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

[Roccus]

And according to Al Sharptongue, they were all taxpayers.

[Miss Behave]

Bump hard.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Everyone who needs aid should get it as they present themselves to an agency. They shouldn't have to think of magic words to get it and they shouldn't have to go to the end of the line just because they were resourceful enough to get themselves out of town. Count my sisters and this other woman (who happens to be a newly graduated doctor and will have a job and money one day), as more people who will never donate to the RC again.

What on earth is wrong with the Red Cross? I have heard so many accounts of this organization's idiocy, it's a wonder they stay in business!

Hope your sister's friends and their family are okay.

[Letitring]

LOL. I keep trying to go to bed but hate to leave. It's so good to be here.

Yes, my Sister has been and says it's great. She spent a couple of weeks there. I think I need something like that, maybe. I'm not sure I'll go there,but I think my days here are numbered. :)

[Tarheel]

Was't there a group of congesscritters that hung out together. Condit, Scarborough and who else? There were at least a total 3 or 4. All married and seemed to have a bit of reputation for playing 'loosey goosey' as we say here in the South.

[Txsleuth]

Taxpayers, my butt!

There is a new thread up that says that John Sweeney, the head of the AFL/CIO is mad at Bush, saying that his response to Hurricane Katrina was negative to workers!??!

Huh? I guess everyone wants to get his/her twenty lashes at old Dubya over this NATURAL DISASTER!!!

[Letitring]

LOL, well we ARE getting alot of pressure to "adopt a family."

[DrewsMum]

I'm sorry y'all, but I have a real problem here,,,

Tonight on the local news (houston) or maybe cable it's all running together now,,,anyways, they were talking about the children from the poor families from NO,,,they were at one shelter and were talking about one little boy and the reporter said, and I quote, "this little boy is 6 years old, the oldest of 6 siblings" (I kid you not!!!) I almost punched the t.v.!

[conservative cat]

Was't there a group of congesscritters that hung out together. Condit, Scarborough and who else? There were at least a total 3 or 4. All married and seemed to have a bit of reputation for playing 'loosey goosey' as we say here in the South.

I remember hearing John Kasich was buddies with Condit at the time- and then he (JK) didn't run again at the next election.

[Txsleuth]

Someone upstream mentioned John Kasich in that group.

[buickmackane]

I sent my daughter to Wal-Mart to buy $20 gift cards, and had her deliver them to local Motels and Hotels, we have many from Mississippi and Alabama here in Midland, Texas.

The Red Cross has put over $350,000,000 in the general disaster relief fund. I don't know if this is good thing or not.

Thank you -- this is precisely what I've been saying all week long!

It's nice that people are making cash donations, but it's a lot more personal to hand someone a Wal-Mart gift card so they can get *exactly* what *they* need, from personal hygiene supplies to groceries to medicine to automotive needs. There was a story posted in an earlier thread where all one elderly lady wanted was some press-on nails to make herself feel good again, and I don't think a check to a general disaster relief fund would have paid for that.

Thank you for your generosity, Yellow Rose!!!

[Arizona Carolyn]

Oh... darn, I MISSED it!!!! Well, I dare him go through a strong earthquake -- with NO warning it's coming! Then we'll see.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I just saw this on another board;

"Bush has known these hurricanes were coming to Tallahassee for months and yet no response whatsoever."

It was on a sports board, talking about Jeb Bush and the FSU- Miami game.

[conservative cat]

Great minds. ; ) I don't think I read that post (I have been off and on all day and try to catch up as much as possible when I can.)

[buickmackane]

Now I am crying -

"Mississippi is on my mind"

Actually, I've had that ZZ Top song stuck in my head all week that goes "I'm shufflin' through the Texas sands, but my head's in Mississippi" -- it rocks!

[markman46]

Yep, and old bill must have been riding behind!!her cause he don't look a whole lot better!

[Txsleuth]

Unfortunately, I am not surprised...

Now, is not the time to go on a rant about today's societal problems, I know, but I gotta tell you...

I wouldn't take in a family with that many kids...and I don't know how they are gonna do it...I doubt that they are going to get very much actual $$$$$.

[DrewsMum]

It's nice that people are making cash donations, but it's a lot more personal to hand someone a Wal-Mart gift card so they can get *exactly* what *they* need, from personal hygiene supplies to groceries to medicine to automotive needs. There was a story posted in an earlier thread where all one elderly lady wanted was some press-on nails to make herself feel good again, and I don't think a check to a general disaster relief fund would have paid for that.

Exactly,,,,,I went and bought some stuff and took to the local hotels too, I just can't stomach turning cash over to someone else to decide the best way---these people needed things now,,,,and the ones in the hotels (middle class who aren't used to being dependent) haven't seen or heard from the red cross/FEMA,,,that might be a long time coming for them,,,

[DrewsMum]

they'll probably be better off than they were before,,

[Txsleuth]

Oh, my....reread your post...it could be taken a couple of ways...and one just made me blush!!!