PROTECT individual citizens. If the federal government had been infiltrated by those who wish the citizens harm, these same legalities protect them FROM wrongful federal government intervention.
The individual in this country has the most power. The individual citizen gives SOME power to other entities, beginning with their local government and ENDING with the federal government. I don't even like having to say something that simple, but this is what the left would have us alter and it is also what most citizens of other nations do NOT understand about our Constitution and our laws.
I've read that the law was changed precisely to prevent what Kennedy (and before him Eisenhower) did from happening again. Don't recall the details, but I'm sure you can find them.
I'm impressed with the kid that took a bus and rescued people on his own. It would be nice if they had a high elected officials in LA with this kid's clear thinking heroics.
What do you need? Where do we send it to?
well said. alot of americans, and most of the political leadership, are very immature, they think the flood of a major city on tuesday ought to be wrapped up by thursday or friday at the latest, otherwise its declared a "quagmire" and the focus then shifts to "who is to blame".
It fits. The only problem is that you can't limit the possibilities to that one from the video alone, but it does fit.
Pilot can confirm or deny.
If he confirms, then why did it lose power? Lead contamination of the engine compartment or gearbox?
In this politically correct time we often forget that there are human feelings involved.
I wonder how those who have loved ones that died will deal with that in the future.
I know it would be extremely hard for me to just leave a dead loved one with out knowing what will happen to the body.
Some other revealing info you can add to your piece.
Good point.
The Governor apparently was going to go AWOL from her state. She's a real gem.
O'Reilly's worthless.
What is going on on CNN with Chertoff, Brown, and Honore?
They just asked Chertoff a related question (re; no control over NG) in the press conference on now
Not sure? I wasn't watching CNN.
Chertoff is on answering questions at a conference on FOX right now.
What was his announcement?
someone must have gotten to OReilly over the weekend, his shows last week on FNC, he was saying the opposite.
How do I prove that many black churches are responding or black friends of mine who have volunteered with the Red Cross?
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Try to see Video of President Bush with Rev J D Hakes? in a huge church sponsored relief center. It was on Fox about an hour ago.
Yes, they have, and besides which, Kennedy had a friendly Supreme Court - they were pissed off at Mississippi for ignoring their order.
I would have told them that efforts to politicize a natural disaster are directly responsible for the deaths of storm victims who survived the hurricane and flood, who would have otherwise survived the aftermath as well, if some people weren't interested only in what benefit they can wrest from this catastrophe.
I would have included the term "vultures" and the phrase "feeding on the dead".
With any luck at all, some of them would have been...offended.
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