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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 wonder if we who live in the state need to take any precautions? Are they thinking ahead for that? Oh wait this is Louisiana, they forget to plan ahead.
Something else that has me wondering, are they prepared for another storm? Where would people who live here evacuate to if we are the new Florida? (hurricane magnet)
Yes, I believe they are. I know I was vaccinated against typhoid and typhus (at least) back in grade school in the 1980s, so it was in place then. From what I hear of parenting now, there's a truly impressive battery of vaccinations schoolkids have to have now.
New Orleans cooking is more creole than cajun. That will be some good eatin' :D Yall are in for a treat.
IMHO, the humiliating aspect of this National Emergency is that the globalization weenies have reduced us to accepting charitable aid from foreign nations, while in the same breath, suggesting that it doesn't make "sense" to rebuild New Orleans.
Kuwait donates $500 mln oil products for Katrina
Qatar Offers $100 Million in Hurricane Aid
Mexico ready to send aid for Katrina relief
U.S. Asks EU, NATO for Hurricane Aid
Hastert: Rebuilding below sea level senseless
While I am grateful to those who are kindly offering us aid,
I am also deeply concerned that we can no longer fend for ourselves and depend on the generosity of others.
Condi was very gracious in her remarks until she got the race question. Then she let forth with her strong comments. Damn, I want her to run for national office!
So you agree with Robert Reicht, Clinton psycho, who said it just goes to prove how low we've sunk as a country?
who was that republican woman taking him to task? did I hear him toss him microphone off when she took him to task about being a partisan Dem political operative?
Really is there anything those people can bring in here to texas that hasn't been brought by illegal immigrants?????
If we survived the illegals surely we can handle this,,,,
I read there is a Mike Sports Bar in the French Quarter that hasnt closed during this hole time, and has a Wyoming Highway Patrol car parked out front.
unless typhoid and typhus are included in the DTP combo vaccinations they are not on texas's mandated list.
It was reported on FR the other day that 67% are on welfare in NO.....
I don't believe that is corrct it's 67% African American..I couldn't find any figures but articles saying how NO was not meeting new federal goals of getting people off of welfare...
Anybody hear anymore about yesterdays "Save Our Democrat Seats" fiasco and England AFB??
She's a great lady. Gracious and strong. The most powerful woman in the world right now. I don't think she has presidential aspirations but we can only hope. The left hate her as much as President Bush, and she cares as much about that as the President.
She also has the best killer stare around. If anyone has a photo of that stare, maybe they can post it.
FNC reporting Mich. Congrssman John Dingell to introduce legislation to separate FEMA from DHS.
Might be a little early, to do so since DHS is just getting started. But based on what I've seen of the organization, I be willing to listen to Dingell's reasons (first time ever for that!)
Jessie Jackson was heading there last night. I looked at the website of that air base...it has been converted already. Dont know where they will go with their busload of people.
George Bush saved hundreds of thousands of people by taking over the city.
If you find the numbers let me know...I thought 67% was high even for NO...
Don't know, but she wasn't any RINO apologist, that's for sure.
You'll notice this DID NOT make the national media??
The required vaccines are: DPT (Diptheria, Pertussis, Tetanus), MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella), Polio, Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type B), Pneumococcal, Chicken Pox, and Hepatitis B
That leaves a LOT of disease uncovered.
Most school districts, IIRC, mandate them now over and above the state. CA didn't mandate them at the time I got mine, but LAUSD did. It's a common problem in districts that have immigrant children from third-world countries.
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