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

[NittanyLion]

Boy, for a minute I thought Clinton would be able to avoid politicizing this. What could I have been thinking?

[NautiNurse]

What in the world???

The woman screaming about the levee being broken on purpose? They ignored her.

[Patriot from Philly]

Just went over to the NRO corner and Rich Lowry is quoting Mary Landrieu about how out of it FEMA director was.

Nothing about her irresponsible behavior or the dereliction of duty by the local authorities.

This from the conservatives.

[Peach]

I wasn't going to watch, deliberately. Clinton is such a POS that I just start getting angry all over again at what he did to this country.

[Soul Seeker]

Clinton trying to exempt himself by saying he tried to fix the levy system. He is, however, smarter than all his little friends. He's slapping them down for their timing of politization.

41 was amazing! Advised the critics to repeat it to Barbara's face. LOL Also stated in response to the critisism of G.W., that he could handle it. HUGE laughter cause we all know G.W.B. isn't going to bust a blood vessel like a certain other ex if critisized.

[texasbluebell]

One of the reporters shouted out something about is it govt's fault?

41 said, "The President can take it."

Then he said, if anybody wants to take it up with Barbara, you better put on a flak jacket.

Drew a big laugh from the reporters.

[Marauder]

Wow, ten pages in Word. Thank you for that roundup of salient and pertinent facts. This has definitely enhanced my reserve of ammunition for the coming "water cooler moments" at work.

[NittanyLion]

"What do you say to the people who say the levee broke on purpose"

LOL! An SUV probably rammed it until it broke...

[Peach]

Those people are sick, sick, sick. I could not BELIEVE that question. Just stunned.

[CedarDave]

I heard someone else groan after she shouted the question.

[NautiNurse]

But you know the libs fawn all over everything he says. That's why it was important to hear his self-congratulatory babble.

[rlmorel]

Excellent. Have you considered posting this as a vanity? I know there are lots of people who can use this information, summarized as you have done it.

Very well written...

[gg188]

Yeah, it sounded like a reporterette asking that question. Something pretty much like, "President Clinton, what do you think of how some people are saying that the levee was broken on purpose?"

Where did that come from?

[Peach]

Add that question to the mayor saying maybe the CIA was going to take him out because he criticized the federal government.

I had no idea we had so many nutjobs around. Disasters seem to bring them out of the woodwork.

[lugsoul]

Fine. If you want to maintain that some sort of state action was a prerequisite to Federal action, go right ahead. What I'm saying - which is the same thing I said initially - is that the language of the NRP does not appear to me to offer any support for that position.

I have no desire to sit here and argue esoterica regarding the language of either the NRP or the Stafford Act. The NRP flat out says that issues of allocation of authority should not delay the response. So it makes no sense to argue that a delayed response was caused by issues of allocation of authority.

[texasbluebell]

No, he's stabbing the Bushes in the back.

That's the reason they keep x42 so close, he can't do as much damage to them if they keep a handle on him. Hillary is less likely to mouth off too, though it's hard to keep either of those 2 reined in.

[southland]

BTT

[NautiNurse]

I swear, that's the first time hearing any conjecture about the levee being broken on purpose. I would love to know the name of the loon who shouted that one.

[Albertafriend]

About Harrah's:

We've been there in 2003 when we took a day trip to New Orleans from where we were staying in Bay St. Louis. We aren't gambers but we just stepped inside the place to have a look at it.

[texasbluebell]

I agree, that post 652 deserves its own thread.