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

[MamaB]

Is anyone listening to JJ? He is wanting the people to go to military bases.

[BurbankKarl]

A fire burns on the east side of New Orleans early Friday morning.

[Howlin]

(201) 583-5000

[NonValueAdded]

I'd say with all the natural gas we see venting up through the water, the tons of broken glass laying in the sun, it is more likely that natural causes will start more fires than looters and thugs. Sure, they will add to the mayhem but there are plenty of natural reasons for fire.

[ican'tbelieveit]

You aren't shallow. I like them too. There have been many times that Shep makes me laugh with his irreverence regarding silly government actions. And, yes, he is a trained dramatist, but he is there trying.

Geraldo is not my favorite, but I can tolerate him. He was just explaining how the sandbag operation going on on the canal break is daunting. Even though they are dropping sand bags, the water is going over them. Those reports help counteract the talking heads saying nothing is happening.

[steveegg]

Check my last slam at CNN - they finally picked up on the fact that it's Marine One that President Bush got out of, not Air Force One.

Lott enthousiastically greeting a Guard member.

[MamaB]

He is on WWL.

[bwteim]

thanks for that link, Karl.

[olde north church]

Great to have a CINC who knows how to return a salute.

[Ellesu]

website for damage/map

http://www.scipionus.com/

[mhking]

I'm surprised that CNN isn't covering that Jack$on presser.

Indeed. I'm glad they're not.

He's now blaming global warming; going after the National Guard in Iraq instead of NOLA; pointing to the budget spent in Iraq...

He's tossing as many darts as he can...

[Howlin]

this is Bush's last week as POTUS

How's that?

[everlast]

news reporting Bush's poll numbers could go down and entire agenda could be at stake over this -- How do they know this???

[jeffers]

Utter BS.

The governor was saying NO was under complete control for TWO DAYS, while hospitals and police stations were being overrun.

The local officials are STILL claiming that only 100,000 people stayed behind, while pre-storm estimates expected 600,000 and at least one report puts the figure as high as 800,000.

Any operation that goes in assuming police control of NO and 100,000 refugees will big down and fail if the umbers are mucvh higher and at this point, failure will be measured in terms of an extra 10,000 or more body count. The grace period is over. From here on out we have to execute.

[Abigail Adams]

Jackson blabbering about the ozone layer and global warming. Bashing the "government." Bashing the Prez's "ceremonial" flight over the area. Complaining about tax cuts. Yacking about Iraq. Doesn't seem to have anything relavent to say.

[Jrabbit]

With relatives in Oklahoma. And lo and behold! Not a one of them has blamed Bush! I'm just so thankful that they used the good sense God gave them and evacuated last Saturday.

I did find out that most of the destruction in Slidell was caused by tornados. Some neighborhoods were totally leveled.

[steveegg]

news reporting Bush's poll numbers could go down and entire agenda could be at stake over this -- How do they know this???

Because they're busy ginning up the poll numbers.

[SeaBiscuit]

Sorry to hear that.. Hope they are safe..

[HiJinx]

Actually, Arizona is a fairly safe state.

We deal with thunderstorms, but there are few other natural disasters threatening us. One reason is that we aren't all that densely populated outside of Phoenix and Tucson.

[Elyse]

Part of the guard was called in BEFORE the hurricane even came through. Others came in the day after the storm. I know this personally as I know two LA guardsmen, one was there a day before the hurricane hit, the other was called up the day of the storm and went in the day after the storm.