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

[mhking]

Ant balls not an urban myth

http://www.countrybynet.com/attachments/files/23712-Fire%20Ants%20Floating%20in%20a%20Ball.jpg

[april15Bendovr]

Anyone see what that dumb ass Jack Cafferty just said on CNN about President Bush's response to the hurricane?

[DCPatriot]

I should have used kull in quotation marks.

And, the correct spelling is C-U-L-L.

Afterall, it is liberalism and the nanny state that puts NOLA in the situation it finds itself today.

[Yellow Rose of Texas]

Yesterday, gas prices here were not even posted here, Midland, Texas. There were several accidents at gas stations with folks cutting in line. I was almost hit in a gasoline line yesterday.

[april15Bendovr]

Anyone see what that dumb ass Jack Cafferty just said on CNN about President Bush's response to the hurricane?

[spunkets]

Thanks. I agree, she's in over her head. This is the democratic party live and in color.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Just watched an interview on CNN (yes, I know...I switch all around the dial) with Bush 41 and Clinton... she tried to blame Bush for this mess and CLINTON jumped all over her! He cut of 41 to have his say and got red in the face doing it... he said the President is doing everything he can and this is no time for anyone to point fingers at him, that NO escaped Katrina and was decimated by the high water in Ponchartrain and the Mississippi AFTER the hurricane passed... they both said they understand the anger and grief, but everyone is moving as fast as possible.

[Howlin]

there are others who just plain didn't want to, for whatever reason.

Maybe she just wanted to stay at the Ritz. :-)

[Will_Zurmacht]

i kinda agree with ya, but she said that when they tried to get out, all flights were canceled due to weather so they were stuck in the Ritz.

however, she could have called a cab, rental, or hell, bought an old car with her husbands Rolex and tried to make a run for it....hindsight is funny like that

[RDTF]

I know it's for a good cause and they will be effective but now we have to deal with the Clinton Bush dog and pony show

[Laurita]

We used to do that all the time. I grew up in Slidell. We always had old milk jugs full of water/ice in the freezer.
Served multiple uses, kept the freezer at an even temp even when we didn't have any food in it, we always had ice to keep the food in our cooler cold, the water was good and clean and cold when it melted and if you put a jug of water (or sand) in your toilet tank, you didn't need as much water to fill it when you had to flush and the water was off.
The empties were nice to have around when you had to relieve yourself and there was no working toilet available, as well.
We always kept at least one jug of water in the car, too. The radiator was leaky, the a/c was often not working, and if you stalled on a hot day, well you get the picture. I even remember getting a gallon of gas in one once.
Even though the worst flood we ever had was nothing like this, we took care to always have batteries, a radio a flashlight and canned food on hand. Only enough for about a week, though. Nobody really expected anything like this.

[tomkat]

I live to serve...

[Ovation_girl]

"By CNN reporting that there have been no aid workings at the Convention Center
A flat out demonstrable lie. "

Is the mayor's SOS for help at the Convention Center also a lie? My apologies for being more concerned with people suffering that what arm of the government is to blame here. I believe it is called concern for humanity....

[Admin Moderator]

WARNING TO ALL

Knock off the petty personal attack and tone down the language now

I have a stun gun and I'm not afraid to use it

Now please play nice

Got It!

Thanks, now carry on

[AFPhys]

You really need to check this post out: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1474387/posts?page=106#106

This is the greatest natural disaster in our nation's history. It might have been alleviated by corrective action many years ago, as the Army Corps of Engineers was crying about, but blaming this on any current government leaders is nuts. Some of them are beyond their competance level (blame the N.O. and LA voters) and for the rest we simply don't maintain FEMA with the capability to build a city for 500,000 people in three days and relocate that number of people to it.

I won't vouch for all that jeffers stated in his post, but certainly blaming anyone for their failure in this unprecidented situation is simply nutty. Anyone who looked at that levee breach on Mon/Tues who didn't realize the ramifications would be dire wasn't looking ahead, and no amount of planning/ coordination/ leadership by anybody was going to prevent what is now going on. The one and only leadership failure I would place my finger on as of now is failure of the governor to DECLARE MARTIAL LAW and give shoot to kill orders regarding looters and other criminals, as many of us recommended two days ago, the direct consequence of which is today's travesty.

As for the rest, it takes time to coordinate these emergency responses, and they're doing as well as can be expected when there is zero transport and communications infrastructure remaining.

[hawkaw]

Wow! Bubba came to 43's rescue? ... wow!

[BenLurkin]

That rules out the Gore & Kerry voters.

[Howlin]

Is the mayor's SOS for help at the Convention Center also a lie?

You're changing the question because you know you're wrong; the NG has been in there from the very beginning.

[DCPatriot]

That is the most disgusting thing I've seen on FR in a long time. You remind me of another person who wanted to eliminate the undesireables.

Depends on what you mean by "eliminate".

My intent was to spread the welfare recipients around to other jurisdictions.

[blam]

Guess what?

I'm Baaaack!

I have no power (generator only), my phone line just came back up and it is real slow so, I may not be on line long.

Everyone here are okay...this situation has really taxed my cosmic winter supplies(ahem). I've learned a lot about how to prepare next time. I have trees down all over but all structures were undamaged...all my closest neighbors lost their roofs and my biggest inconvenience has been no A/C.