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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.
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
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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Katrina Live Thread, Part XIV
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Katrina Live Thread, Part X
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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
There has been a few Republicans who have turned against the administration on this. They will live to regret it, their political careers won't.
Jindal said earlier that the White House should have broken laws to get the help in there...and waited until THURSDAY last week to bring help...
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I despise lawmakers who advocate lawbreaking.
I heard that. Just added him to my list of people not to say stupid things to. Do not try BS with this man. He will shove it right back down your throat. Did you see that little smile on Chertoff's face as he stood to the side?
Hard to fit on a bumper sticker, though!
DONCHAJUSTLUVIT?? REPORTERS GOT IT SHOVED DOWN THEIR CHUTES TODAY!
Honore might just pull out his pistol and start shooting reporters while yelling "Take that you stinkin' commie!"
This is what we've been looking for!!! He was on target and confident! I love it!!!!!
I love this in a leader!
I didn't see it, but I can picture it! lol
Bwhaha!
"Get down to NOLA and check out the stories yourself."
"Stop repeating what you do not witness"
I bet they phrase their questions more carefully in the future. He was real mad about the suggestion that the rescuers werent doing well too.
I predict a fourth star in the General's near future.
I demand Honore be brought back. This was like the days when we watch Rummy bust heads and Ari go after the W.H. press core, and I think he may have given them both a running for top spot!
I saw it .. too funny
Cool, President Bush is in Poplarville.
"Jindal has turned out to be a surprising disappointment!"
He's turned into a POLITICIAN. What do they have in Congress for the newbies - a brainwashing machine?? So much for his meteoric rise and to have him among the Republican leadership.
Blissfully unaware of his surroundings, and blissfully aware of himself. Fits most of the media idiots. I'm past being sick of them. I now think they are clowns.
New Orleans is an entirely different matter. There are no laws being broken by local officials. Just gross incompetance. The last time the Federal government sent in troops to rid a state of its incompetant leadership it was called "the Civil War".
it was a question from a reporter using a comment from Jindal as its basis.
the administration needs to get more of this type of approach out there - this is going to go on day after day after day, constant harping and complaining. the polls are holding up OK for us so far, but we can't sit back, we've got to point out all of the things that are going well, and hit back hard against the media naysayers who say everything is going badly.
"Jindal has turned out to be a surprising disappointment!"
Now that was a press conference.
I'm LOL! My side is hurting right now
It's about damn time he shut some of these yapping reporters up. His anger is entirely justified. They are so intellectually bankrupt that all they can come up with is these ineffectual "talking points", which have been repeated ad nauseum every time an officlal press briefing is held. The same type of ignorant questioning took place at the military briefings in Iraq at the start of the war. Over and over again they repeat, like a small child who continues to ask, "Are we there yet?" during a family vacation. Way to go, General. I hope that sunk into her thick head, although I'm not that hopeful.
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