Katrina Live Thread, Part XIV

Various ^ | 2 September 2005 | Various

[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

[Arizona Carolyn]

I saw it... I think Geraldo was emotional because his wife just had a baby two weeks ago and he couldn't even begin to imagine how he would feel if one of those kids was his baby... I think he used his showmanship to impress on America how many babies were still at risk in the city 4 days after the levee broke (though he kept saying 6 days ~LOL~)....

I have to say I'll take Geraldo over Chris Matthews or Wolf Blitzer any day... they are both making be see red!

[Spktyr]

If he doesn't give a press conference, then we'll know it's sincere.

Maybe.

[Arizona Carolyn]

No... I heard it and thought the same thing!! We need to deal with those basta46s in a harsh, non liberal, manner. The problem is escalating nationwide.

[Frank_2001]

And which bird might THAT be, I wonder....?

[Arizona Carolyn]

I agree with you. I watched the tape they had on him last night and he was rumpled and very involved with the emergency workers. I found it strange that he didn't step to the camera (very un-dem of him) and decided to do a search and see what I could find -- thus the article.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Yep, that's him.

[cgk]

Sheesh. She wants to rebuild now, but we're hearing that it will take 6-9 MONTHS to drain the city, and 3 more MONTHS to dry out and decontaminate it from who knows how many diseases. And it's September now, and in that NINE MONTHS - it isn't going to rain one lick, let alone another storm?

I'm thinking they're frantic because what happens to their colleagues there? They are rallying around the "rebuild" call, when we're all looking at what seems to be some terrible current-times Atlantis.

What happens to the elected congressmen who no longer have districts? No more New Orleans means how many less Dems and Reps in Congress?

Question: If you could buy a family home for $1.00 in New Orleans would you? Knowing what you know now, and almost positively guaranteeing that no insurance company on the planet would insure you for ANYTHING? Lightning may not strike twice, but hurricanes obviously do.

I'm wondering if my 3 yr old is going to grow up reading about "New Orleans: the City that was." I hope not, but I am not optimistic. You can't build a levee or a dam strong enough to hold back the ocean. I am very sad for New Orleans' residents and all that they have lost, and may never have again.

[Types_with_Fist]

I actually heard some anchorette on TV asking if the "cleanup at the Super Dome had begun." They just don't understand the scope of the disaster... portraying NO even as "getting back to normal."

[Alia]

Thank you, and thank you for the Link! :)

[cgk]

Many of them have cars parked in their driveways

No kidding!! I was simply put, stunned to look at close-up satellite photos of the devastation and see street after street of homes under water - with 1-3 cars in the driveways! We have been hearing that "they had no means to leave" and it is true, so terribly many did not - but so many did - and chose to stay. SO sad.

Must See:

Link to high-res Katrina Impact Map (click on tiny squares to zoom in (double zoom) to satellite photos of destruction: Hurricane Katrina Base Map Index Page

The pictures are gripping. You'll see the cars and BTW: lots more buses visible from above.

[Red6]

"It’s very strange and maybe just coincidental. But have you noticed that it's the "Republican" Red states taking all the refugees from Louisiana?

More due to geographical location than anything else. Michigan (a blue state) has offered to take in refugees; the only thing is they're about as far due north as you can get and not hit Canada." Was aid.

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Well, a lot of these people are flying to there destination. Is 100 miles more or less really so far for a 450 mile an hour plane?

Is Illinois really that much further away than Dallas/Ft worth? But Obama (D. IL) will ask for hearings. Bottom line will be, "What did Bush do wrong?" Jesse Jackson another fine Democrat said that the evacuation was racist.

Dallas (Rep.) is bending over backwards to accommodate these people (food, shelter and even schooling). TX as a whole (Rep.) is doing a lot for the refugees. But it really does appear to me that the “liberals” out there haven’t said much constructive other than it was “Bush’s fault”.

Blame Bush and the conservative is their motto. In the meantime it is the Republicans who seem to be answering the mail.

Again, how many thousand refugees went to IL (The Obama home state) that is just so so far away that no one can go there?

Texas: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/166315/1/.html

Red6

[Types_with_Fist]

BTW... is anybody else familiar with the area getting tired of the anchors talking about "when the water recedes"? The water will only "recede" when it is pumped out.

[cgk]

I actually heard some anchorette on TV asking if the "cleanup at the Super Dome had begun."

Poor dear. I guess noone told her that the Superdome is basically a new toxic waste landfill and should have a few bunker-busters dropped on it. 5 feet deep human waste and trash from one end of the dome to the other: on all levels. Not counting those who sadly died and were murdered inside. Clean up HOW?

[cgk]

YES! ;)

[Spktyr]

From what I've read, they're probably going to have to tent the SuperDome and fumigate it before they can even think about anything else. And at that, they will probably have to gut it and completely rebuild the interior.

[cgk]

Good. I completely agree, and apparently many of us feel the same.

[cgk]

placemark.

[Alissa]

Anyone hear Gen. Honorere(?) on Fox just now? AWESOME. He put the problems in such simple language even the MSM should be able to understand it.

[Spktyr]

Agreed.

Blood is very, very hard to get out of concrete.

[Frank_2001]

Good post. After four decades of the destruction of the inner city by welfare-state politics and moral/ family breakdown, the chickens have come home to roost.