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Posted on 09/02/2005 3:03:06 PM PDT by NautiNurse
President Bush continues to assess the catastrophic damage by air and on the ground in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Bush spent the day meeting with search and rescue personnel, relief commanders, and displaced residents in Mobile, Biloxi, and the New Orleans area. U.S. Congress passed a $10.5 billion relief package for the hurricane ravaged areas. First Lady Laura Bush issued a press statement from an evacuation shelter in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Patient and staff evacuations continue from numerous New Orleans Hospitals. Thousands of patients are being airlifted to a field hospital at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport for triage, staging, and transport to hospitals throughout the United States.
The U.S. Coast Guard and civilian volunteers continue to evacuate thousands of survivors from their flooded homes in New Orleans. The Army Corps of Engineers continues work to repair the damaged levees.
The nation's airlines today began an operation intended to fly up to 25,000 refugees out of New Orleans. The airlines are volunteering their aircraft and crews for the program. Long convoys loaded with relief supplies arrived throughout the day into New Orleans, while convoys of buses are moving survivors out of the city.
Several large fires are burning in the city and greater New Orleans area. Reports indicate snipers are holding down firefighters. Reports of shots fired with LEO down in the St. Bernard Parish area. Rescue operations are underway. A bus carrying NOLA evauees rolled over in Opelousa, LA.
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:
New Orleans Emergency Operations Center - is now open:
504-463-1000
504-463-1001
504-463-1002
WWL-TV New Orleans (via WFAA Dallas) - WWL-TV is operating from studios at Louisiana Public Broadcasting. CBS has a relay during the morning and afternoon. When available, use the CBS relay first as they have greater streaming capacity. Yahoo has also provided a relay.
WDSU-TV New Orleans - The news staff has started to return to temporary news studios near New Orleans. However, expect evening coverage from Hearst-Argyle sister stations WAPT Jackson and WESH Orlando when the New Orleans staff needs to take a break.
WGNO-TV New Orleans - New Orleans' ABC affiliate has returned to the air with WBRZ-TV and launched video streaming with continuous Katrina coverage.
WPMI-TV Mobile, AL - WPMI is webcasting from 5:30am - 10:30pm CDT. When off air, you can view pre-recorded reports on demand. This feed is often unreliable.
WKRG-TV Mobile, AL - This station is providing good coverage of the situation to the east in Mississippi and Alabama. However, the station is now signing off at around 10:30pm CDT like WWL and WPMI.
WJTV-TV Jackson, MS - The CBS affiliate in Jackson is providing live coverage for both the Jackson area and south Mississippi (knowing a lot of media in that area is off the air).
United Radio From New Orleans: WWL-AM, WNOE-FM, "KISS-FM," WRNO-FM, WYLD-FM, and WJBO-AM who have joined forces as United Radio From New Orleans, and they are streaming.
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/ Southern Baptist: NAMB - http://www.namb.net/
Samaritan's Purse - http://www.samaritanspurse.org/
Previous Threads:
Katrina Live Thread, Part XIII
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
I think President Bush will nominate Joy Clement now. She is from New Orleans and has lost her home. I think she would be a wonderful Supreme Court Justice. Of course, it is too soon to talk about this and I hope no one thinks I am being disrespectful to Chief Justice Rehnquist. I will miss him and his opinions.
George Bush saved more lives than everyone else combined!
OMG I JUST GOT ON THIS THREAD..and saw this.
May he rest in peace.
I believe that this is one of the reasons for all the talking points and the circling the wagons. NO and LA in General have a terribly corrupt Democrat run existence. I have noticed some areas are Pubbie and a lot of LA is conservative, but because of NO and the surrounding parrishes they can corrupt almost any election. Take away those people and spread them throughout the Country, and they will not come back. They will prosper and wonder why they ever stayed in that corruption.
What a moron. I will send him some hate mail, when his AOL dries off.
The President has much on his plate.
The hurricane has dominated everything..this took me completely by surprise.
Yes, most likely, since Memphis is straight up the interstate from LA. But certainly many will come up I-40 to Nashville. We've opened shelters and are ready.
Bless the volunteer state!
Good choice - you may be right. By the ay - 17 minutes into the local news here in DC they are finally announcing his death on CBS.
OMG---now the s**t is gonna hit the fan bigtime..
Sorry, that really wasn't respectful. I don't know what has come over me.
Oh, I know.....spending too much time watching politicians!!!
May he rest in peace. He was a good man and a fine jurist.
The Red Cross in Madison said a couple from Kenner, La., just outside New Orleans, arrived Friday and sought some assistance.
Their 34-year-old son from Madison and his wife had been visiting the couple before the hurricane. The family evacuated the area but couldn't return to Kenner, in part because of washed out roads, and then they drove to Madison, Red Cross spokeswoman Barbara Behling said. The couple didn't know if their home survived
Renquist is dead. God Bless his soul. Now we know why the Dems have been so hateful lately.
it is supposed to happen fast in these last days...
I wonder what Ms Mary will say after today...my guess is the silencing will be deafening or she'll say it was too late. Maybe she should take a review of US and state laws and who was supposed to be responsible early on. She may also want to have a chat w her brother, the Lt Gov, and ask him about the state plans and the money that was given to NO for the levees that was spent on casinos, private plates, etc., etc.
He (Geraldo) is certainly histrionic.
Samantha - speaking of Hurricane Center Directors Shields and Frank, you can add Director Max Mayfield to that list of all time greats. Did you see:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476538/posts
National Hurricane Director had to call Nagin at home Saturday night to plead: "Get people out..."
Knight Ridder Newspapers ^ | Sun, Aug. 28, 2005 | BY MARC CAPUTO, DAVID OVALLE AND ERIKA BOLSTAD
Posted on 09/03/2005 3:14:14 PM EDT by joinedafterattack
Yes, thanks to the military NO is on the way to recovery...Ms, almost forgotten by the press is another story.
Off topic:
Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist has died.
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