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

[Deo volente]

Oops, the CNN link I gave you was incomplete.

Try this one. There's a link near the beginning of the story to a 1-minute excerpt of the interview with that poor man.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/31/katrina.people/

[BlackRain]

Just heard on the LA police scanner an urgent request for a Coast Guard helo to pick up 4 state troopers and 6 medical personal in a hostile situation at Cabrini High School off of Moss Street and Esplanade Ave.

[jwalsh07]

read the whole article, supplies were already arriving in bulk

Supplies were arriving in bulk at New Orleans Airport on Tuesday. Fallujah has never been "secured" based on your definition of eliminating evry sniper and deadender with bad thoughts on his mind. And the only reason we were airlifting supplies within 4 days with 10, count them ten, helicopters was because the USS Abraham battlegroup was close by in Hong Kong.

[netmilsmom]

>>Well said about Shep -- that is Shep with no beard after spending nights on the Interstate Shep.<<

Amen.
I don't normally watch the network news.
Nbc tonight made me vomit.
They had a report about the BLACK people in NO. They even said "Poor, read BLACK".
The race card will no stops.

[MarMema]

I think pets was a huge issue in this disaster. And a child undergoing trauma is well-assisted by having his beloved pet with him.

The fema website even has an article about the human-pet bond and how important it is to allow people to stay with their pets.

[livius]

Justice Thomas is OK. He had actually left before the hurricane. He should make some kind of statement to let people know this.

[RummyChick]

And now people are apparently leaving the Superdome and taking their chances in the streets of NO. Between those two choices what would you take. I guess you might think it was safer on the streets of NO. But it sounds like even the police are giving up.

[Snoopers-868th]

Where are these two? They had all the answers--maybe they could reason with the looters, ya suppose?

[Cate]

I was thinking the same thing. At least when our soldiers are going to Iraq they are provided with the necessities for daily living. I think they are going to be short on supplies when they hit LA.

[RoseD]

RoseD
All communties in America should welcome all refugees

John Kerry and Teddy boy have SEVERAL large homes that could be used

Well where are the Demo boys when you need them? I challenge them to help!!!!

[Willie Green]

Re:1194 But WHY rebuild? Just look at number of times NO's been hit with hurricanes; some worse, some not. It's only gonna happen again. Remember last year when those three hurricanes, including Ivan, hit the area a week apart from each other? Why go through this again?

Because rebuilding is what people do to survive.
People rebuilt Johnstown after the flood.
People rebuilt Chicago after Mrs. O'Leary's cow started the fire.
People rebuilt San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake.
People rebuilt Hiroshima and Nagasaki after they were nuked.
You don't want to rebuild?
Fine by me. Just stand back and stay out of the way.

[Will_Zurmacht]

the students are bad, but the profs really take the cake....hehe

[Pyro7480]

So far, I've seen Frist, Reid, a senator from MS, and now Schumer. Schumer's doing all right so far (no politicization).

[marshmallow]

Yep.......I'm wondering where that will lead.

NG killing large numbers of Americans (albeit armed barbarians) could send shock waves all over the country.

[popdonnelly]

Why does CNN owe Mary Landrieu another interview? Dear Lord, are these networks whores or not?

[jwalsh07]

Correct, National Guard types, many of whom are battle hardened veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. They will get the job done if they are allowed to.

[MarMema]

And a traumatized child is denied comfort that would most certainly have helped.

There are organizations devoted exclusively to animal assistance during disasters, and hopefully they are being allowed to be part of the relief effort.

[andie74]

Nah...Texas rangers aren't afraid of anyone.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Sadly, this little boy may never get over this... it was a small dog and he could have held it on his lap.. we watched video of other people boarding buses with small dogs... this little boy met the wrong cop.