Portions of Highway 90 lie crumbled.
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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:
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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.
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Not to mention the fact she's from NO.
Yeah! I heard that on the Tony Snow Show this morning.
Portions of Highway 90 lie crumbled.
They know that her name is "Dora," so I 'spect she's OK.
CNN: San Antonio to accept 25,000 refugees.
I'm not. Anyone can see for themselves on the TV screen.
Look, most of the fed response has been wonderful and amazing. But there are legitimate questions as to the size and timing of the arrival of sufficient security forces. And no doubt there is much going on behind the scenes, and it is ultimately going to be just a question of time, not if. But whether or not anyone wants to admit it, the longer the lawlessness is visible to viewers across the country and the globe, with rescue efforts appearing to be at a standstill, the more patience will run out. Fair or not.
I suspect the Pentagon wouldn't announce it unless it was already done and they're en route. (I know those from Massachusetts are.)
The sad tragedy is that people who might want to help these people will start having seconds thoughts when they realize what they might be letting into their homes and cities.
Yes, I was thinking about the reports of them shooting at the rescue boats.
Most of the aid trucks I have seen have been Salvation Army. I am donating today. They are Johnny on the spot.
Helping coordinate the foreign aid pledges? Or at least simply thanking them.
Can't other states help? Have they offered to help?
Obviously Texas is helping --not only in Houston. Dallas' Reunion arena is housing more refugees, and a Fort Worth Hospital is taking some of the evacuated patients from hospitals in NO. Texas' Governor Perry has opened up Texas schools for refugee children--and from what I hear there's a lot of them already signing up.
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:( I know. Miserable wretches.
They are just sitting around doing nothing, give them a broom and shovel and get to work.
It's worth mentioning that in '92 that President Bush was accused of not acting promptly enough after Hurricane Andrew hit.
Now whether that was true or not, sometimes the story carries more weight than the truth.
Bush is gonna take a hit on this, I believe. There are already the accusations that federal money was diverted away from improving NO's levee system for other purposes, likely the war.
I can already picture the DNC TV ads during the mid-term elections in '06.
well, the scale is apparently enough to halt ALL rescue and relief operations. no boat rescues, no buses leaving the superdome, etc.
Some more recent studies actually think the real total for the Galveston storm was more like 12,000 and that there just were no good records of the mass burials kept. That the 8,000 figure just included part of the mass burial sites and didn't include people that were never found.
Thomas Arguell holds MREs for his family that were distributed to residents in Gulfport.
Something she can do (and probably has been doing) just as easily in New York; even more countries have a presence there thanks to the UN's presence.
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