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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
A lot of the people in the SD are separated physically from their families. Many men stayed in their homes while sending their wives and children to the SD. I can understand their reluctance to leave for another city.
"The bodies of the dead in Thailand, etc, moved the world to donate millions and millions. Yet, we won't show the dead from this incident"
Good point.
That's what I heard happened a lot over the years -- they didn't use the money for the levees they had been getting but for pet projects.
I am in sunny Calif (just quakes & occasional fires).....daughter of people in Mandeville relocated here and we had been worried sick...don't need anything but some good luck for all..thanks! I thought of asking Malichi if his two small debris picker uppers (6 & 9 year olds) were available..but apparently Mandeville has lots of large fallen trees, probably beyond their load limit..LOL...
This is true, and not even because of incompetence or failed plans or whatever other fingerpointing sorts of reasons. The reality is that there are things that can happen, like this, where the scope of the problem is simply too great for anything to happen immediately for most of the affected people.
A little bit of self-reliance goes a long way, and helps even more by trimming down the sheer volume of people that need immediate help.
So sad. They are only hurting their greater community.
As I watch the rescue efforts I can only say "God bless you Igor Sikorsky" - rest well sir, your machine has saved millions over the years.
And that they aren't expecting to find too many more people to rescue.
I am really tired of the talking heads w/every hair in place sitting around critiquing what others are out DOING to help these people. Has ANYone heard from the Hollywood crowd about HELPING?
I heard one woman interviewed in NO say she had to get back to her job in a few weeks, and it turns out her job is in NO...definitely in a state of denial.
But you can't really blame them, we're probably dealing with thousands of people suffering shock, and if you had to think through the ramifications of suddenly being without a home, a car, a job, and a hometown, it could rattle anyone's brain.
thank you....
There was some poor woman on Fox (I think) earlier who had lost everything and was talking about her job she had to get back to afterward. It's so sad. There ARE NO jobs, no businesses, commerce, homes, facilities, etc. There also won't be for some time.
I'm not saying they need to zoom in on a dead body floating in the water enough to tell who it was, but enough can be shown or maybe even better described than it has been so people get the sense on the human tragedy there. This didn't seem to be a concern during the tsunami footage when you actually could see people drowning before your very eyes. Sometimes the image carries a lot more weight than a report from someone there on what they say they saw.
NO, Shep asked the lady in charge of the State police and SHE HAD NO ANSWER WHEN HE ASKED WHERE THE FOLKS AROUND HIM SHOULD GO! SHE HAD NO ANSWER! SHE WAS A DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS AND SHE WAS IN CHARGE!
There were 2 men interviewed on FNC today saying that same thing. They would not go without being reunited at the least.
I was disspaointed in hearing about the looting, but there is no food, water, phone service, cell service, public service and no way out. In 24 hours a thriving city has been reduced to Rwanda. I think I can look the other wa if a hungry family loots for food. Now those guys stealing TVs and Jewlry are another story. I am stunned by the devastation..
I think they're too busy singing along with Joan Baez in Cindyland.
And Clinton cut military spending, was responsible for 9/11 for his inaction, ...
If you can't take the heat, stay our of the kitchen.
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