Thursday, September 01, 2005
Thursday's major developments
Thursday's major developments
05:50 AM EDT on Thursday, September 1, 2005
Associated Press
Major developments in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:
The first of nearly 25,000 refugees being sheltered at the Superdome in New Orleans arrive at
Houston's Astrodome, where they will stay until floodwaters recede.
Officials start evacuating 10,000 people -- patients, staff and refugees -- out of nine
hospitals in the New Orleans area without power, using generators that are running low on fuel, or
battling floodwaters.
Tenet Healthcare Corp. asks Louisiana State Police and the U.S. Coast Guard to help evacuate one
of its fully functioning hospitals after a supply truck carrying food, water, medical supplies was
held up by gunmen.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin orders 1,500 police to leave their search-and-rescue missions and
return to the streets to stop looting. He says looters would be arrested and jailed.
The Red Cross says it has collected $21 million, nearly $15 million of that from individual
donations through its Web site. Some people offer up their homes as temporary shelters, listing
information on the Internet.
In Washington, the Bush administration is working to put a price tag on the government's share
of the recovery effort, which Bush will submit in an emergency budget request to Congress in the
days ahead.
Bush says the government has sent 5.4 million precooked meals, 13.4 million liters of water,
more than 1,000 search and rescue personnel and the floating hospital ship USNS Comfort to the
Gulf Coast.
Rubber and timber shipments set to dock in New Orleans will unload at the Port of Houston
Thursday -- the first of many rerouted cargo shipments the port may receive.
Wynton Marsalis, Usher, John Mellencamp and Green Day say they will participate in a Hurricane
Katrina telethons to raise funds for the American Red Cross and other organizations. Jerry Lewis'
annual Labor Day fundraiser will join in as well.
Source, www.wwltv.com
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