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Posted on 09/01/2005 3:46:26 PM PDT by NautiNurse
28,000 National Guard troops are deployed to the disaster areas in Mississippi, Alabama, and to Louisiana, where SWAT teams are working to combat the looters and shooters in New Orleans. Additional 1400 National Guard troops are being deployed daily.
Shootings reported at a New Orleans hospital, rescue boats, and a military helicopter, while conditions continue to deteriorate at the SuperDome amid refugee deaths and chaos. Evacuation of New Orleans continues.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert has voiced serious doubts about rebuilding New Orleans with federal funds, while assuring the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida that the United States Congress stands ready to help them in their time of need. New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin issued a "desperate SOS."
Doctors at two desperately crippled hospitals in New Orleans called The Associated Press Thursday morning pleading for rescue, "We have been trying to call the mayor's office, we have been trying to call the governor's office ... we have tried to use any inside pressure we can. We are turning to you. Please help us," said Dr. Norman McSwain, chief of trauma surgery at Charity Hospital, the largest of two public hospitals.
The Port of New Orleans is now open to shallow draft vessels. Congress is reconvening in an emergency session. International offers to assist the U.S. have been received from Russia, Japan, Canada, France, Honduras, Germany, Venezuela, Jamaica, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, China, South Korea, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, NATO and the Organization of American States.
Jesse Jackson has arrived in Louisiana...
Links to various news, local and state government websites:
WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula has link to locate family and friends
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 (via CBS): WWLTV via CBS
WWL-TV Now via WFAA Dallas **NEW LINK**: http://www.wwltv.com/cgi-bin/bi/video/makeadplaylist.pl?title=beloint_wfaa&live=yes
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 Temporarily Not Live Streaming (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
Louisiana Statewide Katrina Network (WJBO-AM Baton Rouge): http://ccri.eonstreams.com/ccri_la_batonrouge_wjbo_am.asf
Gulf Coast Storm Network (radio): http://www.stormalert.net/main.html#
Louisiana Scanner
Related FR Threads:
FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread FReeper Check In thread
Discussion Thread - Hurricane Katrina - What Went Wrong?!?
Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here
Looting Begins In New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina HOUSING Thread
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, and lines are busy
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.
National Black Home Educators Resource Association http://www.nbhera.org/
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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
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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
It was Bush, you recall, who made the phone call to the NO mayor and LA governor to get THEM (per the law) to order evacuation of NO. Before the President's phone call to them, they were dithering around and the mayor was talking to lawyers to see if he had the authority. Meanwhile, Katrina was bearing down on NO, and we now see the result of THEIR procrastination and non-plainning for a major disaster.
"LA's officials were and are woefully inept to lead an ant farm let alone a city or state".
Nomination for the Quote of the Day!
Watch the crime rate skyrocket in the Dome area.
It is always high, but I bet we can set some records now.
The local players ain't gonna like the new players.
Carry in yer car and lock yer doors.
I hate to say this, but it's been eating at me for days...
How many people on this forum decry the usurpation of power over local authorities by liveral entities - under Clinton, the courts, Carter, et al... The discussion most times makes no provision whatsoever for exceptional circumstances or emergency - it is always wrong wrong wrong. I still happen to belive that.
If we are to believe in and promote a representative republic we must defer to local authorities unless and until they PROVE themselves unable to cope. Yes its sad. Yes, some of you may call me heartless. Yes, I can take the heat - flame on.
Jessie Jackson sees an opportunity to father more "love childs."
Maybe I'm wrong, but wasn't it Nagin who neglected to issue an evacuation for a hurricane,about a month before Katrina?
Thanks. I think Hastert was clear that he didn't mean don't rebuild, but rather approach it in the most sensible fashion, meaning don't rebuild below sea-level.
Blanco should know that by now, but she really seemed to be lashing out.
What is Olbermann threatening Rush that he is going to "get" They've tried for close to two decades to "get" him for stating the Truth. the little ankle bitter doesn't have one tenth of the influence, respect and audience of Rush and the resentful little man knows it.
"It's over for me. How about you? OK?"
Of course - FRiends!
Actually, I am not kidding. I want to see this guy go into the War Zone if he thinks reports are exaggerated. He should be willing to go comfort those in need. He is a Reverend, don't you know.
;-)))))))
Yep. That should have solved the problem right there. It should be a piece of cake to solve all the problems of one of the largest cities in America being wiped out, and 90,000 square miles of populated shoreline erased from the map. I just can't understand why 4 days into the greatest natural disaster in this nation's history we don't have federal employees planting rose bushes along city streets.
He had better not apologize. He was not kicking anyone while they are down; he is being logical. Why would we invest billions of dollars to rebuild the city that is below sea level and could have this happen next year again?
Blanco needs to spend her time not blasting Denny, but dealing with the aftermath of her incompetance.
Yes, absolutely sure that the Super Dome and the Convention Center are different places - - - the Dome was always said to have some 10,000-25,000 refugees in it, and the Convention Center 5,000 - - - the Convention Center was referenced as the place where murders and rapes were occurring - - - the Dome had shootings, a suicide and rapes, but no murders - - - the Convention Center has been a well known part of the landscape of this situation for days . . .
I was wondering about Jeff Goldblatt as well. If you hear the answer will you please ping me?
I believe the Gov said that 80 percent of the City residents had evacuated, if that is true where the hell are all these people coming from? She was wrong, or lying or just making stuff up as she went along. God Help this City.
So far, the Toyota contribution is one of the largest I have seen yet by a single corporation. I also heard that 20 Toyota dealerships were completely destroyed in the Gulf States area. The economic ripple will be large over the next few weeks and months.
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