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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
Bussing streaming to the Superdome
I believe you, I was just being a smart aleck, because I hate CNN sooo much.
Great....
Inmates have control of the New Orleans Jail...
Jefferson Parish and Orleans Parish each had a population of almost 500,000, with about 100,000 more in St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes combined. More than 1 million residents. Jefferson Parish estimated that somewhere between 200-300,000 of their residents didn't evacuate. Add in Orleans and the other parishes and there is a good chance that 500,000 rode out the hurricane down there. Afterwards a good number may have been able to get out on their own before the Tuesday levee break, and the areas south of the river(the West Bank) pretty much didn't have the massive flooding. But 200,000 remaining to be evacuated could certainly be possible.
Reporter to CNN, "THIS IS LIKE IRAQ"!!!
Hilarious, the libs ALWAYS pour it on to thick.
tomkat, mine is doing good. Saw a couple of dialup requests earlier on, and the AM's have done well in zotting the high bandwidth stuff for them. It is fine with me to stay on this one. Just considering some others. The tweaking help links are good, should help most that might have a problem.
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Scanner source?
What Conservative was freaking out?
lol--looked almost like Wolf is reporting from a stadium SkyBox.
anybody watching CNN?
A poster on the Wright-Weather Bulletin Board said he heard CNN mention something about what may happen in Baltimore and Houston. He thought they were mentioning the possibility of a planned attack there.
I doubt that is what they really said....anybody remember them mentioning something about Baltimore and Houston just a bit ago?
anybody watching CNN?
A poster on the Wright-Weather Bulletin Board said he heard CNN mention something about what may happen in Baltimore and Houston. He thought they were mentioning the possibility of a planned attack there.
I doubt that is what they really said....anybody remember them mentioning something about Baltimore and Houston just a bit ago?
At least she is alive.
sw
Somebody on another thread posted a claim that the Clinton administration back in 1998 denied funding for the following:
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1998/June/Day-23/i16642.htm
I can not get any further in my search, being very limited in my google skills.
Is there someone out there who can ferret out the truth about this?
Here's the original post by EagleUSA on another thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474414/posts?page=9#9
LOL! What a weird picture! Also, BJ has gotten older and 41 has gotten younger.
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