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Posted on 08/31/2005 4:00:15 PM PDT by NautiNurse
President Bush: "We are dealing with one of the worst national disasters in our nation's history." Push has appropriated vast federal resources to assist with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
78,000 people are currently in shelters. New Orleans evacuation continues. 10,000 additional National Guard troops have been called to service.
Hospitals are running low on supplies, and public health concerns include water borne disease, poor sanitation, food and drinking water contamination and shortages, mosquitoes, carbon monixide poisoning from electricity generators, lack of childcare, and the special needs of the elderly.
Links to various news, local and state government websites:
WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula has link to locate family and friends (very slow load)
2theAdvocate - Baton Rouge Includes Slidell, St. John Parish, St. Bernard Parish updates, and other locations.
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
Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger
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
Streaming Video:
WWL-TV: http://www.khou.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_khou&props=livenoad
WDSU-TV: http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38843.asx"
WPMI-TV: http://www.wpmi.com/mediacenter/default.aspx?videoId=113739
WKRG-TV: mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518
WTOK-TV (follow the link on the home page): http://www.wtok.com/
WJTV-TV: mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95563
Gulf Coast Storm Network (radio): http://www.stormalert.net/main.html#
Related FR Threads:
FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread
Discussion Thread - Hurricane Katrina - What Went Wrong?!?
Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here
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
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.
Previous Threads:
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
>>>Have the three major broadcast networks gotten on board yet?
Now you are going to upset Rupert Murdoch. I believe that he consdiers the Fox broadcasting netowrk to be major. After all, there are more people watching Fox Broadcast Network in prime time than some of the "Big Three." Why does the Fox Broadcast network get a pass on this? They didn't show anything.
Excellent catch!
An example of the situation is buses sent in to evac sick people were commandeered to take out employees of Bell South (or possibly it was Sprint)...that was what they were showing..
You shoulda seen the city back during the police strike in the 70s...crap games on bourbon street. But that was before the crack epidemic, and things were more civil...
Waited at the bus stop more than once and witnessed purse snatchings.
Lived in a yuppie neighborhood by Bayou St. John and could hear gunfire across the bayou almost any night. One day, some teens decided they were going to play bad guy, came into the neighborhood, robbed one woman and killed a man bicyling on the way to his mil's house about half a block from where I lived.
The year I left, NO had more murders than Houston.
Perfect, thanks for capturing that. Chertoff was the name.
"To: jeffers
Per multiple sources, sea level +3', same as the lake.
So, if the city is 15' lower than the lake, then water in the city is in places 18' deep?"
The math is correct but my maps don't show many places that deep in the downtown area.
It is already becoming truth to some. My dem sister called me this morning and said "I just want to know, don't you think the federal govt has responded so late to this? What is GWB doing, doesn't he know there is a problem?"
I told her that FEMA was here Tuesday. A field hospital, evac center, heli pads and tent city were up on Wed. She didn't reply. I told her thank God for the feds.
Thx.
Especially interested in any reports of open conflict. The pot's been on a high simmer all night.
That makes two of us. Every one of us in Hurricane Alley knows the 72 hours rule.
I remember the crap games in 1988 when I was there along with the banners complaining about the people killed by the "Reagan/Bush AIDS Policies".
I hated everything about NO. It was a cesspool.
I've got a dem sister too & she's blaming President Bush also - but has no criticism for the mayor & gov - go figure
The local ABC & NBC stations here (WSB & WXIA Atlanta) have been running relief telethon crawls across the bottom of the screen, but beyond that, they, and the other stations here have stayed with regular programming.
Not to mention thousands (or tens of thousands) of square miles affected, very few roads left intact, especially in the hardest-hit areas.
Fox Interview
John Breaux: There needs to be somebody in charge, coordinating everything..
My comment -- Mr. Breaux, that person that needs to be in charge is, by LAW and CONSTITUTION, your Governor!!
(sorry -- just had to vent that, after listening to days of blaming the feds.)
Has Onyx, who lives in Mississippi, checked in yet? Any word on her?
It's a great point - we who immersed in this thing, self included, can sometimes lose perspective. (Not to excuse obvious malfeasance that has happened). But, the grownups are finally taking over here.
And I'll say it again: the US is going to have to deal honestly with the psychotic culture that has spawned and nurtured these bastards. And I mean deal honestly with it.
I don't want to make this a "race thing," because the mere fact of belonging to any particular race is not what's causing the problem. At the same time, however, honesty compels me to note a simple fact: if you want to find the worst part of any city, the best first place to look is the street named after Martin Luther King. There is a cultural sickness in those areas that needs to be dealt with.
"I am extremely angry right now."
Steve, I join you, and it is easier said than done, but don't be. That will come later when we all dissect the responsibilities.
Keep scouring the web/tv for news and keep posting news here.
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