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

[jveritas]

I just sent Bill O'Reilly this e-mail:

"Bill

The poll question on your website is very biased when you ask "So far, please grade how the authorities have handled Hurricane Katrina". You are not separating the local and state authorities from the federal authorities on purpose because you know if you separate their performance the local and state government will take an F or a D at best where as the federal government will take a B as a minimum. You are as usual pandering to the Left to appear “fair and balance” although in this case you are very biased. Shame on you."

[Brad’s Gramma]

We could use more conservatives out here! Come on out!

We don't have humidity in So Cal!!! ;)

[potlatch]

Thanks bitt, I bookmarked that image site. Hope it doesn't disappear!

[SolomoninSouthDakota]

"The steel roof plates in the dome act like individual stones in an arch.

The "stones" in the Dome were flopping up and down when the eyewall passed.

Not a good sign for long term stability."

STILL. It took the big storm. Common sense says the small stuff wouldn't affect it even if a less than perfect repair job is effected. And there just is no comparison to repairing the roof structure and the resources required to raze and rebuild.

[Txsleuth]

Thank you --- I am a big fan of golfers.

They are the gentle men of the sports world from what I have seen.

I do believe I will be contributing to David Tom's Foundation...

Thanks again.

[WoodstockCat]

For everyone:

Bush has been twice to the affected area..how often in the future does he need to go?

Weekly visits to shelters?

I have no idea, something of this magnitude dwarfs some of the previous "homeless via hurricane" situations.

[thouworm]

LOL - Scarboro just mentioned you live on MSNBC w/ Tucker Carlson about 15 min ago: "I have started getting hate mail from Republicans from Arizona and Washington state -- like they really know how a hurricane relief effort ought to go..."

basically repeated what he wrote to you in email.

Hate mail! the nerve!

[ckilmer]

The Southern Louisiana Evacuation Plan specifically stated that people without private transportation were to be transported on public buses. Here is the original post of the plan

There were not just "200 buses". There were 200 buses in just one photo and Freepers studying the post-Katrina satellite images have counted over 400 buses altogether at other city parking.

At 70 people per bus that is 28,000 people per round trip that could have been taken out of the storm surge area in the 48 hours prior the Katrina striking.

After the storm hit, what makes you think that buses sent from outside of New Orleans could drive through the flooded mess any better than the 145 New Orleans city buses that were parked 1.2 miles away from the Superdome?

Was Scotty supposed to beam the outside buses to the Superdome and them beam them back out so that they would not have to drive through impassable roads?

The time to evacuate those 200,000 low-income people on public buses OUT OF THE STORM SURGE ZONE was BEFORE the Category 4 storm struck.

That was what the Southern Louisiana Evacuation Plan for New Orleans specifically called for.

The Democrat Governor and the Democrat Mayor did NOTHING to carry out that portion of the plan. They left 200,000 low-income resident abandoned and they now blame the Federal Government for not having Scotty beam down a massive logistics effort after a human disaster of their own making.

[Letitring]

Thank you very much and I will check it out before I decide.

It's been so great to be here with everyone. Thanks for the information and reading the great discussions has helped. As always, sane voices in an insane world. Please keep up the good work and I'll see you soon.

[WoodstockCat]

Oh Tucker..there's a really open-minded twit...

[Txsleuth]

We can always use some more good Freepers in Texas!!!

We are very hospitable...and friendly.

[Brad’s Gramma]

...and I'll see you soon.

If you don't I'll break your arm or sumthin'. Ha!

Seriously, take care of you!!!

[texasbluebell]

Ack!

People really do get the faces they deserve by 40, er...uh..58 or so.

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050905/capt.txps10609051518.katrina_former_presidents_txps106.jpg?x=380&y=268&sig=REqvMmZH.tPAVzEHnh_JOg--

(Hillary photo)

[Txsleuth]

WOW...AC, you did it!!

You got under Scarborough's skin! That is what I call a very effective e-mail you sent.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[Roccus]

When we had the spike in gas prices last week here in WV the demand increased. It went from 2.59 to 3.11 to 3.29 in less than one day.(This is locally, statewide, increases were comparable but the numbers were slightly different.) Rumors abounded that the price would reach $5 by weekend. Immediately, the lines started forming. People were filling every type of container that would carry gas. Price dropped to $3 by Sun and no lines. I can't give economic reasons for this as I don't know any. Just going by what I saw happen.

[JerseyHighlander]

We'll see conflicting interests here, those convinced the additional gas costs will contribute heavily to an immediate economic recession will push hard to remove gas taxes, then some politicians, pundits and wonks will take the European approach of regressive taxation to force rationing of gas purchases at the individuals' level, and then the anti-tax club for growth types will chime in, the Democrats who will demand all taxes increase to help pay for hurricane relief. In other words, the same old, with greater urgency and louder shrieks.

[markman46]

eeewwwwwwwwwwwww,my eyes

[Petronski]

Bush's only mistake is he gave the Gov of LA 24 hours to make a decision. But what was he supposed to do? Break the law?

"Take your 24 hours if you want, Governor, but in three hours, this leaks to the first six WH press guys I pick at random."

[texasbluebell]

sorry...

[jveritas]

Exactly right. In fact I sent Bill O'Reilly an e-mail telling him about the bias of his poll question, you may read my post # 3161 where I posted my e-mail text to Bill O'Reilly..