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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 cop was filching CDs? Okay, you're right, the cops are no help whatsoever. They need to be arrested themselves.
Do you have evidence of a massive airdrop of supplies.
I am sorry I am hard on you. I really am.
Given most able families exit under their own vehicles, there's enough capacity on the school bus fleet that no further transportation would be required.
television sets, GameBoys and jewelry. All necessary survival items.
IMO - all reporters need to be out of there.
My field is Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, we are facing a major emergency and I have not heard a peep yet about mobilization.
A major ID meeting is scheduled for 9/21 in N.O. (obviously it will be cancelled).
Vaccine supplies and drug supplies to prevent typhoid, Hepatitis A, malaria, and yellow fever need to be rounded up and emergency aid stations and hospitals created - once we figure out where the refugees are going.
It would not be unreasonable to try to vaccinate the whole US population for Hepatitis A, since refugees will be all over and HAV will be a big problem.
Has anyone seen a figure of "known" dead or are we still getting 40 in NO, 110 in MS.
If anyone on this thread thinks those numbers are even remotely close, you are in for a very rude awakening.
I did see some live shots of a "Bucket Brigade" of National Guardsmen unloading a large number of supplies st the Superdome.
Well done! Pray for me that I can produce similar results...:-)
Not really, NN, the purpose of showing bodies (I would think from a great distance) is to demonstrate the human cost here beyond the property losses. More often than should be, people try to stick out these hurricanes. I understand about those who were unable to go, but a clear message needs to be sent for those who may try to stay through the next hurricane. I completely sympathize with those who lost loved ones and it is not necessary to add to that grief. Maybe save the footage for a later date... I don't know. It is though a significant part of the story. But I can understand people not wanting this aired.
television sets, GameBoys and jewelry. All necessary survival items.
The police were taking those things? Thought it was jus the looters. We are talking about the same thing, right?
Bob Livingston is saying on FOX right now that Martial Law should have been declared and he can't figure out what the Gov is thinking not doing this before now...he mentioned how they had done this right away in Mississippi and Alabama and that these looters have to be delt with, not with a wink and a nod.
We are not the only ones who think this woman is clueless.
My fear.. these same guys will get transported out to one of the shelters out of State and bring their trouble with them. Most are professional "Gangsta-types" -- you know, the rap culture.
With the secret out that pipeline and refineries are disrupted, we just might see that tomorrow.
I am unabashedly biased in the matter, but I'm gonna go ahead and say that I'm really really proud of my Coast Guard shipmates today. Those guys didn't wait for a better plan, they just got in there and started doing what they could. It should be recognized that those pilots and crews and their support groups have been running solid for about 48hrs now. Probably precious little sleep for any of them.
Semper Paratus. Bravo Zulu.
This is for Shep who doesn't believe there are federal people helping out. This article about Air Force assistance just came in my email:
August 31, 2005
Air Force supports FEMA; helps Hurricane Katrina victims
WASHINGTON - Units and people from across the Air Force are supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency and helping victims of Hurricane Katrina from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Helicopters from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., flew to Jackson Miss., Aug. 30 carrying Federal Emergency Management Agency assessment teams to areas affected by the hurricane.
A C-130J transport aircraft from the 403rd Wing at Keesler AFB, Miss., flying out of Asheville, N.C., returned home to the base delivering supplies to the base hospital.
The 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell AFB, Ala., geared up two C-130s, aircrews and aeromedical evacuation people to help move people.
A C-5 Galaxy from the 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB Calif. and a C-17 Globe Master III from the 305th AMW, McGuire AFB, NJ transported tanker airlift control elements and contingency support groups to Gulfport and New Orleans International Airports respectively. Another C-5 from Travis helped search and rescue teams from California get to the affected area.
Fifteen HH-60s helicopters and crews from the 347th Rescue Wing at Moody AFB, Ga., and the 16th Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field., Fla have been positioned near the affected area in Jackson, Miss., and crews were credited with saving stranded survivors of the hurricane.
Additionally, Critical Care Air Transport teams and an obstetrics team from Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, helped patients and expectant mothers evacuate Keesler AFB, Miss., on Tuesday. The patients and pregnant women were evacuated to Wilford Hall.
For more information, contact the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs office at (703)-695-0640.
Umm, it wasn't an ambush, it was a planned interview on a satellite link. If she didn't want to answer questions, she shouldn't have agreed to the interview. She's the official spokesperson for the LA state police, FGS! She gets paid to pass on information.
Then you won't know what is going on. I would like to know.
Dropping food in front of cameras isn't nearly as important as getting it to where it needs to go...
And where do you get these huge stocks to drop??
They have to be moved to a central rally point. (trucks, Fuel, Logisticall co-ordination..
Helicopters and CREWS have to be found (Takes time to tell the wife, kids, and employer you won't be back for a while..)
Again, fuel, and logistics have to be set up. Nearest Airport with the infrastructure to handle that kind of load is Memphis, Houston, or Eglin, until you can get something set up closer...
BOTTOM LINE... A Big (or even Huge) response takes 72-96 HOURS to set up. And the first hours are the responasibility of LOCAL AUTHORITIES...
The fact that locals have handled this incredibly BADLY is only going to make saving folks even harder...
"Ask Kathleen Blanco. The Louisiana National Guard is under her command."
Governor Drawing A Blanco is lost. The feds just have to take control of the situation and let her go do TV interviews.
They were showing it on FOX and people standing in line for hours and then the supplies running out before they got through the line. This is over a million people in dire straights.
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