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

[SE Mom]

Wooooo Hoooooo! They showed the FAMOUS BUS PICTURE on FOX NEWS- go Brit! Fred is great...Mort's whining..

[Petronski]

The Buses! The Buses!



Hume and Barnes talk about 500 buses while "the picture" spends a good ten seconds on the screen.

Way to speak TRUTH TO POWER, fellas!

[BurbankKarl]

The Governor dressed up to meet Bush? She is wearing different clothes now.

[Arizona Carolyn]

YEP and now showed the photo of the school buses... Fred Barnes says guess the word is out in Louisiana to blame FEMA for everything.

[abb]

FINALLY!!! accurate reporting!!!

[Crawdad]

And it's still going on on WWL-TV. Luckily she's got some military people there and Brown. If she were on her own, she would have lasted about 22 seconds. Disgraceful.

[Types_with_Fist]

Jindal's response: There's plenty of blame to go around. Not responsive.

Pure politics. That's one small thing that has slid by many here. Nobody in Louisiana gives a damn about party, MSM or concentrated effort with the left. Everything you hear Landrieu, Blank-O or Jindal utter is for the population in Louisiana. Louisisanans will want to blame somebody. Whoever does NOT get the blame has a future with the voters.

[SE Mom]

Whooops- retract- apologies to him (and it's not Mort either- it's Birnbaum)

Krauthammer: Mayor is clueless

[easonc52]

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

Great!

[Arizona Carolyn]

It said they are looking for him.... no word that I could find of a reunion.

[Gimme]

That's great!! Did they let that poor kid know? Anyone know??

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Krauthammer - all 3 commentators on Brit Hume program have slammed the Mayor (clueless) and Governor (sobbing), but then slammed President Bush saying his visit Friday didn't go well or he wouldn't have gone back again today. (BS)

[Bahbah]

Welcome back, and God bless the USA indeed.

[Soul Seeker]

Kraut's a media hack. Fred, Moose and brit are on my good list. Keeping notes...

[Txsleuth]

It is safe to come out---Brit's show is GETTING IT RIGHT.

Oh, dear Charles Krauthammer is bashing Bush for being too slow...and he said..(this is unbelieveable) he said, that obviously Bush's trip to the Gulf on Friday wasn't "successful", because he "had to go back today"...and I think I heard one of the panelists AGREEING WITH KRAUTHAMMER...

blech..

Nope, SS you better not watch the last 15 minutes of the replay!!!

[maica]

For some unbiased reports, see the weather channel.

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I second the motion. Factual reporting and access to most of the same video footage.

[ohioWfan]

Whining instead of taking responsibility. Just like a little kid who just got the smackdown from his Dad........the General........

[SolomoninSouthDakota]

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

Let me tell you, I saw what I saw at @6:00 am Wed. ( sorry it was Wed.). I couldn't believe it. Thsi aid, a young woman, was in a crouched position in front of Blank o after she had just finished an interview with a national outlet and waiting for the next. The "aid" was just absolutely coaching her and when she suggested the gov. needed more help, BlanK o said, Oh yeah, thanks for riminding me. I WAS GOING TO CALL IN THE MILITARY BUT I FORGOT.

I'm SERIES folks.

[PureSolace]

How hard is it to say, "Ya now, you're right. We messed up. We dropped the ball somewhere along the line. But We're the leaders in charge, lets try to fix the problem thats there now."

Where are the problem solvers? Where are the public servants? Man, I might try to run for office one day if no one is willing to do their job or take responsibility.

[RetroSexual]

I can cut Krauthammer some slack. That segment was the first decent chunk of truth I've seen in days, Krauthammer is right that the President is pulling himself out of a PR disaster. But I think the tide is turning, so to speak.