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

[GOP_Proud]

Check your FreepMail.

[Seattle Conservative]

Build what is necessary, but make sure someone besides the politicos in NO and LA cannot get their fingers on 1 red cent. The process (including RFPs and contracting) and funds need to be managed by someone/group out of state and every penny needs to be accounted and justified for and no overruns - No Southern Big Digs!

[Txsleuth]

Well, then the hurricane people that were sent to Houston will feel right at home...because what you described is exactly how Houston feels in the summer...blech!

[Peach]

LOL.

I'm not sure I'll listen at 10:00 but you MUST try and at least LOOK (with the mute button on) if only to see how BAD Hillary looks. Not that I'm being catty or anything :-)

[buckandbuck1]

Maybe Hitlery will hang her spikes "heels" on the Astrodome artificial turf and blow a knee.

[A Citizen Reporter]

Well, Hilary has already gone on the attack. But Greta says....."not today, not today she didn't". Well so what, Greta.

I can't stand Greta Van Sustern, and I don't trust one report she files from Houston.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Thank you - as I said over there - "So what have we really learned then? Mainly, that the decades long liberal ideal of “big brother government” coming to rescue you IMMEDIATELY as soon as you get into a jam is, at best, naive, at worst, deadly. We have learned that there is really no substitute for personal responsibility and self reliance. But you won’t hear that on the mainstream media because, well, that’s “red state talk.” - is basically exactly what (believe it or not) Bill O'Reilly said tonight.

[OKIEDOC]

I will predict right now and bet my ranch that ambulance chasing scumbag lawyers are going to get richer over this debacle.

These creeps will be going after the deep pockets of Uncle Sam.

[Not A Snowbird]

Thanks, maica. I'll look for it.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It's steamier in NO, but not by much. It rains more in NO, but there are more frog strangler storms in Houston.

Folks here in Utah think a half inch of rain is a lot. What do they know?

[Types_with_Fist]

Yes. I've been to Houston many times. I have some family there. The main difference is that you guys have flooding because of concrete. There's actually someplace for the water to go afterward. But, you're right, I've never noticed much difference in climate...:-)

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Please, don't put words in my mouth, publana. If my children were sitting in a crowd of 20k in the foulest sanitary and health conditions for the amount of time these folks were, I would want my child to recover before going anywhere. The most loving thing, imho, would be to allow these children a week to recover and to try and sleep. I wouldn't want my children going anywhere knowing the risk they could present to other people, as well as to their own selves. My goodness, their immune systems must be shot. GI problems and infections are being seen in many of the children. Do we want children with gastroenteritis in school?

[buckandbuck1]

Tobacco-esque combination Reparations/Katrina victims compensation fund with, of course, class action tort settlement on the mold claim with the customary 30% contingency fee.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Post 1620 will give you that press conference you want to hear!

[Jrabbit]

I guess that's why our little shelter has had no problems. I don't think we rate for the celebrity tour. Besides, nobody I've talked to is mad at Bush. Our Ms. King...eldely lady in the wheelchair with the press on nails....was cheering at the NOPD shooting the thugs that shot at the civil engineers! Our evacuees aren't PC, apparantly! LOL

[Mo1]

Well, Hilary has already gone on the attack. But Greta says....."not today, not today she didn't". Well so what, Greta.

I haven't had a chance to watch much news today

But if they attacked .. then they are fair game

I said back when this was all starting with this storm the Dems did not want to go down this road on the attacks

I hope they all choke on their words

[GOP_Proud]

The libs will still hate WalMart.

[OKIEDOC]

I just cringe when people say so and so candidate moved to the middle.

A person who can change their thinking to get elected can change it back after the election.

Hellary is such a liar and hypocrite.

I believe she is dangerous to America.

[maica]

Are you in NYC? I Iistened to Laura's 3 hour program this morning and her guest host was Peter Weisbach. Has she been doing 5 hours of live radio all this time?

[TheSpottedOwl]

This was poorly planned from the get-go. It's not like So Cal was hit by a Cat 4 hurricane, or NO was hit by 7.0 earthquake. Everyone knows that Louisiana, and the Gulf States, are likely to get nailed by a hurricane with Katrina's intensity.

So, why weren't generators in place? They knew the electricity would fail. They needed plenty of light to keep people safe from the thugs. They needed electricity to keep 25,000 people cool. Not to mention a system for sanitary facilities.

All those buses could have been utilized to get out the most vulnerable to PREPLANNED destinations.

The local and state officials won't wiggle out of this one. Are you reading Ellesu's posts about the millions of dollars FEMA sent LA, that can't quite be accounted for. This is why the Clintons and their operatives are out there. They're trying to cover up what amounts to grand theft and criminal neglect, if not outright manslaughter. I call it murder, but I'm just looking at what these bums can be charged with.