Wonder where he got that idea?
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Posted on 09/04/2005 6:14:35 PM PDT by NautiNurse
U.S. commercial air carriers continue transporting tens of thousands of evacuees from the New Orleans airport to destinations throughout the nation.
Rooftop air rescue efforts continue. One rescue chopper crashed late today. Crew members are reported safe. Gunmen who fired upon bridge repair contractors were killed by law enforcement.
To date, an estimated 70 countries and U.S. businesses have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars, supplies, food and equipment to assist the United States' efforts in Katrina's aftermath. Lt. General Honore described the damage to Mississippi today, "all infrastructure south of Jackson, MS is either damaged or destroyed." Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice visited the devastated areas, and attended Sunday church services in Mobile, Alabama.
Elsewhere, Sean Penn's rescue boat, sans plug and full of his personal entourage,reportedly sank during launch in New Orleans. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) threatened to punch President Bush, and Jefferson Parish President Broussard decried that the bureaucracy of FEMA has committed murder.
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
New Orleans Emergency Operations Center - is now open:
504-463-1000
504-463-1001
504-463-1002
Streaming Video:
All information is subject to change. Many stations are relying on their corporate parents to configure and maintain Internet streaming. Because of the intense interest in the feeds, they may be unavailable at times because of network congestion or a problem feeding the video to the streaming servers.
WWL-TV New Orleans - 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. They have a secondary stream from Yahoo. WWL-TV is also offering a special low-bandwidth audio-only stream for dial-up users.
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).
WFAA-TV Dallas, TX - WFAA-TV is here because Dallas is one of the evacuation cities.
United Radio From New Orleans: WWL-AM, WNOE-FM, "KISS-FM," WRNO-FM, WYLD-FM, and WJBO-AM (Clear Channel & Entercom) who have joined forces as United Radio From New Orleans, and they are streaming.
Gulf Coast Storm Network (Clear Channel Radio) - Clear Channel offers radio listeners across the gulf coast access to a simulcast emergency radio service. This service seems primarily focused on Alabama and Mississippi, but does cover Louisiana to some degree.
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Hurricane Katrina HOUSING Thread
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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 XIV
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
When my husband and I arrived around 4 this afternoon, there was a crowd of cars with volunteers from the local churches. Men were cooking burgers on the grill and women were setting out home baked cakes and treats. Our area is almost entirely white, so it was easy to recognize the evacuees. The kids were playing in the pool. Adult evacuees were sitting at picnic tables and enjoying a good meal. There was a few washers and dryers set up under the shelter. There was an army of people folding clothes from the local Caring and Sharing, serving food, and chatting with the evacuees.
The dormatories have become home for the families. This is a summer camp with two wings in each building holding bunk beds arranged in a large room. It is designed for all boys or all girls, but to accomodate the families, each side was set up for a gender. Males in one wing, females in another. This keeps families near each other, but seperates gender for modesty.
The first family I met had husband, 3 year old girl, 8 year old cousin, and wife due to deliver in November. They were overwhelmed at the love being showered on them. Mom was having heart burn, and the medical volunteers checked her out and got her some meds for her and one of the kids. She was upset at not being able to get her "nest" arranged. Tomorrow I will take a few boxes and things to help her. She missed having her husband right with her to help. I later told him how much it meant to her to be able to depend on him, he was a good husband. His eyes watered up. He said he would do anything for her.
They had seen unbelievable things in the Dome. There were dead with their throats slashed. Young girls taken by the gangs to the upper decks and raped for hours. Anyone that tried to stop them was killed. The stench of death, urine, and feces burned their noses.
The guards would play games with the number system for filling the buses. They would call a group's number, then change it. They did nothing to stop the drugs, theft, and murder of the gangs.
These people feel so blessed to have been rescued. They are just now understanding the scope of the damage. The lobby TV is the first time they have seen that the damage goes all the way to Biloxi. Now they understand why it took so long.
But they will never understand the gangs. They knew the criminals in NO, but cannot believe that evil they witnessed.
Our communities have taken these people in. Yes, there are huge risks. But God spared THESE people and brought the to our doorstep. The blessings being poured out are amazing.
I knew it.... at first, I thought, well, the Fox team has doomed ol' Dusty.
I know that makes a great story - and Geraldo might redeem himself to a few.
Yet each one of us will have dozens of images or sounds of the plight of this tragedy that most likely did not end this way.
The one that will forever be with me was a young girl, about 7, in pink shorts standing on a curb (under water), pleading, begging the camera team/reporter: Please help us, please help us. Help us push our car."
An older man, as I posted a day or three ago, probably her grandfather, appeared trying to push an older sedan that was in water up to the windows. Belongings were piled in the back. The team went on and left them in the water. I have never seen a follow up. I cannot get her voice or her face out of my head. I pray that she and her family survived.
NOPD 1st Dist officers Nicole Barbe and Sgt. Danny Scanlan in their makeshift police car after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005.
Because they couldn't read the plan? /sarc
One of the worst educational system in the nation...
Thousands will soon be living large on three Carnival cruise ships. In complete luxury, with meals and spa. We'll see if the rapes and murders continue, and if the MSM will report.
Guess we will have plenty to talk about again.....
I call them Hurricane People
Yes you can compare this to 9/11. There was leadership in NY and an absent of leadership in Louisiana. That is the comparison.
The NAACP has now demanded that the victims of Hurricane Katrina have a fund just like the victims of 9-11.
OOPS---that last post of mine came off as cruel...
I can see how ANY one in Louisiana would be doing a lot of crying right now...what has happened is horrible, and I don't begrudge them their emotions...
BUT, I think the tears we have seen on TV are manufactured for "effect" to get the heat off of themselves and on to President Bush...
Especially Mayor Nagin, Gov. Blanco and Sen. Landrieu...she is in Washington..and she has the power to put forth bills that would have perhaps helped NO...but hasn't as far as I know..
And to cry and then threaten to "punch" the POTUS...is not what we want the world to see...or our children that need the reassurance that the "grownups" can take care of things.
Those will be the relief workers, not the evacuees. I hope.
Anyone know just what Gov. Blanco is doing?
And what does that "philanthropic fund" she is creating really mean?
well, of course they will.....
I refuse to let the feds take the blame for the New Orleans and Baton Rouge corruption and incompetence. Brown may not be the most riveting speaker, but by gosh he was on the TV urging people to evacuate before the governor or the mayor did a damn thing!
That is the funniest thing I have heard in weeks. I can't stop giggling. I am going to send this to everyone on my e-mail list.
They might be living on the ships, but I guarantee you they aren't going to get the same kind of service they'd get as cruise passengers. At least they'd better not!
Thank you so much for that personal story, which gives me hope that many of these folks will actually wind up with a better life, away from New Orleans.
Speaking of that, isn't the Secret Service required to investigate all threats to the President.
Why hasn't she been arrested yet, anyway?
"Honestly, I am developing a list of people I once respected and have now crossed off my list."
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