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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/
Previous Threads:
Katrina Live Thread, Part XIV
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
Mike is not going with his Chinooks...he's been assigned to an ASG unit who needs him/rank...thanks for the prayers...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-arrive5sep05,1,3363369.story?page=1&coll=la-tot-promo
There was the free trip across country in a private jet. And there was the complimentary bottle of water — wonderfully ice-cold water — handed to her upon her arrival.
Elaine West savored them both Sunday as she helped lead the first trickle of what could become a wave of survivors of Hurricane Katrina into California.
"I think I might stay here," said the grateful 52-year-old former candy maker as she surveyed Los Angeles from a hilltop next to the Hollywood Freeway.
She quietly told of being driven out of her Uptown New Orleans home, not by rising floodwaters but by vandals who looted her neighborhood and by gunfire that killed two of her neighbors.
"I don't see myself ever going back to New Orleans again," she said. "Even to visit."
What is it with Blanco never being available for hours on end?
And this trip was announced on FRIDAY, FGS.
More incompetence. Why is she insisting on keeping the NG under her control? That's just one more layer to slow things down......NG having to check with the military!
Please thank Mike for his service. Praying for his safety as they head down to the cesspool.
Forbes on FOX stating the prez is paying a political price. Nitwits. Just because the MSM says something doesn't make it true in real America. Get out of the Beltway Boys.
Link to thread with Hayley on CNN a few days ago.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474702/posts
I would have thought they needed them.
So he's going to be in a leadership/organizational role, perhaps?
If you read that post of an e-mail from inside NO from a cop, it sounds like they are thinking 60,000...that is a lot different than 6,000..
Yeppers, we need to keep your post so we can hang it around Witt's neck if he is wrong...I don't know how he can speak conclusively like that at this point.
They are just today going door to door, checking on people, and some of those homes are still so flooded..it will take a long time!
Okay. Thanks. I wasn't sure which of my comments you were responding to...:-) I didn't remember that incident. I was thinking he may have been in an accident the last day or so.
I saw this comment posted on the Midwest Conservative Journal today. The word is getting out that Nagin totally dropped the ball on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
The url for the comment is: http://mcj.bloghorn.com/1905#Comments
Submitted by Philip at 9/5/2005 2:19:00 PM
I heard today, that the State of Louisana's & the City of New Orleans had plans written up in case a Cat 5 hurricane hit. Part of these plans were to use the school busses of NOLA to take folks out of the city and to higher ground.
The fact that this was not done, surely is a matter for the officials of LA & NOLA to explain. Busses submerged in NOLA, do precious little good in evacuating refugees.
So, FEMA had to bring in busses from all around the country to make up this shortfall. I suppose though that somehow it is FEMA's fault? Why did FEMA not immediately, by some sort of Star Trek transporter beam, bring in busses from CA or TX or AZ for them to be ready to roll on Tuesday?
The point is that both NOLA & LA knew what would happen if a Cat 5 hit NOLA head-on. They were only hardened to deal with a Cat 3. Both had plans in place to try and deal with a Cat 5 storm which involved mass evacuation. Perhaps these plans were good or bad, but nevertheless they existed. It is simply that the infrastructure of the officials in charge of the NOLA Municipality or the Louisiana State resources, failed to do their job effectively.
If the schoolbuses had been deployed when evacuation was ordered, they would have been able to pick up those who were unable to evacuate and, at the very least, get them to higher gtound in the city or to the Dome or convention center. They did not have to be taken out of the city if traffic was jammed. Many, many drowned. In nursing homes, hospices, attics, and many in their beds because the city did not deploy the buses. Better to be safe in a traffic jam on high gtound, than dead.
BTTT!!
:)
You know, I am really getting disgusted. I may just withdraw from political involvement and take up knitting or something. These weasels disgust me.
I thought he was more of an independent thinker than that.
I'm really disappointed that he's regurgitating MSM bile. Stupid.
Orders say for 24 days...but we all know that doesn't mean a thing......they told him he'd be in Iraq for 6mos...15mos later he was home...never believe a timetable in the military
Tell Mike we're all praying, OK?
An additional no fly zone? They have had flight restrictions since Monday. I am guess a lot of private pilots are trying to land at the airport...the military is having a hard time keeping track of all the planes in and out bound....one time I heard they had 300 in the pattern a couple days ago
I wish him well and expect reports when he can make them.
Tell him to take waders.
Ok....I just hope it's not NO with all those thugs...
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