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

[Peach]

It wasn't this live thread; it was a Red Cross thread.

Here's the post. One of several by that freeper.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477492/posts?page=41#41

[sodpoodle]

Did you hear Mike Brown's background is training Arabian horses?

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Well that makes sense - he is up to his arse in MSM horse sh*t - so it's a perfect resume.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Did you hear Geraldo say most of the police make $300 a week -- $100 less than working at WalMart?

[TheSpottedOwl]

30 million??? Did the citizens know about these grants, and where the money went? Probably not. Used wisely and for its intended purposes, that alone could have saved lives. Shut up Blanco, you damn crook!

[LA Woman3]

Why Nagin was reluctant to call for a mandatory evacuation? This could explain why he needed his lawyers...
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/091804cckkWWLTVhurricane.12c61a467.html

Advocates for the poor are indignant.

"If the government asks people to evacuate, the government has some responsibility to provide an option for those people who can't evacuate and are at the whim of Mother Nature," said Joe Cook of the New Orleans ACLU.

[SE Mom]

Now Jessie Jackson taking over the press conference, calling the evacuation a plan to "get the people out of site"

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The above is a joke, right? Or sarcasm? He couldn't have actually said that?

[Types_with_Fist]

Jessa Jatson talking on WWL about moving people into Louisiana state parks and "creating jobs."

[Patriot from Philly]

I agree with you about CNN. It's ashame because they have some good reporters and segments but they keep getting political. I think they're playing to the moonbat viewers.

They keep giving a forum for troublemakers and Bush haters. I see camera shy Jackson is there now.

The reporting has just turned Bash Bush about 3 days ago.

[Spktyr]

LSP Scanner: "Any helicopter that can transport a dead body, I have a for you."

[abb]

The question is why JJ gets face time. Presstitutes in action....

[A Citizen Reporter]

"Now Jessie Jackson taking over the press conference, calling the evacuation a plan to "get the people out of site"

Stunningly irresponsible. There are people who are resisting leaving their homes, and Jackson wants them to die in a toxic dump.

[jeffers]

You cannot treat the MSM's Bash Bush efforts as genuine. They know exactly how long it takes for hurricane relief to get into the damaged areas.

What you are seeing is a deliberate effort to push their agendas during a known in advance time frame window.

Logic won't talk them out of this, they planned to lie to us in advance.

Like I posted before, I welcome any and all ideas how we can stay within the bounds of the rule of law and still make them pay for what they have done.

They are murdering people with malice aforthought.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Could it be because they are recovering bodies and don't want film taken of just how many there is?

[BurbankKarl]

POLICE CHIEF NEW ORLEANS

Q. Chief, do you feel like you were abaondoned? And by whom?

A. I am not a bureaucrat, I am a police chief. Just didnt get the resources I needed.

Still dont know how many officers are AWOL at the NOPD....a week later.

[Spktyr]

Well, we now have more than twice what they told us we were getting, so we're starting to strain a bit. That said, I believe Oklahoma and New Mexico are stepping up.

Someone posted something about Massachusetts taking some, too.

[Dog]

He wants to put them where?

State parks?

Does Jesse realize that the parks will have gators ....oh my god.

[Howlin]

Ripping on the media for searching for a few cowards that fled, instead of the stories of bravery of the officers that stayed behind.

Well, well; now he knows how we feel, doesn't he?

calling the evacuation a plan to "get the people out of site"

Translation: "Don't dilute my voter base!"

[maica]

Meanwhile on another Sunday show, Baby Broussard was telling Russert "I have fixed the 17th street canal breach, with my men working 24/7"

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Today I heard a Corps of Engineers guy say that some of the breaches are actually helping in the drainage of the city right now. If they had not opened, some openings would have had to be made.

[John Jamieson]

Basically I agree.

I have my doubts about where that nice young man started. He got to Houston too fast. It was 70 not a hundred as I read the story. Many picked up along the way! The truth will eventually come out.

[76834]

Seems to think they need a "Plan"
Sounds a lot like EffenKerry.

Gimme a break, they had a plan.
Crooked politicos "plan" was to rip off all possible money from the populace.

Now reminds me of cockroaches running when the light comes on.