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September 1, 2005

New link for New Orleans webcam stream, WWL-TV stream; tonight's TV disaster coverage

6:08 p.m.
The Interdictor was hard to connect to for awhile, but it's back up with a new url for the streaming webcam at 610 Poydras St. (map) in New Orleans, in addition to the old link which was probably also overloaded. If this means they have another site mirroring the feed, this is good news.

5:28 p.m.
WWL-TV, Channel 4 in New Orleans, has switched to a Yahoo server, and to the new link above.

4:54 p.m.

TVnewser (as the name implies, it covers TV news) has some interesting notes today:

-- "As of 3pm today, CNN has received more than 11,500 e-mails from citizen journalists," the network says. "More than 650 of these submissions have included either video or images. CNN's Victims and Relief Desk, has received approximately 11,000 emails since it began the morning of Wednesday, Aug 31."

-- "CNN has sent chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour, Africa correspondent Jeff Koinange, video correspondent Karl Penhaul and senior international correspondent Nic Robertson to the hurricane-torn Gulf Coast."

-- MSNBC's Tucker Carlson will host tonight's Situation from Slidell, Louisiana...

-- ABC will continue its coverage of the aftermath this evening: "Tonight's hour-long edition of Primetime will focus on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the Gulf Coast region, including the continuing rescue and evacuation efforts, the struggle to restore law and order, the latest relief efforts and a look at New Orleans' breached levee system, which has critics questioning why it was designed to withstand only up to a level three hurricane." It airs at 10pm...

-- NBC has scheduled another special report. "Stone Phillips will anchor an hour-long report, 'Katrina: Devastation in the Gulf,' live from Biloxi, Miss., in a special Dateline, tonight at 10:00 PM/ET.

-- Steve Harrigan (Fox News) blogs from Baton Rouge:

"We found gas in Baton Rouge, an ATM and a Wal-Mart. I bought clothes, bug spray, foil packs of tuna and water. I also bought an ace in the hole: an anti-lice shampoo."

When Harrigan deployed to the Gulf Coast, he wasn't prepared for the story he is now covering. (No one was prepared.) "There is so much stuff I did not bring -- an irridium phone, water purification tablets -- because I thought I was going to a hurricane, not a war zone. The last time I needed water purification tablets was Afghanistan. I didn't think I'd need them in Louisiana."

-- "NBC News has sent private security personnel to the increasingly dicey Gulf Coast region to help keep its employees safe while covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina," THR's Paul Gough reports.

Comments

New Orleans knows how to host a party, whether it is the Sugar Bowl, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, the Super Bowl or just a night out on incomparable Bourbon Street. This city has been the source of good times for so many, like us, who traveled to this unique gem to enjoy the local flair, cuisine, music and nightlife, and then leave to return to everyday lives.

New Orleans was good to us, if only briefly, and now, as hundreds of thousands flee in the midst of life-altering devastation and despair, it is time to return the favor.

Think of all those who have roamed the French Quarter or Garden District and didn�t think twice about spending $50 or $100 for a night of food, drinks and fun. Now imagine if we all spent $50 or $100 again, this time for a more important cause � rebuilding lives and a city with a special heart and soul. What relief agency you choose, whether the American Red Cross (www.redcross.org) or others, doesn�t matter. What matters is that we do it, the sooner the better.

And what also matters is you spread the word. New Orleans has welcomed Americans with open arms, great music and a warm smile for decades. It is time to return the favor.

Posted by: Brian & Kate O'Gara on September 1, 2005 11:02 PM