Katrina Live Thread XII

Various ^ | 31 August 2005 | Various

[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.

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

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

Looting Begins In New Orleans

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

[pollyg107]

Dog, that's great news that gulfcoast 6 made it out alive. I'm sorry they lost everything. Everyone I know from the Gulf Coast & New Orleans has lost everything but their lives. I am still waiting to hear what has happened to a couple of hundred of my friends and co-workers. I'm searching the media lost & found threads regularly.

[cgk]

Thank GOD. Now back them up with the MILITARY!

[sissyjane]

Who was the author of that report???

[AmericanInTokyo]

Man! I sure HOPE Karl Rove is advising the President to do what's right, and not hemming and hawing away from responsibility, or filling him with some politically correct solution so as to not step on the toes of diversity for the next election.

We need leadership! We need the US military in full force! We must show the terrorists our cities cannot crumble like this internally were they, the terrorists, to set up a major terrorist incident in one of them (which we know they are planning).

[Diddle E. Squat]

Good order MAINTAINED? It has to be established.

2800 Nat'l Guard already in NOLA, just 1400 more arriving today, 1400 tomorrow.

[CajunConservative]

::: And the gas wasn't turned off before the storm because..... :::

Dumba$$es were in charge.

[mwl1]

TV challenged -- is Chertoff making any commitments about restoring order?

[OXENinFLA]

Chertoff just confirmed that a National Guardsman DID get shot in the leg yesterday.

[Malichi]

No link since I'm at work in a pharmacy in Canton, MS.

I sat at a gas station for 4 hours yesterday in Ridgeland, MS waiting on the arrival of a tanker. It was diverted back to it's terminal.

Today, three local officials have come in to say that FEMA is seizing all gas supplies. Two local distributors called to back this up.

Is this a BRAVO SIERRA rumor or is this true? Can anyone back or bust this damned thing? I'm on empty as was everyone in line yesterday. A bunch of people are filling up their cars just to ride around in the air conditioner and are the ones making the runs on gas stations.

TAW

[Jalapeno]

follow the link

[lugsoul]

"I'm not sure it's anyone's fault -- I'm not sure it could be any other way at this point. We need the kind of logistical support and infrastructure only the Active Duty military can provide. The hospitals are in dire straights. The police barely have any capabilities at this point. The National Guard is doing their best, but the situation is not being contained."

I really hope all the keyboard quarterbacks will take note of this view from the ground.

[floriduh voter]

#1-877-762-8762 TOLL FREE NUMBER TO CONGRESS

[Peach]

I haven't heard a word about Justice Thomas. How about e-mailing FNC and having them ask around.

[cgk]

How about e-mailing FNC and having them ask around.

Done, and Drudge as well with all his media/govt contacts...

[r9etb]

And I'm sure the folks who listen to country music would all be cool, calm, and collected. Guess you've never been to a Hank williams Jr. concert...

Let us be completely blunt here. If you want to find the worst part of just about any city, your best bet is that it will be clustered around a street named after Martin Luther King. That is just a plain, ugly fact.

Is it a genetic problem? Not on your life. But it is a cultural sickness that is most concentrated in the inner city. And the choice of music -- not to mention the exemplary lifestyles practiced by rap "artists" -- is a symptom of the sickness.

[Michael Goldsberry]

"Any other FReepers unaccounted for that we know of?"

Here's a good place for that answer:

Hurricane Dennis Aftermath--Check In Thread

[Spktyr]

In iTunes, go to the Advanced menu and select "Open Stream..."

In the URL line of the window that opens, type in "http://66.209.70.155:8008/hurricane"

Hit OK. You will have a new item added to your Library that's called "hurricane". You may have to click on play (or double click on it repeatedly) until you can get a connection. If it doesn't play at once, don't be discouraged, the server is very busy. Try again later.

Once you connect, the name will change from "hurricane" to "Louisiana Scanner".

You may lose your connection after a while. Hit Play again until you re-establish connection.

[livius]

You can thank LBJ and the Great Society, too.