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

[GOPrincess]

"No more checking Grisham's out of the library for me-I will purchase his hardback novels now"

I second the motion. He is a stand-up guy.

[Howlin]

These are interesting:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477460/posts

and

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477472/posts

[little jeremiah]

You mean Mayor "I am not a drug addict" Nagin.

[TexKat]

Sure but what I do not get is when some say that FEMA is a or controlled by the state when FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Another new thread :-) Bf and I are laughing about Sean Penn and his leaky boat!

[Howlin]

Shoot.......that was gonna be fun........LOL.

[WVNan]

Was there a picture of that event?

[Cboldt]

I heard the the Gideon's were on the job, and have distributed a large number of Bibles. Funny, when people are in trouble that is the first thing that they want.

That is really awesome, and Gideons is another organization that deserves donations.

I was handed a Gideons NT when I was a 5th grader, at the public elementary school. Those were the days, I'll tell ya.

But it is simply encouraging that the survivors, who have lost all and have witnessed at least rough times, and perhaps pure evil, are seeking out the message of the Bible.

[sageb1]

"The more I see, and the more I read, I am beginning to believe that BLANCO should be held CRIMINALLY responsible. The souls of the Dead are crying out for JUSTICE!"

You are correct. The levee problem was already known. Her responsibility (and Nagin's) was to get the people out. If they had done that ONE thing, even though property was lost, there would have been no lives lost. Individual responsibility aside, an early mandatory evacuation would have saved the lives of thousands or tens of thousands.

[Kay]

Perfect. Just telling my sister about this today on the phone! I'll send these to her tomorrow.

[Lucy Lake]

Christ has no body now but yours
No hands, no feet on earth but yours
Yours are the eyes through which He looks
compassion on this world
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.

...Teresa of Avila

[Spktyr]

Unless I miss my guess, the prefabricated home industry is also about to get off the ground in a *huge* way.

[NautiNurse]

Of course, now everybody on the internet thinks that's what I look like!

Wait a minute---that is a photo of ME!

[Spktyr]

Uh, no. Even if the Feds weren't reimbursing us, we would have stepped up. It would hurt us a LOT more, but we would have stepped up. It's a duty to us here, remember?

By the way, you *do* know that many of these people are being housed in churches and private housing that FEMA won't reimburse, right?

[PAR35]

As for large amoounts of displaced persons needing massive shelters, if we have room for them fine, thats up to our charities and government officials to make that determination. the only place I can think of would be unused military bases.

No arenas? No convention centers? No closed retail stores/malls?

All of which are being used in other areas.

It isn't a question of cost - most of that will be spread among all of the federal taxpayers. It is solely a matter of heart.

[Brad’s Gramma]

LOL!!!!

[grey_whiskers]

American Atheists is a nationwide movement which defends the civil rights of nonbelievers, works for the separation of church and state, and addresses issues of First Amendment public policy bunch of barking moonbats.

[NautiNurse]

omg - that was a lifetime ago by news this past week.

I promise to get my teeth cleaned asap...

;o)

[Brad’s Gramma]

LOL!! Yes, a teeth cleaning IS in order!

[Cedar]

oh no, I think I just got confused again!