Candice Jameson, left, 21, and Robin Cates, 23, prepare to participate in the Decadence Parade through the historic French Quarter in New Orleans, La., Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005. The Decadence Parade is an annual gay celebration event.
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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
Will they all get a million apiece?
Well Broussard was talking about someone's Momma.
Mommas are sacred in the south, especially Louisiana.All grown men down here cry about Mommas, especiallly theirs and their friends.
Geeze, don't yall know anything!!
We cannot have that. Period.
Candice Jameson, left, 21, and Robin Cates, 23, prepare to participate in the Decadence Parade through the historic French Quarter in New Orleans, La., Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005. The Decadence Parade is an annual gay celebration event.
FGS! Is that right? Who called for it? Mafume or whatever his name?
WWL Update:
Updates as they come in on Katrina
09:46 PM CDT on Sunday, September 4, 2005
Tom Planchet
9:34 P.M. - Choi - Jefferson Parish sheriff asks all returning residents to only call 911 in the case of a developing emergency. Do not call to report property damage.
9:32 P.M. - KGW reporter Bernard Choi - Jefferson Parish officials are asking returning residents to gas up their cars before they return on Monday. It is unlikely gas will be available within the parish.
8:11 P.M. - St. Bernard Parish President Junior Rodriguez said St. Bernard Parish needs help too. He said they are at the "end of the line."
8:10 P.M. - Rodriguez: Updates on plight of St. Bernard after storm were late in coming because parish officials could not communicate with the outside world. Deputies and firefighters could communicate with each other, but not with anyone else.
8:05 P.M. - Jefferson Parish residents told to bring enough food, water and gasoline for the length of your stay if you return to see your home this week. Parish President Aaron Broussard said nothing will be available to supplement their needs.
7:43 P.M. - Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee said he doesn't recommend that people return to Jefferson Parish at this time.
7:30 P.M. - BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Seven children who were separated from their families during a rooftop rescue in New Orleans were reunited Sunday night with their mothers, who found them using a national hotline and Web site.
The children, ranging in age from 5 months to 6 years, had been taken to a special shelter in Baton Rouge after being plucked from apartment rooftops. Their parents were later airlifted and taken to a San Antonio shelter.
State Department of Social Services employees photographed the children once they arrived in Baton Rouge.
7:11 P.M. - Office of Emergency preparedness: Civilian helicopter crashes in rescue attempt. Early report are that the pilot and passenger made it with minor injuries and cuts.
"The plan for the New Orleans officials was "pray the storm misses us like Ivan."
Yes, they were given an opportunity to evaluate their evacuation plan because there were many problems with that evacuation. The were too stupid to study what needed to be worked on and make the adjustments that was necessary.
When Robert F. Kennedy wrote that God punished Mississippi with Hurricane Katrina for electing former lobbyist Haley Barbour as governor, I realized that its not that liberals don't believe in God or morality, but rather that they have an entirely different viewpoint of morality. They even have their own Ten Commandments which are posted below.
I. Thou Shalt Have no other gods before the environment.
II. Thou Shalt Not make to thee any image or likeness of scripture or anything that references or alludes to God and post it a public place.
III. Thou Shalt not take the name of the Supreme Court in vain.
IV. Remember vacation days in union contracts to keep them sacrosanct. For three days shalt thou labor, but the remaining four shall be for recreation.
V. Honor thy Public School teachers and never criticize their methods, curriculum, or results, that they may fill thy campaign coffers.
VI. Thou Shalt not kill except for convenience and sex.
VII. Thou Shalt not judge any consensual sex act as immoral, lest thou be considered a prude.
VIII. Thou Shalt not steal unless it is from a rich man and thou useth the tax code, or if thou art a clever movie character, thou canst do it as well.
IX. Thou Shalt bear false witness and paint a deceiving picture if it advances the cause of liberalism.
X. Thou Shalt Covet thy neighbors house, thy neighbor's car, and thy neighbor's spouse. For thy neighbor hath gotten all of his goods and success by oppressing the poor. Thy covetousness shalt drive thy politics.
I pray that the thugs get what's coming to them.
Haven't heard a peep from Blanco today. Perhaps someone else
saw some coverage about her.
Broussard is as Guilty in this as Blanco.
He failed to implement his duty under the Louisiana Emeregency Plan per the Stafford laws.
He Should go to jail in this too, right along with Blanco and Nagin.
Here's the picture of John Travolta's home.
IVAN and Nagan:
FROM
Ivan Nears New Orleans
16/09/2004 04:06
By Russell McCulley
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2004/09/16/world/ivannearsneworleans.html?page=2
’VERTICAL EVACUATION’
Mayor Ray Nagin said the evacuation was going well but noted at least 100,000 of greater New Orleans’ 1.5 million people relied on public transit and had no means to leave. He advised a "vertical evacuation" for those left behind, telling them to move to the higher floors of tall buildings to avoid floodwaters that could rise up to 18 feet (5.5 metres).
CUT CUT
"We will have people in the city who will ride the storm out," he said on NBC’s "Today" show. "We are very concerned about the flooding which could basically mimic what happened in 1965 with Hurricane Betsy."
Forecasters countered Nagin’s advice with a caution that a hurricane’s winds increase the higher people go. At the top of a 30-story building, the winds could be 20 to 25 mph (32 to 40 kph) higher than at ground level.
You won't get flamed by me -- I agree!
A fellow employee, who wore a Kerry sticker on her car, was asking me today what was up...I told her a bit about the mayor and governor lack of/ actions: not declaring the evacuation; leaving the hundreds of buses unused, etc etc.
She said isn't LA known for the corrupt government. Reassured her they were. Her comment: "Well, it looks like they are just manipulating to make the president look bad to CYA." They should be strung up somewhere!"
I smiled.
LOL. Good stuff, but did that sleaze really write that about MY governor?
Nice account, makes your heart hurt doesn't it. Yall are doing a good thing.
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco hugs New Orleans Archbishop Alfred Hughes inside St. Joseph's Cathedral in Baton Rouge, La., Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005.
Now this is interesting!
NAACP Partners with MoveOn to Provide Housing for Disaster Victims
The NAACP will probably "volunteer" to run the fund too.
That money would disappear faster than the money given to levee Boards in Louisiana.
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