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

[conservative cat]

Well, I dare him go through a strong earthquake -- with NO warning it's coming! Then we'll see.

He's a moron. At least with a hurricane you have a chance to evacuate with your family. I was in Bellevue, (then) husband was downtown Seattle, and my kids were South of Tacoma, much closer to the epicenter (although it didn't matter with the depth.) All the cell phone lines were jammed and the phone lines were iffy, too. It was hours before I knew my children were safe. (Was I ever a blubbering mess!)

[Ellesu]

Shep is on Letterman

[DrewsMum]

really????

[Arizona Carolyn]

This is what I said... I was much nicer to him than I was to Chris Matthews

Joe.... four questions:

1) Why would the federal government continue to send money to fix the levee's in New Orleans when it was a known fact the Levee Commissoners were using the money to buy casino's, boats, etc... (there is a long, published, list of items they bought with Government Funds)..

2)How did the City of New Orleans spend the money that was sent to them for Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness? Wasn't that supposed to go for things like Satellite Radios so the police, fire, etc., could all communicate in an emergency? Wasn't it for cities to set up evacuation centers and supply them? I think the Tax Payers didn't get their money's worth from New Orleans.

3)Since when is it the responsibility of the President of the United States to personally evacuate a city before a storm? Isn't it enough that he called them Saturday night and BEGGED them to evacuate New Orleans ASAP.... and make a public plea to the people to evacuate.

4) Would you have the National Guard and Military have all their equipment in the zone of the storm so it could be destroyed and then no one could be rescued. It certainly sounds like that is what the mainstream media is wanting.

I am VERY disapointed at you, Joe.

Intellectually you know under posse comitatus the President's hands were tied until the Governor requested his help by declaring Martial Law (which Mississippi and Alabama did immediately) and she held off on strictly for political reasons.

Because the Democratic Party wants to use this disaster to make political hay people died. I understand that. What I don't understand is why you are playing into their hands?

[Roccus]

Speaking of twenty lashes, here's a beautiful rant on the dilemma Pres. Bush faces.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477917/posts

PS I know they weren't taxpayers, but Rev Al Baby says they are.}:^P

[TheSpottedOwl]

Thanks for the info. We're on septic, and so far so good. They have big trucks that can pump the tanks out, but how would you do that during a Cat4 hurricane?

Could the buckets and 55 gallon drum ideas work in a situation like the Superdome?

[Txsleuth]

Thanks...first he is a guest on O'Reilly, now Letterman.

gosh, going loopy really does work in show-biz!!!

[Ellesu]

Nagin said the city had the authority to force residents to evacuate but didn't say if it was taking that step. He did, however, detail one heavy-handed tactic: Water will no longer be handed out to people who refuse to leave.



http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/ap09-05-144242.asp?t=APNEW

[DrewsMum]

on our local news tonight here in houston, they said something about the refugees/evacuees in the astrodome leaving and going partying, getting drunk and coming back to the dome all hours of the night stirring up trouble. They had to inact a curfew tonight.

[Miss Behave]

Get OUT! Loony Tunes, all!

And now Hillary wants a 9/11 style "Katrina Kommission." I swear her Cankle toxins have made her lose her mind, HGC.

I can't take any more. My head's gonna explode.

[Spktyr]

Something struck me tonight that nobody has come right out and said, so I will.

The Democrats left 250,000 American citizens to *die*.

[Txsleuth]

I don't know if you watched O'Reilly tonight...but Shep was a guest, talking about his adventures in NO...

Towards the end of the interview, Shep admitted that when he originally went down there to cover the hurricane, he truly thought that it would be like 12 hours of wind and rain, and then it would be over.

Which jibes with his attitude all day on Tuesday, when he said that NO lucked out again....until the flooding started that is.

[SolomoninSouthDakota]

For my little part, I called our mayor and tried to instill a little resolve in him to start taking some of the Katrina refugees into our city. Told him we ought to do what we can to help our neighbors down south and mentioned Texas was in need of placed to send folks. He said he had just been talking with our Gov. about it. Today the local paper has it that we may know by mid week if we can expect refugees. I'd be glad to see that a couple of families are housed for a few months. He who gives quickly gives twice.

[conservative cat]

Just lovely. I am glad this is all coming out, because now I know that in a natural disaster the very last place I will want to be is a large government shelter. I will track down any family member I can, even if I can't stand them or barely know them, and show up on their front door with a dog, three cats, and four kids. If they don't like it, I'll sleep in their driveway!

[TheSpottedOwl]

I posted to Madivan earlier. He said that the press in GB said that politically, no one was going to come out unscathed. He also relayed that they are seeing some terrible images and that they are seeing a lot of what happened to MS.

Well judging by Europe's MSM, they aren't any better than ours. I certainly hope there is some fair coverage regarding this disaster.

[Txsleuth]

Oh.. I KNOW you knew that...my taxpayers comment was directed at Sharpton's head...LOL I am sorry if you got the impression that I was directing that at you!!

[owl37]

"on our local news tonight here in houston, they said something about the refugees/evacuees in the astrodome leaving and going partying, getting drunk and coming back to the dome all hours of the night stirring up trouble."

LOL, Care to wager that the next reports will be of women on the upper levels flashing their chests to those chanting below?

[DrewsMum]

did they even give that info on the national news??

[conservative cat]

Weren't there over a million people in New Orleans to begin with? What is happening to all the people who self-evacuated before the storm? Where are they? (I know not being helped by the Red Cross!) To be honest, I am more upset for the middle class homeowners who weren't already on the dole. They have mortgages, car payments, and more to pay and a lifestyle to lose. What's going to happen to them?

[Txsleuth]

Dang---that was a well thought out, topic specific e-mail. You didn't rant and rave, and act like a wacko blaming JS for things...

He truly MUST have watched his shows and felt embarrassed for what HE was saying...to take it out on you.

Actually, he should have you as a guest, you make much more sense than the people he has on.