Only one section of that document requested direct Federal hands-on intervention, the rest was one kind of funding grab or another.
Here's the relevant section, from pg 3:
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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
>>What husbands? I think I can count on the fingers of both hands the numbers of families I've seen ... mostly single moms and kids.<<
I've seen many , many families, and what is the difference? They all need help....God bless them
I STILL haven't figured out what they are timing...what is the clock for?
placemarker
I'm sorry, what am I missing? Is it mock-worthy that a member of MoveON is joining the rest of the human race in wanting to help those suffering from Katrina? I mean, there's plenty of times to go at those folks - this offer to help doesn't seem like one.
I thought that I saw people that was inside the Superdome being interviewed early on. I could be mistaken.
I have an idea.
I have soaps and shampoos from various hotels and casinos I have visited (and those of friends who think they are funny, as wel).
Send me an private email, and I will send them if you need them.
It's a subtle hit on the Bush administration. As long as they are showing rescues, etc, it is a reminder of how long it took to get them help cause god forbid we actually praise the rescuers, they look like mostly military types, no way you can really support that kind of thing. We should have had an Army of Sean Penns who obviously never piloted a boat before...
One thing is for certain - a catastrophe of this magnitude certainly separates the men from the boys, and the movers/shakers versus the whining nervous nellies.
Check out who she is willing to take...
Students, professors/teachers, medical personel, and families
I am in complete agreement with you, so I'll repost this link that gives many other locations where the 10,000 families now being sheltered in Alexandria/Pineville can receive help:
http://www.uwcl.org/site/Templates/template4.aspx?tabindex=0&tabid=1
If I was notified of that in the past 48 hours, I missed the alert. Thanks.
Monday September 5, 01:37 PM
A Perth man who was trapped inside the Superdome in New Orleans has told his father of the horror that went on inside.
Simon Wood, 26, is now in Miami, after fleeing the dome with several other Australians.
His father Peter Wood says his son feared he and his friends would be killed if they stayed in the arena.
"In front of their eyes, a young lad, Simon doesn't know whether he was a foreigner or what he was, was either forced, pushed or jumped for his life over a balcony inside the dome and fell to his death in front of these guys' eyes," he said.
Mr Wood says his son and a number of others fled from the Superdome because they believed that as foreigners, they would not survive.
"I think Simon was awake for something like 50 odds hours helping look after himself and his mates and he told me the other morning he's never been so fearful for his life, absolutely fearful."
Mr Wood spoke to Simon for the first time yesterday.
"We obviously didn't get a lot of time each to talk about a lot, but I tell you what, it's the best Father's Day present you could ever ever wish for," he said.
"I'm still a bit emotional about this but we've spoken to him since and he is safe, he's well away from the area now."
And I will never forget how I felt, when I saw the first shot of the empty Astodome in Houston,.....empty, clean, set-up with cots, waiting. And I thought, I've never seen what the inside of the Superdome looks like. Not ONCE.
You are missing a long list of qualifying limitations that eliminates 99.7% of those needing assistance. That is why it is genuinely laughable.
I am specifically requesting:Money can save lives. Police/armed reinforcement can save lives. Helicopeter and boat rescue can save lives. Supplies of food, clothing and shlter can save lives. Communications equipment can save lives. Cleanup is a form of assistance.
emergency protective measures [ this is a term of art ],
direct Federal Assistance [ this is a term of art ]
The state is equipped to provide ALL of those functions, and usually coordinates all effort, even if compensated by federal monies afterwards.
The governor did not give the Federal government authority.
Are you saying she was just not clear enough in what kind of help to save lives? That it was still just asking for money to save lives?
Basically, yes. The effort needs to be specifically coordinated, and there are all sorts of issues, such as who calls the shots, and who holds the risk of legal liability. The primary responsibility for coordination is at the state level.
Nightline is having a special tonight---
Guess who is the guest????
Why it is Mayor Nagin!!!! Yeppers, in the lib friendly confines of a Terry Moran reported ABC show...blech!
Blanco Dubois Ping
Only one section of that document requested direct Federal hands-on intervention, the rest was one kind of funding grab or another.
Here's the relevant section, from pg 3:
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