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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.
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Katrina Live Thread, Part XI
Katrina Live Thread, Part X
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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
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Tropical Storm 12
Shep's mad because the body is in his parking space.
WWL
Updates as they come in on Katrina
02:05 PM CDT on Thursday, September 1, 2005
Tom Planchet
2:04 P.M. - (AP) Fights and trash fires broke out, rescue helicopters were shot at and anger mounted across New Orleans on Thursday, as National Guardsmen poured in to help restore order across this increasingly desperate and lawless city.
"We are out here like pure animals. We don't have help," the Rev. Issac Clark, 68, said outside the New Orleans Convention Center, where corpses lay in the open and he and other evacuees complained that they were dropped off and given nothing -- no food, no water, no medicine.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the government is sending in 1,400 National Guardsmen to help stop looting and other lawlessnes in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
I missed it but I'm sure they'll replay it. :(
I'd love to carpool, but everyone I know is in the same shape I'm in. Anyone who has any gas at all is hoarding it for an emergency. I'm doing the same with the gas in the lawnmower. Mississippi is very rural and unless you live inside the City of Jackson, there is no public transportation in the metro area.
Undoubtedly. Did you see the reference upthread to the guy searched (I forget whether it was in Baton Rouge or TX) and had a pound of cocaine on him?
But surely you'd agree that it is easier to look reassuring in the face of disaster when the vast majority of your city is actually functioning. That ain't the case here.
I'm not saying Nagin is doing everything he can. But he may be. There is a complete breakdown of every aspect of services in that town - both public and private. Nothing, neither public nor private, is working in NO at this time. Do you really think that any amount of reassurance would make that different?
Don't be so cynical. I have friends and family that have contributed over there and know that their neighboors did so as well.
he *did* beat up that lady in Tallahassee;)
That's what we went through in 1973. Then they went to alternating days to fill up -- based on the last digit in your license place odd and even; solved some of the line problems.
Shep's doing a good job. Glad he's there.
Why, I have people around me telling me that things down in NO must not be so bad because there are not many dead bodies.
I really think most of non-internet America have no clue how bad it is down there. Maybe we need better visuals so those less-informed citizens can finally get-it.
***natural gas service to the prime downtown transmitter site was disrupted***
What??? What IDIOT develops an emergency system based on power from a CITY UTILITY!!!!
Man, what did Shep ever do to you guys?
Thank you for the update from Bush's press conference thread!
As is the New Orleans Head of Homeland Security.
I'm in Ridgeland, Mississippi, about 12 miles north of downtown Jackson, where my office is located.
"Fly the stuff in with choppers and use the same choppers to fly some of the people out."
Um... They've been doing that since late Tuesday.
The media isn't providing a full picture.
WWWL
Updates as they come in on Katrina
02:07 PM CDT on Thursday, September 1, 2005
Tom Planchet
2:06 P.M. - Corps of Engineers: Lake water continues to go down. Dropped two to two and a half feet in the past two days. Work progressing on plugging break in levee. Sandbags dropped and pilings being driven. Engineer says progress is "looking good."
Shep is wrong NO is not dead.....she is on her knees right now...its OUR JOB to get her back on her feet. Last time I checked NO is a city in the greatest nation on earth.
Let's stop the whining and see what we all can do to get NO back on its feet.
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