Even More Think Government Isn't Helping Victims
The latest Survey USA tracking poll shows that 68% of Americans now think the government isn't doing enough to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. This is up dramatically from yesterday's tracking poll.
In addition, the majority (53%) do not approve of President Bush's response to the tradegy; only 40% approve.
2005-09-04
NOLA.com: Landrieu slams FEMA
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., Saturday accused the
Federal Emergency Management Agency of failing to accept offers that
would have eased post-hurricane problems in New Orleans -- including a plan
for the Forest Service to douse fires in the city with aircraft used to fight fire.
On Friday, Landrieu asked President Bush to appoint a cabinet-level official to oversee Hurricane Katrina relief and recovery efforts. She reiterated that request on Saturday.
Federal Emergency Management Agency of failing to accept offers that
would have eased post-hurricane problems in New Orleans -- including a plan
for the Forest Service to douse fires in the city with aircraft used to fight fire.
On Friday, Landrieu asked President Bush to appoint a cabinet-level official to oversee Hurricane Katrina relief and recovery efforts. She reiterated that request on Saturday.
CNN - Katrina Help Center
As government officials coordinate the efforts to rescue people still trapped in the flooded city of New Orleans and evacuate thousands of displaced residents living in desperate conditions, here is a list of links where you can share information and send help.
Reuters AlertNet - CORRECTED - Rapes, killings hit Katrina refugees in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - People left homeless by Hurricane Katrina told horrific stories of rape, murder and trigger-happy guards in two New Orleans centers that were set up as shelters but became places of violence and terror.
Police and National Guard troops on Saturday closed down the two centers -- the Superdome arena and the city's convention center -- but then penned in the storm victims outside in sweltering heat to keep them from trying to walk out of the city.
Police and National Guard troops on Saturday closed down the two centers -- the Superdome arena and the city's convention center -- but then penned in the storm victims outside in sweltering heat to keep them from trying to walk out of the city.
FOXNews.com - On the Record w/ Greta - GretaWire - Facing the Horror
What is your opinion of the federal government's response to this crisis?
New Orleans left to the dead and dying
NEW ORLEANS — Thousands more bedraggled refugees were bused and airlifted to salvation Saturday, leaving the heart of New Orleans to the dead and dying, the elderly and frail stranded too many days without food, water or medical care.
WWLTV.com | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Katrina Aftermath
NEW ORLEANS — The last 300 refugees in the Superdome climbed aboard buses Saturday bound for new temporary shelter, leaving behind a darkened and stinking arena strewn with trash.
A man is hoisted to the safety of a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter after being rescued from the Superdome, Saturday in New Orleans.
The sight of the last person - an elderly man wearing a Houston Rockets cap - prompted cheers from members of the Texas National Guard who were guarding the facility.
"I feel like I've been here 40 years," said Louis Dalmas Sr., one of the last people out of the arena. "Any bus going anywhere - that's all I want."
A man is hoisted to the safety of a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter after being rescued from the Superdome, Saturday in New Orleans.
The sight of the last person - an elderly man wearing a Houston Rockets cap - prompted cheers from members of the Texas National Guard who were guarding the facility.
"I feel like I've been here 40 years," said Louis Dalmas Sr., one of the last people out of the arena. "Any bus going anywhere - that's all I want."
Criticism leads to Parker's ouster - The Clarion-Ledger
Criticism leads to Parker's ouster - The Clarion-Ledger: "The assistant secretary of the Army, Mississippi's former U.S. Rep. Mike Parker, was forced out Wednesday after he criticized the Bush administration's proposed spending cuts on Army Corps of Engineers' water projects, members of Congress said.
'Apparently he was asked to resign,' said U.S. Rep. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the House Appropriations Committee's energy and water development subcommittee that oversees the corps' budget."
'Apparently he was asked to resign,' said U.S. Rep. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the House Appropriations Committee's energy and water development subcommittee that oversees the corps' budget."
In Katrina’s path: Reported safe
CNN.com has been posting the names of those who wish to let loved ones know they are alright after the storm. If you were in Katrina’s path and want to post your name here, please send an e-mail to the Hurricane Victims Desk. For each person you are reporting for the list, include first and last name, age, hometown, state and a brief message. You may also include a phone number or e-mail address where those on the list may be reached. The list will be updated regularly.
