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Katrina Updates Thread
Self | 9/6/2005 | Abigail Adams

Posted on 09/06/2005 10:15:17 AM PDT by Abigail Adams

This thread is for Katrina news and updates.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1threadforall; 2latestnews; aalreadyposted; alreadyposted; chatroomies; hurricane; katrina
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Can someone post links to streaming video? I don't know how to do that. Thanks!
1 posted on 09/06/2005 10:15:19 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: Abigail Adams

I have been following the Katrina Live Threads daily, and now that they are no longer being posted, I though I'd go ahead and start a Katrina Updates Thread.

Please post any news items, briefs from press conferences, and tidbits you see on TV or streaming video.

I hope it's okay that I started this thread! I've never started a thread before.


2 posted on 09/06/2005 10:17:34 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: Abigail Adams

On WDSU this morning, they showed video from St. Bernard's Parish. It appears that much of the water has receeded, but the streets are covered in oil due to a spill or leak from a nearby oil company.


3 posted on 09/06/2005 10:18:51 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: Admin Moderator

Can you change the title to "Katrina Updates Thread 1" please? Thank you!


4 posted on 09/06/2005 10:19:55 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: Abigail Adams

WH briefing up now.


5 posted on 09/06/2005 10:21:28 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: Abigail Adams

CNN: E Coli found in the water in New orleans.


6 posted on 09/06/2005 10:23:19 AM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Abigail Adams; NautiNurse; steveegg
Streaming links: 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.

Streaming Public Safety Communications Links

Baton Rouge Statewide Police + US Customs/US Coast Guard Operations (subject to congestion - try again later if it doesn't load) - Note: Two different radio services air concurrently - police on the right speaker channel and Customs/Coast Guard on the left.:

http://mirror1.ev1helps.net:8080/lspbtr.m3u - 2000 users max
http://stfunoob.com/nola/scanner.pls - 2500 users max
http://aurora.foghaven.net:8000/LSP.m3u - 1000 users max
http://radio2.wrpn.net:5000/nola_scanner.m3u - 32 users max
http://egg.dishnuts.net:8000/LASP.m3u - 100 users max
http://69.18.113.212:8088/listen.pls - 50 users max
http://hostamazing.com/nola/scanner.pls

Houston AstroDome Operations:

http://radio.artplz.com:8000/NewOrleans.mp3.m3u
http://www.goodphuck.com:8088/listen.pls
http://egg.dishnuts.net:8000/NewOrleans.m3u

San Antonio Shelter Operations Feed Unreliable - More Relays Coming:

http://aurora.foghaven.net:8000/san_antonio.m3u

Gulf Coast ARES Emergency Net:

http://ve3nsv.no-ip.org:8000/canwarnlive.m3u

Hurricane Welfare Information:

http://207.44.198.6:8000/listen.pls

Hurricane Katrina Watch Net - Health and Welfare:

http://209.189.239.77:8048/listen.pls

(You may need to install Winamp to listen to these scanner broadcasts. Visit http://www.winamp.com to download the free player.)
7 posted on 09/06/2005 10:23:30 AM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: mhking

Thank you so much mhking!


8 posted on 09/06/2005 10:24:22 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: Types_with_Fist

WWL Updates as they come in on Katrina

12:16 PM CDT on Tuesday, September 6, 2005

Tom Planchet

12:15 P.M. - WHITE HOUSE (AP): In the debate about how to describe those displaced by Hurricane Katrina, President Bush is joining those who don't like the word "refugees."

The president tells reporters, "The people we're talking about are not refugees, they are Americans." And he adds, "They need the help and love and compassion of our fellow citizens."

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His words appear to put him on the same side as the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who has declared it's "racist" to call U.S. citizens refugees. Jackson and other black leaders say the word has a criminal connotation -- and prefer the more neutral term "evacuees."

12:10 P.M. - Meg Casper, State Dept. of Education: Parents should enroll their children in school districts where the family is seeking temporary shelter. We're getting requests from everywhere across the country about enrolling displaced kids.

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12:04 P.M. - CAPITOL HILL (AP): Congress is promising to hold hearings as it conducts its own investigation into the federal response to Hurricane Katrina.

Senator Susan Collins says "government at all levels failed." The Republican from Maine says it's difficult to understand the ineffective response to a disaster that had been warned about for years.

