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

[Mo1]

am voting in this billoreilly.com poll, everyone should.

I don't like the way Bill formed that question

He is lumping ALL the levels of government's handling of this

I think the Feds did fine .. but I think the city and state FAILED!

[Soul Seeker]

Well, let's look at our blessings. So long as O'Reilly and Newt are on together, we know they won't be ruining two different shows at the same time. They are confined to one show.

[Mo1]

The idiots in the press forget that if this was the Cat 5 direct hit they were originally supposed to get, everyone in the city of NO would have been wiped out, including Shepard Smith.

EXACTLY!

[A Citizen Reporter]

And Greta Van Sustern is the Clinton's own personal correspondent on Fox news. Her segment on O'Bloviator was nothing but drool.

[publana]

Plano's school district has decided to get vaccination records first, and they were slammed in an editorial yesterday because of it.

As they should be. They will be vaccinated. To tell these ppl after all they have been through that they are not "good enough" to attend school is unthinkable. The doctors at the shelters are checking them out. I would *think* since bacteria has been found, they will be looking for all of these diseases that has us so worried. I would be shocked if any unhealthy children are going to school.

[michaelt]

Every time Jindal had an opportunity to say something about the local officals, he always said something like "there's enough blame to go around."

He didn't blame Bush or Chertoff or Brown specifically either, but he kept going back to the bureaucratic red-tape, which to me was code for the feds.

He always deflected when Brit asked him a question about the local officials.

[NautiNurse]

Thanks for the heads up - I think...

Perhaps I should leave the Hillary! interview to you, since I already suffered through the Bubba camera time today.

[Mo1]

And Greta Van Sustern is the Clinton's own personal correspondent on Fox news. Her segment on O'Bloviator was nothing but drool.

You know .. if Clinton can help those folks and help raise money for them ?

I don't have a problem

But if he dares to make a political attack .. then he is fair game

[OKIEDOC]

Please post he comments.

If already posted please give post number.

[don-o]

I keep thinking about the post where it was stated there were 4 dempsey dumpsters worth of weapons collected in the Dome.

You should be able to recognize a lunatic when it posts nonsense like that - and not repeat it.

Get a grip.

[Types_with_Fist]

He didn't blame Bush or Chertoff or Brown specifically either, but he kept going back to the bureaucratic red-tape, which to me was code for the feds.

He's being non-specific for a reason. His talk is merely for local consumption. He wants to be governor.

[buckandbuck1]

"Yep mold will make a lot of people sick."

Send in the lawyers. Do you think they will airlift in or arrive in caravans?

[shezza]

See statistics in this thread:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1478043/posts?page=63#61
At least 1658 state government owned buses within an hour and a half of N.O.

Assuming a conservative 50 passengers per bus, that means an additional 183,000 people could have been evacuated (not that they'd all go, mind you, but there was ample transportation --and ample time-- to move them out of harm's way).

[TexKat]

The suppose grocery store guy refused to leave with the coast guard rescuer. Something smells regarding that matter. The suppose grocery store owner was not alone either, there was another individual there with him although I could not decisively make out whether the other individual was male or female. But by the style of shoes the other individual has on it appeared to be female shoes. :)

[Soul Seeker]

Tammy illustrating the difference of results from a people that are self dependent and elect good leadership, verses those with no hope reliant on the welfare state. Night and day.

Caller blasting everyone for being on the President's back. brining up Mary's threats, wants the CIA/FBI/S.S. on her. SO do I.

[tomkat]

In a better world that might have been funny

The world's about as good as you decide to make it, darlin'.
If I couldn't find a reason to laugh at it a few times a day I'd prolly have to slit my throat.

Cheers...

[Cboldt]

What good what it have done in the rescue efforts and the victims, for Bush to get on national TV and blast the effort of those in charge and on down the line?

It's all a matter of timing. He did, without naming names, say the results were unacceptable.

I just wish he had said that, oh, 24 hours earlier. And it would have been good for him to acknowledge some breakdown of civil order in NOLA, and that restoration of that was a priority. The problem with that is he would be stepping on the governor's authority and responsibility to maintain civil order in the first place, so he's sorta caught there.

It's a minor quibble. I was very happy with his speech on Saturday morning, and I was less than impressed with hearing congratulatory speeches (just between the politicians and bureacrats) when the city of NOLA was under 15 feet of water and there was a widely reported serious breakdown in civil order - said congratulatory speeches coming earlier in the week. They're all at the WH website. It's an easy cronology to follow.

[Types_with_Fist]

That was the idiot's wife. Apparently they've decided they can't force him to leave. So he will likely die where he is.

[Txsleuth]

I agree with you about what I might do if Rush jumps on the bash Bush bandwagon....I may have to go cold turkey on TV, talk radio AND FR..sniff, sniff.

You said that Oprah was in Houston today---so was, Clinton, Hitlery, Sheila Jackson Lee, George HW Bush and some other celebs...

Those people in the Astrodome are getting ready to find out what "being used for a photo-op" means, when by the end of this week...NO ONE comes to check on how they are!!!!

[Mo1]

This question poll from BOR is pure BS
He lumps all levels of gov. into one question


http://www.billoreilly.com/
So far, please grade how the authorities have handled Hurricane Katrina:


I think the Feds did fine .. it was the City & State Gov that failed