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

[SeaBiscuit]

FOX police and NG with weapons drawn in biz district..

[Steve_Seattle]

"I am incredibly disgusted with the CNN coverage."

Ditto. It's been non-stop Bush bashing all morning. I'd like to strangle Bill Schneider.

[steveegg]

Uh-Oh, I'm thinking steel cage match. State Government Corruption: LA vs NJ!!!

With the city of Milwaukee (who I nominate as the most-corrupt city; 4 of 17 Common Council members serving or having served fed time in the last 2 years for various corruption convictions, the dirtiest elections between Philly and Seattle) as the referee.

[eyespysomething]

I think Delta is flying a heck of a lot of people, students, medically needy etc to Atlanta. The hospitals there are expecting an influx.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Lived from 59-64 in Shreveport, then moved to New Orleans, where I lived until 93. My dad was a 50s style Juvenile Deliquent in NO, but decided to get straight. My grandma still lives in Shreveport, and my sil's family lived there until this storm.

But I was born in OK...

[NonValueAdded]

With all the video of natural gas bubbling to the surface of the flood waters, I think natural causes will do just fine to burn the rubble without the aid of the locals. Broken glass in the sun is enough to get it started.

[rwfromkansas]

wow. This is like reporting from Iraq.

[oceanview]

why aren't the police shooting these pickup trucks that Harrigan says he sees weapons being pointed out of? Harrigan says these are the first organized set of police he has seen, but they aren't doing anything.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Local news in Orlando said the Feds are asking Carnival Cruise Lines to look into whether they can be helpful. They are checking into it.

[maryz]

A caller to a talk show said that the president has to send in the National Guard. I thought each state's was under the control of the governor, but the host didn't say anything like that. Do you know?

[IamConservative]

The charge would have to be inside against the concrete liner I would think..?? The water pressure would ensure enough blast force got directed to the concrete to rupture it.

[OKIEDOC]

You hit the nail on the head.

Did you hear the comments by CNN about the presidents visit.

Disgusting, just disgusting.

Here is my email to the media:

TO: CNN?MSNBC

Come on media give Bush a chance. Comments from CNN and some on MSNBC are beyond the pale. You may think that your gaining favor with some in your audience and I am sure you are with the anti Bush, anti-America radicals now populating the country. Making derogatory comments about Bush's visit is unnecessary. What are you trying to do. I think your agenda is to totally split the country beyond repair when it comes to relations between it's citizens. What the heck has CNN or any cable news network for that fact done to alleviate any of the suffering going on. You people cause me to have absolute disgusts for your fervent support of a politically driven selfish agenda.

Will CNN stop their biased coverage, I doubt it.

Liberals including the media have no sense of fair play.

[steveegg]

Why the hell are those thugs burning their own city? They take over a useless city and then burn it? Where is the logic in that?

You got me.

[Spktyr]

They were using the much smaller municipal bus fleet in NOLA before the storm. However, all they were doing was busing people to the Superdome and other (unspecified) shelters. Not the trainyards, not the interstate bus stations, not out of town, just to the Superdome.

[Arizona Carolyn]

The problem is going to be... as word spreads of the anarchy and random, senseless shootings... people are going to start to say "not in my backyard."

[rwfromkansas]

glad I am not watching CNN today. They were really good the other day.......now instead of covering the disaster, they are making politics out of it.

[SeaBiscuit]

You know the answer to that already.

[CedarDave]

Screenshots, please.

[AFPhys]

As bad as they were hit, I think LA and N.O. were far harder hit than MS or AL. In addition, their emergency response teams have been blooded recently, whereas LA has been relatively untouched, and is therefore less experienced and capable. I'm not going to be too tough on her - yet - except for not ordering "shoot to kill" earlier.

This is a disaster of epic proportions, that NO city or state or nation is prepared for.

[rwfromkansas]

Anybody know when the President will be in NO speaking?

I want to be in front of a TV when he does if possible....