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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
WTF can she be thinking? She thinks she needs to dramatize??
Unbelievable - mind boggling.
Do they have a procedure for removing an incapacitated governor?
Why?
Man can you freep mail me what you are hearing...another fellow Bulldawg.
Judy
ps I live near the Tenneess state line. I just emailed my brother and asked him if he knew it was "fotball time in Tenn." I hate tenn.
She actually said that? You saw it on TV?
Well, what was it?
That is the lowest of the low. How many people at that hospital will die unnecessarily because they couldn't be evacuated?
Those gangstas MUST PAY the ultimate price when the NG gets there.
where were his brother and sister located? MS? LA?
FEMA's job is to support local authorities, to give them extra capacity and resources to enable the local authorities to carry out local plans. FEMA brings in extra resources, doctors, search and rescue teams, back up food, water, medical supplies, helicopters and boats.
The problem here is not so much that FEMA has failed to do its part, but that there was no coherent local plan for them to support. FEMA had helicopters on the spot to help save the levy, but the locals has no filled sand bags for them to drop.
I's sure FEMA could have done a lot better, but blaming them for this fiasco is like blaming the sheet rock guy and painters for a collapsed building. Perhaps they could have done more, but the bulk of the blame rests with the folks who designed and built the frame, and that is the local authorities.
I am not watching TV. But what makes it an "attack?" Because someone heard a gunshot?
YOU ARE CHANGING THE SUBJECT TO "GANGSTERS" WHO ARE KILLING PEOPLE, WHICH WAS NOT HOW THIS CONVERSATION, THAT YOU BUTTED IN ON, STARTED. PEOPLE GOING INTO A STORE TO GET DIAPERS, FOOD, WATER, OR EVEN A TOASTER OVEN, DO NOT DESERVE TO BE SHOT. WHERE IS YOUR SENSE OF BALANCE AND HUMANITY?
SINCE YOU HAVE POSTED TO ME IN ALL CAP'S, I AM REPLYING LIKEWISE IN CASE YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF PROBLEM WITH YOUR EYES OR IN CASE IT IS WHAT CAUSING YOUR LACK OF READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS.
I got power & phone service last night. I haven't been boiling water because I didn't know we were supposed to. I haven't gotten sick so far, so my water must be okay. I hope your family in Richland gets power soon. It's really hot down here.
She has been kind of hystrionic from the beginning...
Thats 38 cents a gallon in TX. We can all do the math.
But I would believe that the Federal Government is driven by the gas tax not the income tax.
New Orleans could sure use someone like Mayor Schmitz right now:
http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906.2/killproc.html
NO! BECAUSE DR. GUPTA ON CNN IS IN BATON ROUGE TRYING TO GET THERE AND IS IN CONTACT WITH THE HOSPITAL STAFF. I don't think Gupta would spread a rumor do you ?
GO TO YOU KNOW WHERE.
CAN WE GO TO SMALL CAP NOW?
"... but if I were in New Orleans right now, I'd have gone to WalMart, gotten food, water, dry clothing, weapons and ammunition to take care of and protect my family, too...."
If you REALLY wanted to protect your family you would have all of that stuff already - no matter where you live. And would have piled as much of it as you could into your vehicle and headed north on Saturday.
Says access points are limited so a thousand boats showed up but only 30 could go into the water to rescue people.
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