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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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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
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"We would not be able to accommodate a giant influx," she said. "We have 90,000 people that are homeless in L.A. County, and we're not doing a comprehensive job of taking care of them now."
I'd like to know who wrote that speech he just gave .. and yes he kept looking down at his notes
"The Rape Boat, soon will be making another run...."
yes the one that broke down on meet the press..he didn't answer the question as to way the evacuation wasn't urged/enforced more..instead he went on this outburst about the aftermath and slow fed response
You are having the same experience I had this morning when I watched this. His name is Aaron Broussard, President of Jefferson Parish, and kcvl dug up a whole lot on him. See the Sunday morning thread.
My cup runneth over. Wonder what he had in that cup before he started using it as a bailing bucket. The caption should be: Sean Penn, Ex Master Sailor [and out of beer].
For a picture of real rescuers go here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1473113/posts?page=722#722
Kerrick allowed Geraldo to infer that the FEMA guy wasn't doing anything, and then went on to say the problem was the planning.
There was a plan; aside from its inadequacy, the fact is that the Louisiana government dfidn't follow it!!
OK..now Geralado is talking about what city wants all of the aged and infirm? I swear, if he shows up here I will punch him!!
Geraldo hanging himself!
Has he thanked the levee board yet?
Now all the gangstas and thugs can become sure-'nuff PIRATES!
Soem speculation the speech he is READING was written by Donna Brazile.
Oh this is way too funny. My husband is a native New Orleanian and I lived there for 18 years. New Orleans was one of the first major colonial land scams in this hemisphere!! There is/was a brochure in one of the museums put out by Bienville showing the early 18th century printing woodcut version of pictures of rolling hills and friendly food bearing Indians. When the poor settlers finally got there boy were they surprised. Swamps swamps everywhere, some land by the Mississippi River that overflowed its banks the first Spring. Incidently, that's when the first man-made levee went up.
Thousands of Irish immigrants died in the 1840s building the Industrial Canal to connect the Mississippi with Lake Ponchartrain, slaves were too valuable.
You can imagine my reaction. Geraldo reports not only injects himself into the story. He makes himself the ENTIRE STORY. He can only report the story, as everything has happenned since he flew in 48 hours ago.
He's not a reporter, just a Jerry Springer wanna be. Someone needs to break his nose(again)..Fox needs to dump him..I was waiting for him to draw a map with chalk on the sidewalk to tell FEMA where the convention center was...
ROFLMAO!!!! Hahahaha! Pirates!!
Just walked in the door....Thanks for doing this...Now to get caught up....
Anything other than what it was is fine as long as it's a worthwhile investment - another sin city isn't.
mc
AFAIK, formal lines of control still run through Blanco.
Are you talking about the Broussard guy...who starts blubbering on TV????
Dang...these Louisiana politicians sure are emotional...I think they have all cried now..
I think the Saints will play all of their games in SA and eventually re-locate there. I'm not sure LSU will play a home game until November.
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