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

[RTINSC]

The difference is that in your situation, the engine was running and took in water, damaging the engine components.

[Pointblank]

Just got my Internet back. This has been a long 6 days in central MS.
To all the Linemen and first responders (and their wives and family members), I bow to you for the selfless assistance we have received in this ordeal. Thank you all for your donations, thoughts and ESPECIALLY prayers.
On a side note, the fuel prices here are not a penny higher than the were before this crisis began and as I am sure it will go up in the future, I am PROUD of the of the response by my Government and the generous people of MY GREAT COUNTRY. Praise God and Praise the President...and if anyone knows where Mother Nature lives let me know cause I plan on rolling her yard. Without making this reply too long, I want to say that 90,000 square miles of devastation is an incredible undertaking and the people here understand, and are satisfied, for the most part, with the help they received. I have been in contact on a regular basis with some people of rural Jasper County MS. and they are self sufficient and sustained. I ran across an old man on a bicycle and asked "Sir where are you going and can I take you there" His response was "Just gettin'a little exercise and checkin' on the neighbors". GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.

[plain talk]

Big job, but as posted earlier, New Orleans recovered from 5 to 7' flooding during Betsy in the 60's.

Betsy wasn't as extensive obviously. But I moved to New Orleans in summer, 1968 and my first high school was selling magazines door-to-door throughout New Orleans. I went all over that town, through the projects, etc This was 3 years after Betsy and I saw no residual evidence of hurricane damage that I noticed. Not sure how much time I spent in the 9th ward however, which is where the worst of it was.

I think the rebuilding will happen much faster than the talking heads are saying at least for some areas. The West Jefferson / Harahan area expects to have power in 2 weeks according to my brother.

[SolomoninSouthDakota]

Nothing new about this Crawdad; I saw that on Day 1. (A week ago Sunday for me.) Then on Tues. early AM (@6:15) an aid mentioned to her that they needed more help. Get this. She actually said--and this is close to verbatim---"Oh yeah, thanks for reminding me; I need to call in the military. I was going to do that but I forgot. Thanks for reminding me."

I was dumbstruck but I know I heard her say exactly that. It was WWL I believe.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

See 2350 and tell me your thoughts.

[Soul Seeker]

Political hack running, spinning and showing what a LOSER he is as a potential leader. I am damn glad we found this out about him NOW.

[RDTF]

I agree - I didn't see it as a Bush bashing. He began by talking about the incompetance of the NO officials. Then said Bush was loyal to a fault and needed to fire some people. (Ok, it was not cool when he said Bush needed to learn the 2 words in English language 'You're Fired.')

But this this is why he is saying Brown should be fired :

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477595/posts

Top federal officials left out of loop (Well wha-da-ya know)
The Washington Times ^ | 09-05-05 | Audrey Hudson

Posted on 09/04/2005 11:39:17 PM PDT by smoothsailing

State and local officials did not inform top federal officials early on of the deaths and lack of food among hurricane victims in the Superdome or convention center, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said yesterday.

Mr. Chertoff said neither he nor Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown was told of the deteriorating situation in New Orleans until Thursday night.

[A Citizen Reporter]

Jindal is just throwing up a smoke screen of complaints.

Why did Mississippi and Alabama handle this so differently than Louisiana, Jindal.

This guy needs to be impeached.

[BurbankKarl]

NYPD readies to take over policing duties in the City of New Orleans

New York City police officers leave police headquarters in New York bound for Louisiana and Hurricane Katrina relief efforts Monday, Sept. 5, 2005. The 150 police officers and support vehicles will join 172 officers already sent Saturday. Some officers will be federalized, which gives them the same powers as local authorities 'to provide much needed law enforcement to keep people safe in and around New Orleans,' Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

[jhny7]

the busses wil be needed for the bodies

[maica]

Keep in mind that dry ground isn't related to the head. The water table exists underground as if the land wasn't even there.

Understood, I don't think the canals are very deep.

On a related note, how to you clean a water supply system that has been compromised as New Orleans' has?

That is way beyond my pay grade. But I will say that mother earth has been a self-cleaning organism for millions of years - according to the Darwinists. LOL!

It seems that the sobsisters with microphones have moved on to threats of contamination, since other threats are more under control.

[Petronski]

Jindal's backpedalling spin nauseates me.

[Spktyr]

Actually, he'd parked it and shut it off on a short bluff overlooking the river. Bluff collapsed, truck goes into the river.

[Soul Seeker]

Wonderful to hear that about brian too! I like them both, really don't want them on the hack list. I've been angry sometimes at them not being up to speed but to give in to the hacks would be incredibly disappointing.

[RTINSC]

The deployment of buses to assist the needy is part of the evacuation plan. 80 elderly in a nursing died because they had no assistance from the city (buses). Criminal. No excuse. Someone made a decision to save the buses.

[abb]

I met him when he ran the LA DHH (health & hospitals). He's just another politician.

[SE Mom]

WOW...impressive stuff. Thanks for posting.

In the meantime- did y'all just hear Brit trying to splain facts of life to Jamal? What a HOOT! Thank GOD Brit's back:)

[Yellow Rose of Texas]

For some unbiased reports, see the weather channel.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Why hasn't anyone in the MSM asked why the Mayor didn't make certain the Retirement homes were evacuated? I heard that they found one on Saturday with 80 dead people. Obviously the staff took off and left these old people to die. Shouldn't someone be accountable for that -- or are they going to blame THAT on Bush, too.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Gotta go for a while to make dinner, but I'll check back in a bit.