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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/
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Tropical Storm 12
As I understood it, he just saw Haley Barbour in MS and now is die to fly over NO but it is not safe.
That woman is too much! I absolutely can't even watch Tucker for one minute because of HER!
His job is to organize things before hand and let the people do their jobs during - and part of that is by keeping the heat of the press away from the people who are working.
Why do we need a President is also a valid question under your logic.
You have obviously never worked under a good commander (leader) in a controversial field of endeavor.
correction die=due
I can't take credit for the busses to polls comment but it is true.
I can take credit for winning the pool at work on when JJ would arrive, I was in an hour of his arrival to the amazement of all who thought he wouldn't come at all.
But once money was appropriated, I knew JJ would be here.
folks the use of relief money from the feds and that volunteered is going to rival the UN oil for food program.
Yall watch, I said it first, people are going to get rich off the building of NO and it won't be the people who do the work.
Did we ever anticipate such anarchy in a major American city?
WTF was his excuse in not evacuating?
yeah, FNC with Wallace on now is drifting towards CNN-lite bashing Bush. everything is the federal government's responsiblity, state and local officials (since they are Dems in this case) get zero scrutiny.
talk radio had better starting reving up the counter attack today, you just cannot deal honestly with the Dems and take politics out of any situation, no matter what it is.
Harrigan reporting a showdown between police and a green Cadillac. Now, more shots fired off in the distance, and soldiers responding to that.
Great post of reality to allay people's fears that terrorists could have much of a chance to damage a levee.
NJ is 'gator bait!
Heavily armed convoy heading to scene.
Well, I DID work in media a long time and saw similar BS. But, really, I don't want to argue with you. I won't criticize Brown anymore. He's a hero, okay?
The problem is that you *require* those portatowers to be there for the handsets to work. They have *no* peer to peer capability without the tower.
FRS/GMRS units are NOT military and they do NOT require a license (for most freqs). And they're cheap.
Some arrogant jackass on MSNBC said this morning: "If we can get here, why can't FEMA?" My reply would have been, "Because FEMA has a harder job than flying in a crew of 20 to stand on the sidelines and yammer. We have to actually DO something: make plans for clearing debris, restoring infrastructure, bring in food and water for 800,000 people, rescue 100,000 stranded people, retrieve the dead, and arrange destinations for the hundreds of thousands of evacuees." That takes a little time and a little planning. Talk is cheap. Screw you."
HEAVILY armed convoy arriving at Harrigan's location.
they are going to flush them out of that building near the convention center. Shoot em up guys.
Heading to what scene?
The mayor is incompetent, but the failure to utilize those buses is hardly his fault.
Didn't they try to drop supplies at the Convention Center already?
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