Katrina Survivor List
Katrina Survivor-Connector List
Just click on the ADD button and fill out the form, then click SAVE or enter the last name to search for.
Just click on the ADD button and fill out the form, then click SAVE or enter the last name to search for.
WDSU Live Hurricane Coverage - WDSU
Watch live continuing coverage of Katrina's aftermath in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast.
2005-09-03
Hurricane Katrina & Louisiana Petroleum Resources
Great image showing the path of the hurricane and the oil refineries effected.
Homeland Security won't let Red Cross deliver food
As the National Guard delivered food to the New Orleans convention center yesterday, American Red Cross officials said that federal emergency management authorities would not allow them to do the same.
Three Carnival cruise ships to aid Katrina relief - Sep. 3, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has chartered three luxury cruise liners -- Ecstasy, Sensation and Holiday -- for the next six months to provide temporary housing for victims of Hurricane Katrina, Carnival Cruise Lines said on Saturday.
Two of the ships, the Ecstasy and Sensation, have a maximum capacity of 2,606 each and will be based in Galveston, Texas, while the third boat, the Holiday, has a maximum capacity of 1,800 and will likely be docked in Mobile, Alabama, the Miami-based company said.
Two of the ships, the Ecstasy and Sensation, have a maximum capacity of 2,606 each and will be based in Galveston, Texas, while the third boat, the Holiday, has a maximum capacity of 1,800 and will likely be docked in Mobile, Alabama, the Miami-based company said.
Oh! Speakup! : The Youngest Victims of Hurricane Katrina
Help in creating a network of people in support of the youngest victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The patients of the New Orleans Children’s Hospital have been evacuated to Houston in the aftermath one of the worst natural disasters in US history. Help raise money to assist these children and their families in this very difficult time.
The patients of the New Orleans Children’s Hospital have been evacuated to Houston in the aftermath one of the worst natural disasters in US history. Help raise money to assist these children and their families in this very difficult time.
Hastert Tries Damage Control After Remarks Hit a Nerve
House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert began his day yesterday explaining that he really does not want to see New Orleans bulldozed, and he ended it defending his absence from the Capitol when Congress approved a $10.5 billion hurricane aid package. In between, a former president hinted he would like to throttle the Illinois Republican.
Hastert was still reeling from reaction to his comments earlier this week about the storm-ravaged city. 'It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed,' he said in an interview with the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Ill. Asked whether it made sense to spend billions of dollars rebuilding a city that lies below sea level, he told the paper, 'I don't know. That doesn't make sense to me.'
Hastert was still reeling from reaction to his comments earlier this week about the storm-ravaged city. 'It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed,' he said in an interview with the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Ill. Asked whether it made sense to spend billions of dollars rebuilding a city that lies below sea level, he told the paper, 'I don't know. That doesn't make sense to me.'
Army Times - News - More News
NEW ORLEANS — Combat operations are underway on the streets “to take this city back” in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
“This place is going to look like Little Somalia,” Brig. Gen. Gary Jones, commander of the Louisiana National Guard’s Joint Task Force told Army Times Friday as hundreds of armed troops under his charge prepared to launch a massive citywide security mission from a staging area outside the Louisiana Superdome. “We’re going to go out and take this city back. This will be a combat operation to get this city under control.”
“This place is going to look like Little Somalia,” Brig. Gen. Gary Jones, commander of the Louisiana National Guard’s Joint Task Force told Army Times Friday as hundreds of armed troops under his charge prepared to launch a massive citywide security mission from a staging area outside the Louisiana Superdome. “We’re going to go out and take this city back. This will be a combat operation to get this city under control.”
Reuters AlertNet - Governments line up to help after Katrina
The State Department said offers of help had been received from: Australia, Austria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, South Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.
International organisations also offered help ranging from medical teams to tents to cash donations. They include NATO, the Organisation of American States, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, and the World Health Organization.
International organisations also offered help ranging from medical teams to tents to cash donations. They include NATO, the Organisation of American States, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, and the World Health Organization.
Survivors in New Orleans Search for Shelter
They came in groups, carrying babies, pushing shopping carts, enduring the searing heat-- a steady stream of refugees flowing across the greater New Orleans Bridge. They left the city the only way they could: They walked.
