Katrina Live Thread, Part XIII

Various ^ | 1 September 2005 | Various

[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/

Previous Threads:
Katrina Live Thread, Party XII
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

[steveegg]

Thanks again.

[oceanview]

seriosuly, they can't get to these people at the hospitals calling into OReilly and Rita Cosby pleading for help - but they spend effort rescuing Fats Domino?

[bwteim]

one of these

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?s=check-in&ok=Search&q=quick&m=all&o=time&SX=4317c74a4f28e16a226336b7c83b3125c492d504

[plain talk]

The president and government who had a week's advance notice of Katrina, yet managed to completely botch it are going to be able to recover from muslim nukes? (which of course they will not be able to prevent ala 9/11 (more incompetence)).

The local and state govt had 40 years to prepare for this storm. Now there will be hearings and Congressmen and the public being incredulous that the levees were only designed to handle Class 3 hurricanes. Duh? Everyone who knows anything about N.O. has always known that. Just like no city can withstand a Class 5 tornado and San Francisco can't stand a 8.5 earthquake. No one plans for a worst case disaster.

What will come out of this is Congress will insist the levees, pumps and electrical system be engineered to withstand a Class 5 hurricane. And you and I will get to pay for it.

The major mistakes I see are
a) no Guiliani style leadership in the city
b) no plan for emergency massive levee repairs by Corp of Engr
c) insufficient plan to evacuate the city early enough and ensure everyone got out
d) no plan to impose real martial law and ensure order
There is plenty of blame to go around but President Bush would be pretty far down the list

[MMkennedy]

"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"

Nice sarcasm, but completely off base. We got aid to thailand faster than this. Inexcusable.

[popdonnelly]

"Did anybody catch Keith Oberman trashing Rice, Bush and everybody in the admin--"

It's way past time to stop taking what Keith Olbermann says seriously. All we're doing is increasing his audience by watching him. Is the Secretary of State responsible for disaster relief? What a putz.

[jeffers]

"To: Knitting A Conundrum
Some MREs suck, some are ok

Where do you purchase yours?

This week has convinced me to add to my tornado kit, and MREs are on the list.

Thanks,


Tony"




Turkey tetrazini is pretty good. You can pick them up in various configurations at military surplus stores, or online. Shop around, prices vary.

[Thud]

See my No. 872. There won't be rebuilding on that site without federal money.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475135/posts?page=872#872

Though you are welcome to believe that Governor Blanco declaring that things will work out will make that magically true.

Try getting a home loan while asserting your right not to have to sign any documents whatever.

[sfimom]

And been forgiven for.

[rolling_stone]

I saw where a man rowed 18 small children out and there was no room for the mothers. He has been caring for the children since.

Outstanding! It has been said disasters bring out the best in some people and the worst in others..we know where that man stands..TALL and PROUD.

[bwteim]

Here's a FREEP answer, BTW.


FROM WWL SITE EARLIER TODAY and I find no other update from that page

1:09 P.M. - (AP): The singer known for "Blueberry Hill" and "Ain't That A Shame" has been missing since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.

His agent says Fats Domino planned to ride out the storm at his house in a low-lying area of the city with his wife and daughter.

Al Embry says he spoke with Domino Sunday night by phone, but hasn't been able to contact him since. Embry says he would think Domino is safe because "somebody said he was on top of the balcony."

Domino is 77 and has rarely appeared in public in recent years.

[tomkat]

Is there a thread with a running list of who is known to be safe and who is still unheard from in the area?

HERE

[pollyg107]

I share your frustration, but it just isn't feasible for people to get water and drive to New Orleans with it. I'm only 200 miles away, but I have barely enough gas to get to work tomorrow. And I had to siphon that out of my sister's husband's car.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Everytime they show video of school buses flooded in yards instead of moving them and using them to move people out, I have to resist that whole "how could they screw this up so bad" feeling.

[DouglasKC]

Sorry, this is a load of BS. It's not like this result wasn't predicted in the wake of a cat4/5. It was predicted up to a year before the actual event. The feds have really dropped the ball. Five days after the event people are still being raped, bodies still rotting, looters still looting and people still dying in public. And don't give any excuses about local incompetence hindering efforts. Thats a cop-out. Given local incompetence, the Feds should have been in override mode from the moment Blanco started having a breakdown on live TV.

Excuse me, and don't take this personally, but I'm afraid that many don't comprehend just how bad this is. It's not going to be better in 5 days. I don't care what the plan is. I don't care who is in charge. It is physically impossible to make this better in 5 days. It's a miracle that so many have been saved in 5 days. This is akin to a tornado and a flood hitting three states all at once. It's not just New Orleans. People are doing everything they possibly can. It's like complaining that there's not enough being done because Mt. St. Helen's blew up. It's a catastrophe. It's a natural disaster. We are ineffectual against an event of this magnitude. Could things have been different? Sure, people could have evacuated. But they didn't for whatever reason and wouldn't have no matter what. Nothing could have stopped it. Even if nobody died, everything would have been destroyed and there would still be problems with what to do with all the people.

[lightman]

Who was the Genius that told everyone to go to the Super Dome when they had no logisitics to deal with 20,000 people that showed up

And to think I was getting flamed on the earlier versions of this thread back on Monday when I suggested that the folks lined up waiting to enter reminded me of passengers boarding the Titanic!

[bwteim]

((((Group hug))))

Under the circumstances, well ok, just a quick hug!

[Iwo Jima]

You've got that right. Hostages are the best currency around for those thugs. Better than food and water.

[nhoward14]

Founded by the French... still inhabited by the French.

[cajungirl]

I am an above average above well informed Freeper and today was the first day I heard of it.