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

[milagro]

Hi Sink! How are you doing? And from what I heard on CNN, the "desertion" rate is even higher in some precincts.

[Frank_2001]

I agree; the Mayor and Governor are clearly overwhelmed and not capable of responding effectively to this situation.

[dawn53]

Notice the Insurrection Act has to be requested by the state governor or legislature...the President cannot enact it himself.

"The Insurrection Act (Title 10 USC, Sections 331-335). This act allows the president to use U.S. military personnel at the request of a state legislature or governor to suppress insurrections. It also allows the president to use federal troops to enforce federal laws when rebellion against the authority of the U.S. makes it impracticable to enforce the laws of the U.S. "

http://www.northcom.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.factsheets&factsheet=5

[samantha]

You are right about that. Fema was ready and waiting but had to wait til the storm passed and the State got it's act together. If the State is not with it then the process is slow. Remember how Bush 41 got blamed for the poor response on Andrew. That was because Lawton Chiles did not ask for assistance which is required for the feds to act. It is like have a written order to do the job so that people get paid.

[Will_Zurmacht]

hehe, the Communist China TV is showing their own Tsunami preparations, all orderly chinese assembling onto busses....then footage of New Orleans with the ernest chinese guy shaking his head.

[eternity]

Believe Louisiana has a large group of guardsmen over in Iraq.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Another question that I have. I have not read all the threads, my question might be answered but here goes.
I thought that we were air dropping stuff (water/food) within 24 hours to the tsunami areas.
Why have we not been doing this since Tuesday? Or have we?

[Deo volente]

BBC report on Harvey Jackson with video link (his story starts at 45 seconds into the video):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4197200.stm

[NautiNurse]

Schumer has noted the phones in his office have been ringing off the hook...he wants everyone to know the questions about who is responsible for this situation will not go unanswered.. prayers to all those in the areas...we will look into who is responsible, but for now, we must focus and pledge our action and assistance on those who need our help.

paraphrased big time...

[ican'tbelieveit]

I rescued a cat years ago as a kitten, tamed it. My son fell in love with it. A family who lived out in the mountains wanted some mousing cats, so I gave them the cat since we had others. My son, to this day, has never forgiven me.

[nhoward14]

The problem with that is that for a certain number of these people we will be forcing them to be more productive than they ever were in N.O. where they just had to wait for their "check" to arrive.

That group is going to show indignation at any suggestion that they need to do anything other than lay on their cot and wait for the food cart to roll by.

[SE Mom]

Whew- Scarborough is REALLY hitting hard on the administration tonight...

[BurbankKarl]

that woman is a moonbat

[MMkennedy]

" If so you have just declared anyone who has any property damage in the area they will not recover any insurance funds. Imagine the economic devastation of such a decision."

Yeah and imagine the human devastation if you don't. Well, actually, we don't really have to imagine do we?.

[cajungirl]

Thomas is missing to me as I don't klnow where he is.

But I don't know if he is really missing.

[mabelkitty]

I heard a woman say on another station she hadn't had a "hot meal" in three days.
The media is creating this mess, and they are feeding a lot of it.
I said that from the first day.

[sfimom]

Go to their website I have too many windows open at the moment to find it there should be a way to contact them from there. Earlier on this thread someone posted a link to a animal group that has a team down there or ready to go down there to rescue animals. I sent them an email calling their attention to snowball maybe if they get a few more they will try to find him/her.

[Born in a Rage]

I doubt they can help that many people. They are having a hard enough time dealing with the people they have now and taking care of themselves. So, if not for that, what do you think they are looking for?

[BurbankKarl]

Emergency personnel wait to transport 29 patients from the Veterans Administration Hospital in New Orleans upon arrival on a second Tennessee Air National Guard transport plane at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas.

[WoodstockCat]

Will someone tell Joe Scarbourough to shut up!!!

Does he understand the number of trees that are on Hwy 49? There's no way to get the stuff through!

Shut up you grandstander!!