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Katrina Live Threads, Part XV
Various ^ | 4 September 2005 | Various

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/

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



TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: aftermath; cary; enoughalready; hurricane; katrina; leveefunding; notbreakingnews
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To: Pointblank

Welcome back Pointblank! :)


2,381 posted on 09/05/2005 3:44:48 PM PDT by PureSolace (God save us all)
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To: Pointblank

Great to see you back online. Let us know if you need anything.


2,382 posted on 09/05/2005 3:45:12 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: jhny7

Britt Hume has done his homework. When Jindal complained that FEMA had not stocked the superdome with food and water, Brit immediately interrupted Jindal and asked: "Is it not the responsibility of the local government to stock a shelter"?????


2,383 posted on 09/05/2005 3:45:20 PM PDT by Presby Conservative
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To: BurbankKarl

That's right, they used crowbars to pry the storage facilities open when they all broke in there.


2,384 posted on 09/05/2005 3:45:36 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: abb
Jindal idjit up on fox now

That is the most exposure I have ever had to Jindal. I was not impressed. Sounds semi-hysterical and flinging blame all over the place. You have to watch yourself when Brit is doing the questioning. Jindal upset FEMA didn't have provisions in the Doom. Brit says wait a minute, why FEMA, isn't that a local responsibility? Jindal's response: There's plenty of blame to go around. Not responsive.

2,385 posted on 09/05/2005 3:45:49 PM PDT by Bahbah (Tim Russert is a poopy-head)
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To: Yellow Rose of Texas

TWC...got it. I already know I can't count on ESPN.


2,386 posted on 09/05/2005 3:45:50 PM PDT by RetroSexual
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To: A Citizen Reporter

Wot a loser - Jindal, just another Rino - girlie man "intraoperability" - beaurocratic jingoism.

dontcha just love Brit Hume though?


2,387 posted on 09/05/2005 3:45:57 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Newbie, PhD. Tenure allows you to stay put - NOT evict others.)
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To: Spktyr

was engine still hot


2,388 posted on 09/05/2005 3:45:59 PM PDT by jhny7 (made in USA tested in japan mess with USA we'll use it again)
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To: Crawdad

What did she say? I couldn't bring myself to watch her?


2,389 posted on 09/05/2005 3:46:10 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Presby Conservative

It may be homework or a rare display of common sense.


2,390 posted on 09/05/2005 3:46:30 PM PDT by Crawdad (I cried beacuse I had no shoes, until I saw Kathleen Blanco on TV.)
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To: SolomoninSouthDakota

If she's really that dumb, she's fronting for someone who isn't.

Too many touro-dollars down there for the top of the heap to be a slobbering idiot.

Either we are seeing a facade, or else this boob is having her strings pulled by someone else.


2,391 posted on 09/05/2005 3:46:31 PM PDT by jeffers
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To: Txsleuth
Brit Hume is going to show the HONORE presser on his show NOW!!

Hume did good background piece with Brian Wilson - control in disater is bottom up, not top down.

Then he interviewed Jindal. Jindal is blaming FEMA and red tape. I believe the red tape part, but when Hume asked about stocking the Superdome, Jindal satarted with "I don't know why FEMA didn't .." at which Hume interrupted and said "Isn't that a local responsibility?" Jindal's response was very predictable. We've seen it 100's of times in the past week. "Now is not the time to point fingers, we need to rescue, blah blah blah."

2,392 posted on 09/05/2005 3:46:31 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: SolomoninSouthDakota

I wonder if anyone has that recorded - that needs to be preserved for the ages.


2,393 posted on 09/05/2005 3:46:51 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Ellesu

1142


2,394 posted on 09/05/2005 3:47:02 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Spktyr

Fox showing the buses!!!


2,395 posted on 09/05/2005 3:47:25 PM PDT by pitinkie (revenge will be sweet)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

All this gooey prayer pap. Reading badly. It was just awful.


2,396 posted on 09/05/2005 3:47:39 PM PDT by Crawdad (I cried beacuse I had no shoes, until I saw Kathleen Blanco on TV.)
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To: BurbankKarl

Oh there's plenty of space at the Convention Center, but would it turn into a hellhole like the Super Dome? I was thinking safer, semi permanent locations to house families.


2,397 posted on 09/05/2005 3:47:40 PM PDT by TheSpottedOwl ("President Bush, start building that wall"!)
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To: Arizona Carolyn

This ties in with the fact that the buses were not made available by the mayor for evacuation.


2,398 posted on 09/05/2005 3:47:52 PM PDT by RTINSC
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To: BurbankKarl

Brit Hume and Fred Barnes of Fox showing picture of buses (many times shown here on FR) - in N.O. - now flooded - that were not used to transport evacuees out of the city.


2,399 posted on 09/05/2005 3:47:54 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: sodpoodle
I LOVE BRIT HUME.

There it is!!!!!! The buses underwater picture. First time I've seen it on TV.

Thanks Brit!

2,400 posted on 09/05/2005 3:48:02 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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