Five Days After Katrina, Refugees Waiting
Lt. Kevin Cowan of the state Office of Emergency Preparedness said the Superdome evacuations were stopped so that authorities could concentrate on getting an estimated 25,000 out of the New Orleans Convention Center.
'Their main mission now is the convention center,' Cowan said.
Jennifer Washington was among thousands of frustrated evacuees who spent another morning at the convention center waiting for buses to come.
'At first they said 6:30 this morning, then they said 9, but there are no buses. They promised us buses,' said Washington, 25, who has not been able to find her four children in the aftermath of the storm.
'Their main mission now is the convention center,' Cowan said.
Jennifer Washington was among thousands of frustrated evacuees who spent another morning at the convention center waiting for buses to come.
'At first they said 6:30 this morning, then they said 9, but there are no buses. They promised us buses,' said Washington, 25, who has not been able to find her four children in the aftermath of the storm.
The Rebellion of the Talking Heads - Newscasters, sick of official lies and stonewalling, finally start snarling. By Jack Shafer
Last night, CNN's Anderson Cooper abandoned the old persona to throttle Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., in a live interview.
LewRockwell.com Blog: Report From New Orleans
One man's story of how he got into and out of New Orleans to rescue people.
CNN.com - Fires burn along river; thousands wait to leave - Sep 3, 2005
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- While thousands of people waited to be evacuated from the squalor of flood-stricken New Orleans, two major fires raged along the waterfront on Saturday.
Without water, firefighters were helpless. They were forced to abandon efforts to fight a blaze that threatened to consume an upscale riverfront mall, where looters had been seen earlier.
Fifty-foot flames also engulfed an industrial district along the Mississippi River and threatened to spread from warehouse to warehouse
Without water, firefighters were helpless. They were forced to abandon efforts to fight a blaze that threatened to consume an upscale riverfront mall, where looters had been seen earlier.
Fifty-foot flames also engulfed an industrial district along the Mississippi River and threatened to spread from warehouse to warehouse
Wired News: A Disaster Map 'Wiki' Is Born
Of all of the websites tracking the Katrina disaster, surely one of the most remarkable is Scipionus.com.
Visitors swoop down over a map of the Gulf Coast that's awash in hundreds of red teardrops, each denoting information about specific geographical points in the area. That's pretty amazing in itself, but there's more: All of the information on the map has been provided by ordinary citizens, most of whom presumably have come to the site in search of information on the flood themselves.
Visitors swoop down over a map of the Gulf Coast that's awash in hundreds of red teardrops, each denoting information about specific geographical points in the area. That's pretty amazing in itself, but there's more: All of the information on the map has been provided by ordinary citizens, most of whom presumably have come to the site in search of information on the flood themselves.
Thousands of Refugees Continue to Await Help
NEW ORLEANS — Planes, trains and buses delivered refugees to safety on Saturday as the evacuation of this ruined city finally appeared to pick up steam.
Buses had evacuated most people from the frightening confines of the Superdome (search) by early morning. At the equally squalid convention center, thousands of people began pushing and dragging their belongings up the street to more than a dozen air-conditioned buses, the mood more numb than jubilant.
More than 50,000 people had been trapped for days at the two filthy, sweltering buildings, suffering from a lack of food, water or medical attention. Help came too late for a number of them — dead bodies were a common sight, in wheelchairs, wrapped in blankets or just abandoned.
Buses had evacuated most people from the frightening confines of the Superdome (search) by early morning. At the equally squalid convention center, thousands of people began pushing and dragging their belongings up the street to more than a dozen air-conditioned buses, the mood more numb than jubilant.
More than 50,000 people had been trapped for days at the two filthy, sweltering buildings, suffering from a lack of food, water or medical attention. Help came too late for a number of them — dead bodies were a common sight, in wheelchairs, wrapped in blankets or just abandoned.
Murder and mayhem in Superdome
Leroy Fouchea, 42, waited in the sweltering heat for an hour to get his ration - his first proper food since Monday - and immediately handed it over to a sickly friend.
He then offered to show reporters the dead bodies of a man in a wheelchair, a young man who he said he dragged inside just hours earlier, and the limp forms of two infants, one just four months old, the other six months old.
...
A National Guardsman refused entry.
