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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/
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
OK, I'll bite. Send me the post.
I thought the cranky post was from another poster. I must have piggybacked on yours. Sorry.
"To: LdSentinal
"When did Fallujah become more safer than NO?"
ON Monday!!
Did anyone just see the report on MSNBC about the convention center. They have NO supplies there FGS. It's something I cannot imagine, where is the water? Food?
It's criminal at this point that the police just pass by without any word of when help will come."
It's hard to comprehend, but it looks like the city officials told them to assemble there, and then just forgot about them ever since. They said they haven't seen or heard a word since they were told to go there, and clearly no food or water drops either.
Serious answer. It's Mr. President to you.
The President had to call the Mayor of NO and tell him to evacuate. Before then, all he and the governor did was twiddle their thumbs, that would be AFTER they got their own families out.
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All the mayor did, was say he couldn't call for a full city evacuation and he was constantly asking his "lawyers" what to do, legal advise. End of story. LA's officials were and are woefully inept to lead an ant farm let alone a city or state.
There is nothing to misread. It is absolutely amazing to me that you and the other poster are trying to claim that I am writing off all other devastation other than NO. Utterly amazing. At the same time both of you you do it, you make my own argument by saying the people are damn glad they aren't in NO.
Utterly amazing.
"they are convinced I'm part of the conspiracy too, for what it's worth"
Can I join up?
I saw that video. He walked away and he should have because it was an idiotic and stupid question by the press. Shep looked like an utter fool.
Good point. Further, there may be a few TROPists on the ground. Imported, or jail-bred. Who'd shoot at a rescue helo?
We do disaster training all the time in my profession. We don't expect our victims to wear signs. You must be kidding. This situation has been horridly mishandled and lots of people are dying because of it.
I'm not waiting, because you won't find it;) It was just your misread on this horribly *slow* thread due to those friggin dialup users...
Honestly, My FRiend, when I see moms with babies sweltering with no water, I have to cry.
No one deserves this, no one.
And why, if Sheppard Smith and NBC news can get on the streets, why didn't they bring some water with them?? /rant off/
Sec. Chertoff is on CNN and he's really spinning this badly. He's essentially saying that FEMA is struggling because of the unprecedented scale of the disaster...a catastrophic flood in a major US city and hurricane damage along the gulf coast.
Sorry, this is a load of BS. It's not like this result wasn't predicted in the wake of a cat4/5. It was predicted up to a year before the actual event. The feds have really dropped the ball. Five days after the event people are still being raped, bodies still rotting, looters still looting and people still dying in public. And don't give any excuses about local incompetence hindering efforts. Thats a cop-out. Given local incompetence, the Feds should have been in override mode from the moment Blanco started having a breakdown on live TV.
This is a huge debacle on every level.
I don't think anyone prepositioned enough assets to deal with the flooding of New Orleans, yet we've all been aware that a major hurricane would sink the city, especially in light of Ivan's near-miss last year.
Actually I had the same thought about the Astro Dome.
Glad to know you are okay and have checked in with all of us with your daily report.
http://216.22.26.45:8002/
Sometimes it'll just drop ya.
Hit 'play' again until it works...
The homeless in Houston tried it this AM, evidently.
This is turning into an opportunity for Jackson and Sharpton to slam Bush. No matter how many people are saved now, no matter what they do for the refugees, Bush will take a hit.
My immediate concern is to take care of the good people who are staffing that hospital.
The Nation will have to deal with what to do with the NO refugees after this is over, because EVEN if they did evacuate, they'd still be homeless and unemployed, just like the rest of those poor souls in Biloxi, Gulfport, etc...God Help Us.
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