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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.
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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/
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Tropical Storm 12
Wasn't it just today the FEMA director said that he was on the phone with NO officials and they never told him there were 25,000 people in one of the convention centers? It was a place that wasn't designated a shelter but people forced their way into it.
I've never seen such ineptitude in my entire life. Ever.
Interesting story from a Reuters article this afternoon:
"HOUSTON - In the last week, Joseph Brant lost his apartment, walked by scores of dead in the streets, traversed pools of toxic water and endured an arduous journey to escape the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in his hometown New Orleans.
On Sunday, he was praising the Lord, saying the ordeal was a test that ended up dispelling his lifelong distrust of white people and setting his life on a new course. He said he hitched a ride Friday in a van driven by a group of white folks.
“Before this whole thing I had a complex about white people; this thing changed me forever,” said Brant, 36, a truck driver who, like many of the refugees receiving public assistance in Houston, Texas, is black.
“It was a spiritual experience for me, man,” he said of the aftermath of a catastrophe al Qaida-linked Web sites called evidence of the “wrath of God” striking an arrogant America.
Brant was one of the evacuees across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi who gave thought to religion Sunday, almost a week after the floods changed their lives, perhaps forever."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9206991/
Some evacuees see religious message in Katrina
"I hope we don't see the Administration trying to push the 'we weren't asked' line, because they'll get crucified with their own document if they do."
Bush himself criticized FEMA - and your right, it would be political poison to push this de jure toe dancing.
This is the first test of a Homeland Security catastrophe and it is fair to say "Not much of a cheese shop".
And before the flamers light up - the big lesson is that DONT EXPECT THE GOVT TO SAVE YOUR BUTT - be prepared
- food, water , fuel and firearms.
That's a good point about the cameras. Although I imagine the gangsters would have beaten people senseless to get their hands on them.
Those poor women and children. The more I hear about what when on with the lawless SOBs, the more angry I get.
This great plan for the City of New Orleans we've always heard about seems to be "every man for himself".
Louisiana IS a foreign country. Only state in the nation that still goes by the Napoleonic Code (more or less).
I heard as explanation that people on their own just started towards the conventon center.
I was shocked that CNN would actually play these responses, and am SO GLAD I happened to turn from Fox (Geraldo finally got to me) to hear that very encouraging little snippit!
BTW--it struck me that the lady "Geraldo rescued" was totally prepared for the hurricane. She had plenty of water and food for her, and even Dusty! Bless her soul!
Can you post a source document for this please?
Thanks for posting that; I think I will make it the last thing I read tonight as it's lifted my spirits considerably.
Has anyone heard what they are going to do with the bodies they find? I know it's morbid but there will be no family/friends around to identify these people... which leads me to believe they will be incinerated because of disease and that's just horrible.
***Catering to illegals and nutcases is what got your state into that mess. Texas is going to end up having well more than 250,000 refugees by Monday. California, with its vast open spaces in the north, stadiums closed by enviro nuts, and unused arenas has taken... drumroll please....
750.
Seven hundred and fifty.
That's all.
This is Texas. We took point. We're doing the job. It's up to the REST of y'all to do your jobs.***
Sure, blame ME. I voted for Bush.
:)
See post #132.
Now has any of the news media addressed why the Louisiana officials didn't allow them INSIDE the Superbowl? Has GERALDO asked that question. If GERALDO had been reporting from inside the Superbowl since last Tuesday, would the outcome of this be different?
why not just have a massive federal bueracracy that has planners for us all from a central location and appoints ministers for all the cities and states, they may or may not know the geography, economy or the demography of any one particular location, but it would be far more efficient... Wouldn't it? That is what the liberals want. Remind you of anything?
Federal forces will probably be visiting Broussard shortly to explain why that's a *bad* idea.
A link would be helpful.
I don't think you'll be pleased by what you find. It is very clear that DHS had the authority to roll FEMA into this on its own accord.
Does the document describe any criteria for this "override" of standard procedure? And the presence of the term "standard procedure" indicates that the process has variables. What is the "standard procedure?" What is the "special procedure?" Do natural disasters where the state apparatus remains fully functional justify moving from the "standard procedure?"
Katrina was a natural disater, not a terrorist attack, not without some days of warning, and was not an act of war by a foreign power.
I'm certain we will make every effort to identify each body.
What I fear most is a full out, blame Bush mass funeral.
In the NOLA area, the official morgue is set up at the airport. For MS and AL, I have not received updates.
I don't buy that for a nanosecond.
If there were any credence to it, the headlines EVERYWHERE would have been four stories high, beginning Monday the 29th.
Variation on the theme already outted by Buckhead.
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