'It doesn't need to be seen, it's a make-shift morgue in there,' he told a Reuters photographer. 'We're not letting anyone in there anymore. If you want to take pictures of dead bodies, go to Iraq.'
He then offered to show reporters the dead bodies of a man in a wheelchair, a young man who he said he dragged inside just hours earlier, and the limp forms of two infants, one just four months old, the other six months old.
...
A National Guardsman refused entry.
'It doesn't need to be seen, it's a make-shift morgue in there,' he told a Reuters photographer. 'We're not letting anyone in there anymore. If you want to take pictures of dead bodies, go to Iraq.'
'I'll never leave Australia again,' says hurricane survivor. 03/09/2005. ABC News Online
I'll never leave Australia again,' says hurricane survivor. 03/09/2005. ABC News Online: "It was supposed to be a dream holiday, but Australian Karen Marks ended up stranded in a New Orleans nightmare.
'I don't think I'll ever leave Australia again,' the 25-year-old secretary from Melbourne said as she sat in the stench of the New Orleans Convention Centre, which shelters the city's destitute and others stranded by Hurricane Katrina.
'I don't think I'll ever leave Australia again,' the 25-year-old secretary from Melbourne said as she sat in the stench of the New Orleans Convention Centre, which shelters the city's destitute and others stranded by Hurricane Katrina.
WWLTV.com | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Local News
They sat just yards from the high-tech football field. A shabby crowd in high-priced seats, huddled together, cold and miserable. Rather than a football team, they cheered the news they would get a hot meal, that blankets were on the way, that there was an area where they could smoke.
Salon.com News | The gravest job - NP
The corpses floating in the tepid waters that flooded New Orleans will be grotesquely decomposed and difficult to identify, say mass-fatality experts. The macabre process of finding and identifying the dead, which may not begin for three weeks, presents the experts with a challenge as daunting as the one in New York after 9/11 and Southeast Asia after the tsunami.
Salon.com News | Inside New Orleans - NP
Sneaking past the police lines, we find a surreal scene where tourists are sleeping on bridges, restaurateurs are eating high on the hog, and looters lurk on every corner.
frankenstien: Ream me in the rear! I'll take three!
...About six in the morning, the windows got ripped out of the hotel room we were in. After watching giant chuncks of tin get blown around the streets, Levi and I spent the rest of the morning sleeping in the bathroom. Window free, see. Smart. Ish.
Aftermath monday, we all chipped in. Got food and water around the neighbourhood, got the jukebox and cigarette machine hooked up to car batteries, and just handed out beer. The Quarter was only destroyed, not flooded, so we were sitting pretty.
It stopped being funny when the sun went down. It was pitch black on the streets, and you could hear gunfire, not far away. Rumours kept coming in of cops looting, people getting shot, armies of jumkies closing on the hospitals. It was a nervous night...
Aftermath monday, we all chipped in. Got food and water around the neighbourhood, got the jukebox and cigarette machine hooked up to car batteries, and just handed out beer. The Quarter was only destroyed, not flooded, so we were sitting pretty.
It stopped being funny when the sun went down. It was pitch black on the streets, and you could hear gunfire, not far away. Rumours kept coming in of cops looting, people getting shot, armies of jumkies closing on the hospitals. It was a nervous night...
CNN.com - Drones to help rescuers - Sep 2, 2005
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) -- Unmanned remote-controlled airplanes used in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars may be deployed to find people trapped in New Orleans' buildings by Hurricane Katrina's flood waters, a U.S. congressman said Friday.
Five Silver Fox 'unmanned aerial vehicles,' or UAVs, equipped with thermal imaging technology to detect the body heat of storm survivors, are en route to the crippled city, Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Curt Weldon said.
Five Silver Fox 'unmanned aerial vehicles,' or UAVs, equipped with thermal imaging technology to detect the body heat of storm survivors, are en route to the crippled city, Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Curt Weldon said.
ABC13.com: New Orleans mail goes to Houston; Astrodome gets ZIP code
(9/02/05 - HOUSTON) — New Orleans mail has been diverted to Houston, and refugees nationwide can restart mail service from the post office nearest where they are staying, the U.S. Postal Service said Friday.
