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

[samantha]

He keeps those boots for when he has to listen to Carville shoot the ---- again. It gets pretty deep. LOL!

[Leroy S. Mort]

Best to give it a few days before the regular DOD is called upon, because to do that, means Martial Law would have to be declared nationwide first.

Nope:

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.

Nothing there about nationwide martial law.

[jeffers]

"To: TheSpottedOwl

Anyone see the report on the Plaquerman (sic) Parish Sheriff??

It was amazing. He put roadblocks into the county and instructed his deputies to 'shoot to kill' anyone who tries to get in. He said that garbage going on in New Orleans will not happen in his parish.

Things are calm and orderly in his parish."




A little bit of hardass goes a long way. It's almost a momentum thing. Once you start down either path, there's basically no turning back.

[conservativebabe]

Now if THAT happens, I might actually start believing the End Times stuff!

[shezza]

LNO & LSP

In Army lingo LNO is the Liason Officer and I presume LSP is Louisiana State Police. This must be have been the police contact person at the SuperDome

[rwfromkansas]

KWCH in Wichita has raised almost 300,000 bucks in donations via a Red Cross phone bank. Incredible.

I hope it gets even bigger. They need all the help they can get down there.

[Jaded]

Just damn is only the beginning now.

[MarMema]

Thank you!! That's good news.

[Willie Green]

Thank-you. With the horrific conditions that are currently being faced by the poor souls in the disaster area, I was concerned that my comments about the ease of the cleanup might be interpreted as too flippant. However, I'm starting to get irked by the bozos who are suggesting that New Orleans shouldn't be rebuilt. IMHO, that's a pathetic attitude of a loser. I was raised to have a strong, American "can do" attitude. Piddly excuses why we can't or shouldn't rebuild New Orleans don't set well with me.

[Ovation_girl]

Good thoughts Willie. Not only that, it might give them a chance to enact decent building codes that specify foundation height and materials that should be used for building. Even my 16 year old noticed that today...why are we building homes in hurricane country out of wood? Concrete has a much better chance of withstanding the winds and flooding....

[ohioWfan]

Hell, after the rapes and murders, I say nuke it. That will dry it out quickly.

Do you EVER say anything rational?

This one's over the top, Tread.

It's just plain evil to advocate killing thousands of innocent people because of a few thugs. Evil.

[XEHRpa]

> The second part shows they still don't get it down there. My opinion is they don't have ambulances to spare right now for this tending to.

So let me get this right? Get in the face of a guardsman; provoke him to shoot me in self defense; get immediate evacuation from the hell hole.

Yeah, that's the ticket. NOT!

[Howlin]

Thanks. I really wanted one that had the dates and times on it........any ideas where I might find one?

[Smogger]

Uh.. right tell that to all the other Asians the raped and slaughtered or the brave US soldiers that they marched to thier death. I hear WWII is a very popular subject in Japanese classrooms, and what about all of the apologies they have issued...

Superior culture my *ss.

[Blogger]

In spite of what has been said on this forum, Shephard Smith has done a fine job while in N.O.

Oreilly is an arrogant jerk and wouldn't have stood a day in those conditions.

[oceanview]

that will go out to sea, curving north way too early.

[bitt]

'rev sharpton is on MSNBC right now
He will be pimping at churches in the area this weekend. I wonder how many people he has helped rescue or how much money he has donated to the disaster relief?!!!'

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wonder how many people he is going to invite to live with him????

how many can Cindy Sheehan put up? Oh, that's right, she doesn't have a home anymore, either..........

[Siobhan]

... it is 'Japanese village culture' (shudan dotoku) of not being self-centered and selfish, but rather, self-reliant, cooperative, respectful of authority and it's orders, and full of pride, obligation, brave in the face of discomfort and pain, sense of 'face', loyalty and honor (and shame at the risk of ostracism, if one decides to do wrong).

Excellent comparison to the image opposite on display in New Orleans.

[Dane]

However, I'm starting to get irked by the bozos who are suggesting that New Orleans shouldn't be rebuilt. IMHO, that's a pathetic attitude of a loser.

What is so "pathetic" about stating the truth that having a city of 500,000, six feet under seal level, and in hurricane prone area is not exactly a good idea.