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12:02 P.M. - WWL-TV: Community Coffee pledges over five million cups of coffee to the relief effort.

11:53 A.M. - WWL-TV: A hotline has been established for rescue workers responding to Hurricane Katrina to call if they begin experiencing feelings of stress, anxiety, depression or fear in response to their work. The toll-free counseling hotline is 1-877-556-2476. Please call this number to speak with a licensed counseling representative.

11:45 A.M. - BATON ROUGE (AP): Victims of Hurricane Katrina scrambling for housing in their temporary new hometowns can access a new Web site designed to link renters directly with property owners with an apartment, house or room to rent.

The site, www.HurricaneHousing.net, has a search engine that allows users to choose the city, parish or county where they are seeking housing in a seven-state area that includes Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Texas, Arkansas and Georgia.

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11:42 A.M. - NEW YORK (AP): Traveling by boat and wading through foul-smelling water, Harry Connick Junior surveyed the damage by Hurricane Katrina to his father's New Orleans home.

It wasn't as bad as Connick had feared.

He returned to New Orleans Monday, a trip documented for NBC's "Today" show and aired today. He had traveled to the city last week.

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11:39 A.M. - Blaine Kern, Mardi Gras World: Mardi Gras will be hurt this year, but it will come back bigger and better than ever. I'll be helping anybody get

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11:35 A.M. - WASHINGTON (AP): A new search-and-rescue effort is in the works for flooded areas of central New Orleans.

The commander of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division says paratroopers are planning to use inflatable Zodiac craft and other small boats in that effort.

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9 posted on 09/06/2005 10:25:14 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: Abigail Adams

Anyone here anything about Nagin sending NOLA cops to Vegas?


10 posted on 09/06/2005 10:25:20 AM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Types_with_Fist

RE: E Coli found in the water in New Orleans... You mean in the stangnant flood water? Or in the city water supply?


11 posted on 09/06/2005 10:25:40 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: Abigail Adams

Stagnant flood water, apparently.


12 posted on 09/06/2005 10:26:40 AM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Abigail Adams
Bless you. Thanks for this, some of us are keeping volunteers in shelters updated with this information.
13 posted on 09/06/2005 10:27:00 AM PDT by Yellow Rose of Texas (Freeper amom will be reporting live from BRLA)
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To: Types_with_Fist

With apologies to Randy Newman....

Lake Pontchartrain

Now the Lord can make you rise
And the Lord can make you sink
And the Lord can make you overflow
But the Lord can't make you stink


14 posted on 09/06/2005 10:27:25 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: Yellow Rose of Texas

You are welcome. Hopefully we can focus on news items, and keep the editorializing and ranting to a minimum. :-)


15 posted on 09/06/2005 10:28:38 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: bwteim

WH briefing: Reporter asks why, if military was repositioned, why didn't Prez order them deployed? Will be looked at in after-action analysis.

Same reporter asking if Prez personally called Mayor Nagin and told him to evacuate. Will look back and find out.


16 posted on 09/06/2005 10:32:38 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: Abigail Adams
AMEN!

Rush is on, just mentioned the buses, and read the NO evacuation order!

He just realized the news has not shown the 100's of buses in NO.
17 posted on 09/06/2005 10:32:59 AM PDT by Yellow Rose of Texas (Freeper amom will be reporting live from BRLA)
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To: Abigail Adams

From Natchez Democrat:

Time to point blame is later; let's move on
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/articles/2005/09/06/opinion/opinion31.txt

Katrina overwhelmed in every way possible: decimating the coast of our own beloved state; breaching the levees of beautiful New Orleans; stretching the limits of towns now home to so many displaced residents.

There will be time in the future to point fingers of blame at the disorganization of local and state officials... the painfully slow response of the federal government.. and the lawlessness of a handful of New Orleans' own residents who turned a Category 4 storm into Defcon 5.


Excerpt


18 posted on 09/06/2005 10:34:33 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: bwteim

WH: Sounds like press is antsy to know where the buck stops and who is to blame.


19 posted on 09/06/2005 10:45:28 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: Abigail Adams
Surprise, surprise.
Many want to stop knitting and proceed directly to the guillotine.
20 posted on 09/06/2005 10:50:00 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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