Katrina Live Threads, Part XV

Various ^ | 4 September 2005 | Various

[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

[Miss Marple]

Geraldo got a boat to go get her and the dog. A family in Ohio has volunteered to house them.

[NautiNurse]

Ellesu has been maintaining the paper trail by Blanco. She is the best resource to answer your question.

[PhiKapMom]

I say let him form his own country and we save tax dollars! :)

[Dysart]

What happened to her and old Dusty?

Last I saw, Dusty was being dragged on his back. I think his 15 yo legs gave out. They were being escorted to a helicopter and bound for Ohio.

[Fawn]

I saw them dragging poor old dusty on his back (Fox news showed it)...he was dragging his feet....and they kept pulling him after he rolled on his back begging them to stop.....poor old dog is probably dead now.

[Mo1]

Who is this fool from Russert's MTP

America has abandoned NO ???

Who wrote his speech he is giving?

[BurbankKarl]

Good for them...he can have a free trade agreement with Cuba.

[shezza]

I've saved that wonderful pic to my hard drive. Thanks so much for posting it!

[Txsleuth]

I count 22 states...and I have to deduct Miss. and Alabama...my gosh they need help themselves..

So 20 out of 50 states helping...pitiful.

BUT, hizzoner Jesse Jackson wants them all brought back to Louisiana and put them in tent cities...he says that not only should families stay together (which IS right)...but NEIGHBORHOODS should stay together...

Now, I love my house, but if a hurricane came....it wouldn't bother me a bit if I didn't live around my neighbors again...get a grip, Jesse.

I have heard quite a few, here in Texas, say the don't want to go back "to that hellhole"...their words, not mine.

[Cedar]

Thanks, I'll read it.

[BurbankKarl]

I dont think even Mr Pennington can finish that, nor send 1 milllion people to Disneyworld for 2 months.

[Diva]

..that 4-5 years ago (coincidently, Bush's length of presidency),It's been know since I was in College in the early 70s that the killer storm (Cat 4 or 5) would destroy the city.

[Petronski]

Look at the photo credit: Agence France Presse!


Betrayed by his own political kind!

[Vermonter]

Here's a link to an excellent pictorial timeline of Katrina's path.

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/

Scroll to the middle of the page and click on the "Trail of a Killer" link

Once you get the page displayed, you can click on the red circle for each day. This will bring up a daily timeline of the day's events including Bush taking action and Blanco and the Mayor not taking action

[BurbankKarl]

Arizona is getting 1500 more.....US Air (America West) has a 737 flying nonstop roundtrips.

[cajungirl]

Think of the traffic, think of the traffic.

[BlackRain]

Sean Penn must be a racist.

He did not wear body armour in Iraq or Iran but wears it in New Orleans?

What he so afraid of in America?

[brityank]

Sean Penn's Boat Sinks In Failed Katrina Rescue Attempt

September 4, 2005 7:58 p.m. EST

Douglas Maher - All Headline News Staff Reporter

New Orleans, Louisiana (AHN) - Political Activist and Actor Sean Penn made his way down to the city of New Orleans with a personal photographer and an entourage in an attempt to help victims stranded by floods caused by Hurricane Katrina.

Penn had planned to rescue children and adults in the flood waters, but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which began taking water within seconds of its launch.

Penn who is known for his political activism, was seen wearing what appeared to be a white flak jacket and frantically bailing water out of the sinking vessel with a red plastic cup that eventually was not enough for the Academy Award winner.

When asked what he had hoped to achieve in the waterlogged city, the actor tells the Herald Sun: "Whatever I can do to help."

The paper reports that one bystander taunted the actor saying, "How are you going to get any people in that thing?"

Ha ha ha ha ha.

[dfwgator]

Led Zeppelin knew it in 1971. "If it keeps on raining, the levees going to break."

[Txsleuth]

I was disappointed in one of my local radio hosts last week...Greg Knapp on KLIF was pretty much beating up on President Bush for his "lack of getting it done"...

After listening to Honore today...and others..I am convinced that there was no way of doing much more before Wed and Thursday...and wasn't Bush still trying to wrest control of the situation from the Gov. and Mayor at that time?