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

[Txsleuth]

It probably was Houston..wasn't that where Bubba and Bush 41 went today? I think so.

[StarFan]

Yowser yowser, what a guy! Thanks Julie.

[BurbankKarl]

WWL reporting National Guard is guarding gas stations as fights break out.

Thanks for letting these folks come back without infrastructure!

[oceanview]

you are going to have to toss out some hypothesis on what it might be all about. terror attack via aircraft? bombers from Cuba or Venezuela? I don't know how to evaluate this.

[Cedar]

That's okay. Everyone's just trying to pore through the mountain of threads coming in on Katrina. No harm done!

[Right_in_Virginia]

If we are gettting aid from Cuba and such, things must be a lot worse than we think.

I know Cuba offered medical aid last week. I wasn't aware we had accepted it. Have we?

[nhoward14]

And you claim this happened in Houston? If it did, then why is the media sitting on it. If anything like that happened you'd have FNC standing outside the Astrodome every 15 minutes talking about how Texas allowed the horrors of the Superdome to return.

[Peach]

I know that Texas prides itself on taking care of the bad guys. And I love that attitude.

I'm going on what was reported by a relief worker on this thread last night.

[Dog]

What happened ...I missed something again..

[BushCountry]

The streets were dry and an excellent route to the Dome or at least near enough was available!

[John Jamieson]

"freepers are smart and right about a lot of things"

Yes

But some freepers are dump, ignorant and wrong about lots of things (I'm not referring to you!)

Freepers are also very often of guilty of shooting from the hip. (not waiting for more facts, Myself included, but I'm trying to do better)

BTW I'm one of the longest freepers, not a plant.

[Txsleuth]

I love your attitude...it will serve you well as you recuperate...

You just be sure you take care of yourself...and let us know if you need anything, okay?

[Soul Seeker]

Sean doing a fantastic job now defending the President, blasting the corrupt Governor, Mayor, state locals and Senators, and praising Haley to the skies!

WTG Sean!!

[Arizona Carolyn]

Anyone listening to Geraldo right now on Hannity? He is really ticked off at the Mayor, Governor and Mike Brown from FEMA... actually he is making a lot of sense through his anger and basically without a Rudy or Kerick it took General Honore' showing up to finally break out of the quagmire that shaped up... he was there and is talking about the people who were contradicting one-another and even FEMA workers asking reporters how to get to Superdome and how to get to Convention Center, etc....

[Michael Goldsberry]

"I know Cuba offered medical aid last week. I wasn't aware we had accepted it. Have we?"

No.

Ahem... (Hell No!)

[Types_with_Fist]

But some freepers are dump

I'm dump!...:-)

[Peach]

I'm not claiming anything. It was a freeper on this thread who is a relief worker who was recounted quite a few stories about the evacuees in Houston.

Including the fact that one dumpster was set up and amnesty given to people as they walked in, provided they turned in their weapons.

They had to get 3 more (for a total of 4) dumpsters for all the weapons.

Bathrooms already had graffiti and were being slowly ruined.

[Spktyr]

There is a police scanner online that listens to the Astrodome. NOTHING like that has been reported. Six *attempted* rapes, swiftly taken care of. No *actual* rapes. One person beaten by police for attempted child molestation in the Convention Center - that was a rumor.

Find the original post, if you would - I think you (or they) are mistaken.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Whew.

[oceanview]

Geraldo saying that FEMA should be relegated to nothing more then an agency that buys and stores supplies - all ground logistical and policing operations during these events should be instantly taken over by DoD.