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]

Thanks; I love that guy!

[sodpoodle]

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!
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Posted by sodpoodle to mickie
On News/Activism 08/31/2005 3:21:12 PM EDT · 5,677 of 6,457


Agree Mickie

There was at least a week when the mayor of NO and the Gov of LA could have lined up school buses, trains and tour buses to take ppl out of NO.

Where are all the school buses????

sp

I WANT CREDIT FOR THE ABOVE PRESCIENT COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ohioWfan]

Oh, Charles! Why did you say that the President's response was 'slow??' and not say that he called for the disaster response BEFORE the hurricane even hit??

C'mon guys!!

[Soul Seeker]

Too late, I turned and saw. LOL Thanks for the warning though. Actually it was pretty good till Kraut, but given some of the disappointments with HIM in past beginning, for me, with his commentary on TPOTC I expected NOTHING from him. He's just confirmed my opinion of him.

[Petronski]

The thing about the Super Dome that bothers the hell out of me is the electricity. It's designated the final refuge and it has no alternative power? No drive-up diesel generator at least to keep the lights on? At least SOME of the lights, like say, 10% of normal light intensity?


They had 250 guardsmen, 500 buses and 25,000 people. Why not bus them out? Two or three trips and those people are out of "the bowl."

Where to take them? I don't know, Baton Rouge? Houston? But at least get them out of the bowl.

[grey_whiskers]

'Twas a pun, hence the different spelling and "quotes".

Thanks for noticing.

Prayers for victims of Katrina.

In God We Trust. Not Democrats.

[Peach]

I told my husband I'd only go to dinner if we were back in time to see Brit's round table.

I was pleased to note that on the roundtable, Jeff Birnbaum said that while it appears the administration reacted slowly, the more you look at the situation, the more it's evident that the City failed as well. He went on to note the City didn't have a plan to evacuate the poor, etc.

[Spktyr]

It had a diesel generator, which did keep the lights on. Unfortunately, it's in the basement, and when the water started rising, it died.

[oceanview]

I tell you, with all the media pinheads we have seen, Greta has done some decent reporting from the astrodome.

[SauronOfMordor]

I screwed up the link, it's "Disaster Officials Collecting the Dead ( New Orleans Officals stop medical convoy from entering!)"

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Have any of you read this?:

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:4CGCqv6EbJAJ:www.new-orleans.la.us/cnoweb/cpc/transportation/Chapter3_3to3_6.pdf+orleans+Special+Levee+Improvement+Projects+Fund&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Bookmark your comment.

[Types_with_Fist]

They had 250 guardsmen

That's the thing bothering ME. How did the Guardsmen lose control so badly and how did the gangs take over?

[Peach]

I'm worried about people taking folks they don't know into their homes as well. Potentially dangerous situation.

[Crawdad]

What nobody mentions is that the federal response wouldn't have appeared slow (it wasn't) had the local and state people done their jobs.

[Spktyr]

No shoot-on-sight order, no authorization to fire.

[Yellow Rose of Texas]

Where were the nurses aids, administrators in that nursing home, did they leave all 80 alone?

[Petronski]

Unfortunately, it's in the basement, and when the water started rising, it died.

Clever plan for New Orleans.

[Soul Seeker]

Jeff is a Lib, but he didn't make my teeth hurt. He slammed the Locals/state far more--well deserved.

[oceanview]

there are some reports, some basic information about where people are for example, that can be useful. and when you have no communcations or command and control to anyone in charge, its better then nothing.