Katrina Live Thread XII

Various ^ | 31 August 2005 | Various

[NautiNurse]

President Bush: "We are dealing with one of the worst national disasters in our nation's history." Push has appropriated vast federal resources to assist with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

78,000 people are currently in shelters. New Orleans evacuation continues. 10,000 additional National Guard troops have been called to service.

Hospitals are running low on supplies, and public health concerns include water borne disease, poor sanitation, food and drinking water contamination and shortages, mosquitoes, carbon monixide poisoning from electricity generators, lack of childcare, and the special needs of the elderly.

Links to various news, local and state government websites:

WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula has link to locate family and friends (very slow load)

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

Streaming Video:

WWL-TV: http://www.khou.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_khou&props=livenoad

WDSU-TV: http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38843.asx"

WPMI-TV: http://www.wpmi.com/mediacenter/default.aspx?videoId=113739

WKRG-TV: mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95518

WTOK-TV (follow the link on the home page): http://www.wtok.com/

WJTV-TV: mms://wmbcast.mgeneral.speedera.net/wmbcast.mgeneral/wmbcast_mgeneral_aug262005_1435_95563

Gulf Coast Storm Network (radio): http://www.stormalert.net/main.html#

Related FR Threads:

FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread

Discussion Thread - Hurricane Katrina - What Went Wrong?!?

Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here

Looting Begins In New Orleans

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
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.

Previous Threads:

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

[John Jamieson]

Beat me to it! Thanks.

Notice 0 line (sea level)

[NonValueAdded]

I was thinking they should go public with a statement that once the SD is evacuated, all looters surviving their capture will be kept inside the Superdome.

[Tarheel]

This evening on our local news (WBTV) just heard that 125 patients will be arriving at area Charlotte, NC, hospitals tomorrow. These patients are from a hospital in Kenner, LA. A local hospital in Rock Hill, SC, should be receiving some of the patients tonight the remainder will arrive tomorrow.

Also, 10 firefighters from CLT are on their way down there or already are there--water rescuers. This from a CLT firefighter friend.

[PhiKapMom]

AWESOME!

[nwctwx]

Storm Chaser Video: Gulfport, MS
http://www.psphoto.com/upload/katrina.wmv

[cajungirl]

Sad but LSU is doing things. The sound of the copters coming and going all day was oddly reassuring.

Someone posted an email from Billy Martin upthread that describes the situation better than I could.

[Torie]

Reading topo maps is not everyone's cup of tea. About 60% of NO is below sea level, about 15% more than 5 feet above sea level.

[gpapa]

There are 22 drainage pumping stations in NO. They cost millions of $ to build. Bringing in portable pumps will not help the major problems. At full capacity the NO pumping stations can pump over 1 billion gallons of water per hour. This will not solve the entire problem however as the pumping will increase the level of Lake Ponchartrain also. Eventually Lake Ponchartrain will return to a more normal, pre-storm level and the water will flow again to the lake via the canals in NO.

[birddog]

That is an awesome post and you are dead on. It made me take a step back and realize that no one is prepared for death and distruction on this magnatude.


Merciful God, save us.

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CNN: First refugees from the Superdome have arrived in Houston at the Astrodome.

[BurbankKarl]

A Louisiana State Trooper directs rescue personnel through the I-10 roadblock on the way to New Orleans to help people stranded by floodwaters.

[Diddle E. Squat]

CNN just showed the opening of the gate at the Astrodome property and the first refugees arriving.

[RinaseaofDs]

I do. It won't stop them from demagoguing the issue anyway.

What really burns me is that the two idiots in charge aren't going to be tried for dereliction. Martial law still hasn't been declared down there and its just getting worse with the siege at the two hospitals.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I saw a large crowd lining up and getting their care packages. Obviously this was a group from the downside ghetto area. Thank goodness they got out with their lives.

But I watched with the TV sound down, as this exhausted Red Cross worker was handing out these food packs, lightning fast one after another. With the exception of ONE young girl who smiled sincerely and I could see her lips mouth the two simple words "THANK YOU" and look her helper straight in the eye with appreciation, but for the most part, nearly evey person rushed up, grabbed his or her bag, with averted or cast-down vision, walked away, with not even so much as a word of 'thanks' to those humanitarian workers. It all reeked of an atmosphere of perverted sense of entitlement and social welfare. I guess that is the subculture that has taken root there. Sad.

[Ovation_girl]

I was watching that as well. When I heard that rescuers had to stop hospital evacuations because of selfish people trying to steal the rescue boats and to have their generator stolen as well, I was appalled! It is shameful that criminals are preventing those trying to help from doing their jobs. This one seemed right up there with the looters terrorizing the hospitals.

Also on this broadcast on CNN, evacuees trying to get into the Astrodome and being turned away because they are not part of the Superdome group. My question is, what to do with these peo[ple. Wouldn't it be easier and lead to eventual rebuilding in New Orleans, if FEMA was to rent land outside of the city, and set up a tent/trailer city as they did after Hurricane Andrew? This city really helped to end some of the problems we had immediately following the storm with looting etc.

[PhiKapMom]

Am getting all this info in email but yet we hear NOTHING about what the military is doing from the MSM. I want to take all of these and shove them in Aaron Brown's face not to mention the Governor and Mayor's faces.

[John Jamieson]

Find the zero elevation line (sea level). The water heights are draw at flood stage.

[NautiNurse]

Thank you very much for finding the bright spots via photos tonight.

[RoseyT]

"The governor of Texas said they would arrive about 11 p.m. and everyone would be searched for guns and drugs before allowing them inside.

I was hoping they'd run fingerprints after hearing they let a bunch of prisoners go.

[vigilante2]

how much tax dollars were being collected from these casino's that had to be kept open until the last minute