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

[Arizona Carolyn]

Well... send that to them. I think we need to inundate the media with email complaints and we need to take the opportunity to point out that neither dems or republicans created the hurricane, but the republicans didn't create this cesspool of thugs.

[Torie]

"despite the fact that city officials had been telling people for days to gather there"

That is why God invented the MSM. Just turn on the TV, the radio, and surf the net. You would notice that there seemed to be a lot of folks in and around the dome.

[agrace]

Thanks much, that helps a lot. :)

[ken5050]

After those remaining in NOLA voluntarily are evacutated, IMHO you will have several thousand hard core thugs, criminals,a nd druggies who will stay, and will have to be rooted out house-to-house..You will soon see urban combat in NO

[Txsleuth]

What did the CBC say?

So far today, I have heard clips of Jesse Jackson jr..and the one guy that was on Air America that I didn't get the name of....BOTH are totally blaming Bush from what I hear.

[everlast]

"Did you hear the Congressional Black Caucus this morning? It was appalling." -- I saw it. Couldn't figure out why they weren't asking the trouble-makers to stop shooting, looting, arson, etc... instead of blaming Bush.

[Howlin]

I saw a FEMA guy in an interview yesterday and he said that FEMA was there to ASSIST the local and state government, they are not 'in charge'.

Exactly. And FEMA is NOT in charge nor does it facillitate EVACUATIONS.

[LdSentinal]

All I heard last year after the presidential election was the MSM saying "The President should reach out to Democrats."

Why isn't the MSM doing the same now? Rhetorical question, of course.

[SunnySide]

Yeah, everytime I see someone talking about the money it will take to support these people long term I want to say, "who do you think has been supporting them long term already?" A lot of these people were already on welfare and living in HUD housing.

......
Correct, the only thing different will be America will now have to physically(instead of just financially) absorb new residents causing a ripple effect nation wide. Before, they were all centralized in one large area, the LA south.

[steveegg]

You guys need to think about how much explosive it would take to blow a levee - it is a whole lot. What takes out levees is huge water surges from storms, not tiny amount of explosives. Learn some physics man.

I know my physics, and I know that levee-blowing is a time-tested science.

[ken5050]

My god, I just realixed..we are actually covering this without Brokaw, Jennings, and Rather..

[Arizona Carolyn]

Yes. That is true. New Orleans has the 5th largest poor black population in the country and 67% live on welfare.

[Petronski]

At least we have Whorealdo.








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[steveegg]

"Did you hear the Congressional Black Caucus this morning? It was appalling." -- I saw it. Couldn't figure out why they weren't asking the trouble-makers to stop shooting, looting, arson, etc... instead of blaming Bush.

Because blaming Bush is all they know how to do.

[Torie]

The locals have been head down, ostrich style, and I think FEMA has used their "all is well" estimates to plan their own operation.

I guess none of them watch television or listen to the radio. In any event, nobody has said "all is well" ever. They have said the precise opposite.

[Txsleuth]

Okay----everything is gonna be alright now.

Geraldo is in NO!!!!

[Tarheel]

BTW I burnt my tongue on a Hot Pocket and it's all Bush and Rove's fault.

A Rovian moment :-)

[jeffers]

"To: Abigail Adams
What's going on at Harrigan's location? I'm trying to catch up.

A while back, there was a shot off to the right (of the screen). A few minutes ago, there was...
- Shots off to the left, which a National Guard truck headed toward.
- A standoff between police and the occupants of a green Cadillac.
- Several pickup trucks loaded with heavily-armed police driving off to the right of the location."




SOP from FM 90-10, "Military Operations in Urban Terrain", fix the enemy by fires from the front, flank them to the sides, then roll them up.