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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/
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
We could give him a couple of the Freeper threads about:
1. Times-Picayune expose that NO residents would be on their own (circa July 2005, on Free Republic)
2. NYT editorial about $$ for flood control (circa April 2005, quoted in FR and NRO)
3. The Mayor Nagin memorial motor pool (flooded buses) (on FR then Drudge Report) 4. Sean Penn bailing with dixie cup (here on FR) You get the idea...
Well they did come and suprise him and pose for photos with him.... and then take off again.
He wanted to spread a little hope. - Amen. And had he not gone, Charles would probably be saying - the President needs to go back to this region.....
Apparently, they'll be looking for a new skipper.
Might I suggest Mayor Nagin since he sure likes being underwater?
Prayers for ALL!
A lot of conservatives to be upset with today...Newt, Forbes and now Charles K
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I bet none of them could rattle off a timeline of the past nine days in any way comparable to the average Freeper. So it Seeeems like the rescue was late in getting organized. End of story to them. They have no idea about the true incompetence and venality of the Gov and her 'advisors' down there.
OH - you can bookmark any thread- go to the heading right under the first post on any thread. Then you can look through your own bookmarks by clicking on your own name...one way.
Rescue effort on now on MSNBC. At a grocery store in a ward in NOLA. I wonder if the rescuee is the owner. It has been going on for a while now.
Jessee JackA$$ the FAKE REVEREND RACE PIMP!! Change the channel when he's on. He isn't worth listening to.!!
Boy... this puts RFKjr into a real bind. If this was Florida he'd already be screaming "you can't rebuild, you can't put that poison water into the gulf... yada, yada, yada... but since this is a rat state.... well, you know the rest of the story!
I wonder how many will defect?
I never thought of it that way; but that is a good possibility. Nagin and Blanco and Landrieu are useless.
If someone has a direct e-mail to him, I would like it.
I count on Charles to be a responsible journalist, and he was WAY off base on this one.
I think we should make our voices heard to get some responsible journalism on Fox.
I think they should only rebuild what is needed for the port- and do what needs to be done to the French Quarter and the Garden District (what areas didn't flood) for historical reasons. Bulldoze the rest and turn it into a giant park.
"Yes, but it took time to clear those roads of debris and import buses since they drowned their own buses"
The first buss to the Astro Dome was one stolen by some kid - There are alot of school busses in the outlying areas - no excuse that these people could not get out.
IMHO that's 1 of the reasons they refused to sign Pres Bush's letter late last Fri and she *hired* Witt on Sat - the Klintoons and DNC need to get a better voice out there - Blanco can't do pressers or interviews. Can't help wondering if the Lt Gov Landrieu (Sen Mary's bro) has been running the state with maching orders from elsewhere and Blanco has just been a front.
Timmy discredited himself with his performance on Sunday.
The President has nothing to recover from, even according to their own twisted pollings that are always questionable. The MSM/DEMS are the ones with the credibility gap.
Heard that over the scanner a while back. Place called "We Got It"?
If so, the owner is inside, barricaded against looters, and his wife requested that someone go get him and persuade him to leave the place and come home.
well, if that 40% of the homes damaged is accurate....
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