Katrina Live Threads, Part XV

Various ^ | 4 September 2005 | Various

[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.

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
Katrina Link Archives Nice work by backhoe
Mary Landrieu-"I'll Punch Bush"
Sean Penn's Rescue Bid Sinks
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 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

[onyx]

Perhaps she has been duly gagged...lol.

[Cboldt]

NAACP Partners with MoveOn to Provide Housing for Disaster Victims

Typo in the previous link - fixed here.

[Will_Zurmacht]

BBC World is showing the the bodies washing up by buildings.

just bloated and floating.

then talking to very angry folks.

then how the "racism" of America contributed to the damage

[Txsleuth]

That is joke, right?

Surely they didn't have a gay parade today, in the French Quarter????

[sassbox]

why are there tourists in New Orleans right now? I thought the city was being evacuated and sealed off to anyone except rescue workers.

[navysealdad]

Broussard crying without tears!!! If my Mother was in a nursing home and it was flooded I would get a boat and go get her.

[SeaBiscuit]

Websters: Refugee

Main Entry: ref·u·gee
one that flees; especially : a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution

Refugee = LSM framing/connotations IMO. Evacuee would be better.

[sheikdetailfeather]

WFTV in Orlando says 15 Progress Energy trucks are headed to Louisiana to help.

[zot]

Here's a link to an excellent pictorial timeline of Katrina's path. http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/ Scroll to the middle of the page and click on the "Trail of a Killer" link Once you get the page displayed, you can click on the red circle for each day. This will bring up a daily timeline of the day's events including Bush taking action and Blanco and the Mayor not taking action

This is what I've been looking for, but I don't have the software to do the interactive. Is it available in html, or can it be copied and converted to html?

[Will_Zurmacht]

oh yeah, the queer pride parade went on as scheduled...

some of those interviewed were as unconcerned as they could be....completely oblivious to the world.

[Mo1]

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!

I'm with you .. what is occurring on TV is absolute BS

Many people were begging Blanco and the Mayor to declare a state of emergency before the storm hit and those pleas were ignored until the afternoon before the storm hit

Why didn't Tim Russert have Gov. Blanco on today along with Gov Haley Barbour ???

And I am sick to death of hearing how the National Guard, the Coast Guard, the rest of are military aren't doing enough .. while these Talking heads sit on their fat rear ends

Tim Russert had blood in his eye during that show I just watch and he intends to pin ALL of the blame on President Bush

Hey Timmy ... You want an investigation???

BRING ON PAL ... We'll start with opening up the books and find out where all that money went?

And why was it spent on the Casinos and other building projects other then the Levees???

[Howlin]

Oh, sorry. Thanks for fixing that.

[OKIEDOC]

I don't blame the mayor, the blacks and Hispanics don't get along.

I believe Race Bating Jackson and his ilk just about have the two communities ready to go into a race war.

I don't think El Poncho Alcalde wants the black community to have backups coming to help out in the pending race war.

[Cboldt]

It is a testimony to the recovery and the spirit of this country, that such trivial pursuit is overlooked amidst a deadly serious situation.

God Bless America.

[owl37]

"Surely they didn't have a gay parade today, in the French Quarter????"

Well, I think it was more like a group of 20 people went dancing down the street.

[BurbankKarl]

those are residents... NOPD says they arent going to go inside and cuff people inside their own homes.

[Republic]

Very sad.

Wonder if this has been shown on American TV.

[OKIEDOC]

LOL

[Mo1]

your link didn't work

but the NAACP Partners with MoveOne, huh???

Well ain't that just special

[Sender]

OK sorry.