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

[Smogger]

WWLTV Live stream.. Looks like WDSU is down again.

http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/makeadplaylist.pl?title=beloint_wfaa&live=yes

[milagro]

Me too! I am so angry with his bias--and CNN's!!!

[stlnative]

it is the huge crowd standing on a platform outside the dome - you will see someone being passed over people and handed over to NG at the front of the line. You will see it when they zoom in - it is happening often.

[NautiNurse]

I'll post a new thread by around 7PM with some updated links.

[advance_copy]

Reporter to CNN, "THIS IS LIKE IRAQ"!!!

The guy said that right after I posted that they are using the same hype-the-violence angle as Iraq. Incredible.

[Fast5]

NightTime Soon To Come.

[theophilusscribe]

Actually, a National Guardsman who had been to Iraq said that N.O. was worse than Baghdad.

[Thud]

The multiple corrupt, incompetent, local political machines which Louisiana law REQUIRES would not have let federal money make a difference. There are mammoth pumps rusting away unused in storage containers now underwater near those levees which the New Orleans levee control boards wouldn't let be installed until they had finished making their deals as to who got what bribe or rakeoff.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/05_08_28_corner-archive.asp#075067

"A LESSON IN NO GOVERNANCE [Rich Lowry] E-mail:

Mr. Lowry

I teach history at a small liberal arts denominational college in central Louisiana, and spend too much time on NRO every day. Among the classes I teach is one on Louisiana Politics and Government, and thought you mind the following interesting and useful.

Regarding the levee system in New Orleans, one cannot truly understand how lucky the city was just have the system that was in place without understanding the truly Byzantine structure of New Orleans politics, which requires separate governing boards for each levee that is built.

Rather one agency that is in charge of flood prevention, there are scores. Building in redundancies would have required more boards, which would have lessened the political power of those on the existing boards. I seriously doubt that even now, after this catastrophe, that we in Louisiana will see this system change because the structure is mandated by the Louisiana Constitution. Any change requires not just statewide approval, but must also be approved by a majority of voter in Orleans Parish. Given how many local politicians whose fiefdoms would disappear, that will not happen, and so we will see this disaster occur again."

http://corner.nationalreview.com/05_08_28_corner-archive.asp#075070 V

RE: NO GOVERNANCE [Cliff May]
Rich, your history teach has answered my question.

So now a question for the MSM: Why have there not been stories on the “Byzantine structure of New Orleans politics, which requires separate governing boards for each levee that is built.”?

Some of those boards obviously failed to do their jobs and, more to the point, this was obviously a flawed system that the political elites of New Orleans and Louisiana should have fixed long ago.

Could it be that it’s so much more gratifying to blame Bush and “Global Warming” and other usual suspects than to fault local machines which -- I assume – comprised almost exclusively of Democrats)?
Posted at 03:53 PM"

[Smogger]

Dennis Hastert: New Orleans should be bulldozed.

[sfimom]

Sorry no cable here. I get all my news here LOL

[beyond the sea]

"These people are so poor and so black."

I thought Wolf said, "these people are so poor, so black, and so fat."

[mystery-ak]

as hubby said...at least in Iraq I could shoot back...

[roses of sharon]

Sure.

[Wampus SC]

I got an update a little after 3PM. Some help and supplies arrived around 2PM, and some officers have been rotated out.

My cousin's son was one who got rotated out, but he's still on duty. Many have gotten sick from all the contaminated water, and he's coming down with something. At least he's alive, but I can't say he's in the clear. He has to leave the city by private vehicle with several other sick officers. They are supposed to get to a hospital in another city to get medical help. So, he's gone from one dangerous situation to another. But at least he's still alive. And I'm still worried. At least the cops in the precinct got some help.

Thank you all again for being here.

[Soul Seeker]

If it's like Iraq the reporters won't leave their hotel rooms.

[jslade]

blam, glad you OK. Was thinking of you.

[tomkat]

If anyone having page loading problems (esp. dialup users) would simply go to their preferences page and choose 20 or 50 messages per page under 'Thread Pagination', 98% of refresh complaints would vanish.

Wasn't tryin' to sound snippy w/you, btw.
Just a general fyi so NN doesn't feel the need to be sleep deprived for the next three months.

[RDTF]

wonderful man on Fox right now Chris Macabee

[Soul Seeker]

Read the threads. They have been unavoidable the last few days.

[afnamvet]

Robbed? Shot? My sincerest prayers for wisdom and protection for the workers.

I'm now concerned about Smaritan's Purse's convoys and volunteers.

Prayers for all the relief agencies,volunteers and the people invoved.