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

[Coldwater Creek]

The Mayor said he didn't think that she had.

[BlackRain]

"Regular military is forbidden to do law enforcement, even under martial law. The Guard does it. Special orders have to be given by the president, and only under very specific conditions, which have not been met."

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Last night the National Guard was begging for law enforcement assistance at the Superdome because of the 'volatile' situation there. The NG stated they needed protection.

So, in reality the NG is not performing as a police unit in this situation yet or is uncomfortable with that role.

On a side note, a news graphic this AM stated that 8 looters had already been shot.

[AFPhys]

I'm glad you liked jeffers' post. I agree that in some ways he was well off the mark, but there is so much good food for thought in that post that I've reposted it about ten times, and recieved thanks each time. It is very sobering, and we need to remember that this disaster is out of the league of any and all of us - and it is now clear to me that it will have longer lasting effects than 9/11 - something I have been concerned about and held my breath about until today, and this post.

[bwteim]

WWL Updates as they come in on Katrina

08:06 AM CDT on Friday, September 2, 2005
Tom Planchet

8:05 A.M. WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush says relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina are not acceptable.

8:03 A.M. - John Ballard, Tangipahoa Parish : Between six and eight dead in Tangipahoa.

8:02 A.M. - (AP) An explosion at a chemical depot jolted residents awake early Friday, illuminating the pre-dawn sky with red and orange flames over a city awash in corpses and under siege from looters. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

Vibrations from the blast along the Mississippi River and a few miles east of the French Quarter were felt all the way downtown. A series of smaller blasts followed and then a cyclone of acrid, black smoke.

To jittery residents of New Orleans, it was yet another fearful sight in a city that has deteriorated rapidly since Katrina slammed ashore Monday morning.

[hummingbird]

Evil is always with us.

Yeah, I know, Krodg...thanks for reminding me; everytime I forget that, it slaps me in the face again.

Do good, not evil....

[BlackRain]

The goofy governor's latest excuse is that they cannot communicate.

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Might be true, last night the Army Corps of Engineers at the levee break had a breakdown in comms. They requested LSP help to forward messages.

[WoofDog123]

jackson does have some serious gas problems, some stations have been closed and reserved for emergency vehicles only, others have lines literally MILES long. If all he pulled was a knife, that isn't such a big deal. What % of cars in jackson do you figure have a pistol under the seat?

[mystery-ak]

Saw it...the President sounded/looked discouraged, to say the least...he's mad.

[cwiz24]

I just saw a wonderful segment on WWL-TV about the animal shelter being set up at the LSU Agricultural Center for displaced pets. I think this is so important, since many people stayed behind because their pets were not allowed into shelters. Plus, many people whose pets survived are more worried about their pets than themselves; getting their pets to a place where they will be well cared for is the first step toward their owners getting the care they need. Many "non-animal" people may balk at this, but I know that, if I did not have children, my pets would be my first concern during this disaster. Getting that concern off my chest would allow me to focus on what I needed to...

[AFPhys]

Anytime you hear anybody blaming Bush, or indeed, any official, it would be well to refer them to jeffers' post #106, that I've posted many times.

[Cboldt]

Bush: The results (of the efforts so far) are unnacceptable.

It was good to hear him say that. The country needs some straight talk, and many of us (myself included) need to have a fire lit under our butts.

[WoofDog123]

this is certainly going to chance the broader perception of race relations in the south and the view people have of southerners. I have had a few people comment on this to me already (I am from mississippi).

[Alberta's Child]

And 4 years on they still don't have a plan for Ground Zero.

That's right. If the Ground Zero recovery effort is any indication of what we face in New Orleans, it will be about 5,000 years before New Orleans is rebuilt to anything even remotely resembling what it was last week.

[over3Owithabrain]

I don't blame the policy of not allowing pets - it just sums up the wretchedness of this situation in one sense.

[GodBlessUSA]

Yes, oWf, Prayers for safety for President Bush today!

[AFPhys]

I'd like to see and hear a government official come clean, and encourage the people to be more self-reliant, and to develop community respources - and to advise that while federal and state help is always available, each person needs to consider the level of (in)competency (for want of a better word - they are competent, but their cure is harsh) they have.

The RIGHT ANSWER!

[spectre]

Let's see if you are going to criticize the person who just said this..

"The results of this relief effort are not acceptable!!"..

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Go for it...mb...LOL.

sw

[Coldwater Creek]

You can be sure that the So. Baptist will use it wisely. They have to answer to God.

[ohioWfan]

ABC News (Radio) at top of the hour.....first full minute dedicated to blasting the Feds and Bush......asking why they let NOLA get so bad.....Not one critique of LA's state and local goverment....they are coming for Bush...make no mistake about it.....its gonna get ugly....

But they will fail..........as they have in their efforts to blame the President for everything else in the world.

No one with a modicum of sanity will blame him for the hurricane (Rob't Kennedy is clearly insane), and the entire country heard him BEFORE the hurricane hit land, and has seen him at work since.......and they will see him today. The press won't be able to NOT cover him (even though they would like to hide his true character), and the American people will see once again what kind of man, and leader he is.

The ideologues on the left and the far right will continue to blame him, but the vast majority of Americans will disregard their bile.

[cll]

Military helicopters can operate with as little as 1/4 mile visibility.