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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/
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
"To: MarMema
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. "
The police have been going into NDP (night defensive positions) for at least two days now, with significant firefights for control of their positions, but the MSM is just now picking it up. As I see it, the police have been essentially abandoned by their command structure, some officers going 24 hours without communication from higher authority. They are doing what they can, doling out resources, including food and ammunition, accomplishing what is possible.
I said this morning that this will be resolved, win or lose, in 24 hours and it will. If the cops can hold the line through tonight, the Feds have till tomoroow to have enough ammo, rifles and warm bodies in there to stem the tide of rising violence. I don't think the cops will last another night after this one, if they last that long.
She wasn't too concerned when they were looting gun stores..
"To: MarMema
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. "
The police have been going into NDP (night defensive positions) for at least two days now, with significant firefights for control of their positions, but the MSM is just now picking it up. As I see it, the police have been essentially abandoned by their command structure, some officers going 24 hours without communication from higher authority. They are doing what they can, doling out resources, including food and ammunition, accomplishing what is possible.
I said this morning that this will be resolved, win or lose, in 24 hours and it will. If the cops can hold the line through tonight, the Feds have till tomoroow to have enough ammo, rifles and warm bodies in there to stem the tide of rising violence. I don't think the cops will last another night after this one, if they last that long.
Hastert has already issued a "clarification".
Air drops wouldn't do much with armed thugs around. They'd just confiscate the goods.
I heard a woman at the Convention Center say that some of the thugs that had looted groceries, etc. were selling water to the people for $5 a bottle.
Louisiana State Police at the Hyatt/bus load zone in N.O. is AWOL
LOL...yeah, I heard that...IOW's we have plenty of time to blame Bush later..
Dr. Badin bringing up that these people need Chest Xrays for TB.
I know the rules but Snowball must have been small and made it thru the shelter. They have turned their heads for so much. Could they just have not seem him too?
Does anyone know where the little boy went or his name?
Do you remember the weather report before the thing hit, and all of the NO local mayor and emergency management director said that this whole thing was "alarmist?"
That's why they put the people in the Superdome and told them to bring their own food and water. And what is amazing is that it was the poor who voted for these people...and this is the treatment they get? To be caged up like animals in a place that is certainly going to be demolished with little or no provisions?
They could have bussed people to Baton Rouge, could've been a bit more inventive. But no. And now the political backpeddling begins. Blame George Bush, Denny Hastert...whoever. Now there is anarchy complete with rapes, thievery, murders...this is unbelievable. "Alarmist," my eye. Katrina was a category 5 headed for an area that KNEW that it couldn't withstand a 3...what's alarmist about that?
Prayers going up for the police trying to hold out.
"that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men...."
Life, liberty and the persuit of happiness. Precisely my point.
Understand and agree. However for something like this if a few emails to an animal group will help I'm all for a bit f typing. I can't do much but sit here at the computer and offer my home to kids in need so I'll do whatever I can.
Badin just brought up psychiatric medicine. OH Boy, I hadn't even thought about that. You have people without the meds that might have kept them in line.
It is sad fact,but it is true. Unless we change our system of Government we end up living or dying by the idiots or good guys that are elected. Good reason to know how good your Mayor is in a crisis and how good his underlings are in a crisis.
Is he trying to compete with CNN's Cafferty? I e-mailed Cafferty my displeasure with his obviously biased reporting. Don't imagine he cares a whit about what I think--but sure made ME feel better!
Glad to hear it!
Somebody replied along the way and said he had checked in and made a statement that he was well and had left ahead of the storm.
No preparation...perhaps the Mayor did not want to frighten the tourists?
/extreme sarcasm off
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