A general-delivery ZIP code -- 77230 -- has been set up for the more than 11,000 refugees at the Astrodome, and people elsewhere can resume their mail service by filling out a change-of-address form at a nearby post office, said Cliff Rucker, Houston district manager for the Postal Service
A general-delivery ZIP code -- 77230 -- has been set up for the more than 11,000 refugees at the Astrodome, and people elsewhere can resume their mail service by filling out a change-of-address form at a nearby post office, said Cliff Rucker, Houston district manager for the Postal Service
ABC13.com: How is Harris County handling all the evacuees
'This is just the beginning of what will be many months,' said Governor Rick Perry. 'It'll be a long effort, trying to help people rebuild their lives and bring a sense of normalcy, of safety during a very trying time.'
Hurricane Katrina: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans?
Acesss to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply cannot enter New Orleans against their orders.
The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues to request--that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the city.
The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues to request--that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the city.
Bottled-Up River Prevents Ships From Reaching Gulf - Los Angeles Times
Hurricane Katrina has closed the door on the biggest passageway in American agriculture, the mighty Mississippi River, triggering shifts that will hurt farmers and cut exports even as they boost the fortunes of rival transportation systems.
As the first assessment of New Orleans' port conditions circulated Thursday, experts said it might be next year before cargo movement returned to normal there and upriver at the even bigger Port of South Louisiana.
As the first assessment of New Orleans' port conditions circulated Thursday, experts said it might be next year before cargo movement returned to normal there and upriver at the even bigger Port of South Louisiana.
Wall of Water Left the Rescuers in Need - Los Angeles Times
A historic Mississippi fishing town is in ruins. Police had to hack their way out of their station, and firefighters swam for their lives.
By John-Thor Dahlburg and P.J. Huffstutter, Times Staff Writers
WAVELAND, Miss. — The firefighters trudged door to door, if there were doors left at all, searching for survivors in this isolated village on the Mississippi coast.
Too often, they could tell from the stench as they approached that they would find only victims.
By John-Thor Dahlburg and P.J. Huffstutter, Times Staff Writers
WAVELAND, Miss. — The firefighters trudged door to door, if there were doors left at all, searching for survivors in this isolated village on the Mississippi coast.
Too often, they could tell from the stench as they approached that they would find only victims.
Southland Schools Welcome Displaced Gulf Students - Los Angeles Times
Districts are granting conditional enrollment and temporary waivers on medical records.
As effects from the catastrophe in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast reach Southern California, local schools have begun enrolling the first children from displaced families.
School officials in Los Angeles and in Ventura and Orange counties said they had either registered children from the stricken region or expected to in the coming days.
As effects from the catastrophe in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast reach Southern California, local schools have begun enrolling the first children from displaced families.
School officials in Los Angeles and in Ventura and Orange counties said they had either registered children from the stricken region or expected to in the coming days.
The Message in Houston: 'Shelters Full' - Los Angeles Times
HOUSTON — With an estimated 100,000 evacuees, the city struggles to find enough space. Texas announces plans to accommodate thousands elsewhere.
As masses of refugees from Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed this city's effort to provide shelter Friday, busloads of the hungry, tired and desperate from New Orleans were diverted to other cities, and local officials pleaded with the public for help and understanding.
As masses of refugees from Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed this city's effort to provide shelter Friday, busloads of the hungry, tired and desperate from New Orleans were diverted to other cities, and local officials pleaded with the public for help and understanding.
New Orleans Mayor Calm After Talk With Bush
NEW ORLEANS -- The cursing had stopped. The tears were gone. Mayor Ray Nagin returned from his meeting with President Bush a picture of calm.
CNN.com - Convoys bring relief to New Orleans - Sep 3, 2005
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Four days after Hurricane Katrina devastated much of the northern Gulf Coast, tired and angry people stranded at the convention center in New Orleans have welcomed a supply convoy carrying food, water and medicine with cheers and tears of joy.
It was perhaps the biggest breakthrough in a day of progress in the ravaged city.
It was perhaps the biggest breakthrough in a day of progress in the ravaged city.
CBC Arts: Katrina relief telethons start
The first telethon to raise money for survivors of Hurricane Katrina was to be broadcast Friday night on NBC and its cable outlets in the United States.
Chaotic scene at convention center
After spending the morning shooting some chaotic scenes at the New Orleans Convention Center, NBC Photojournalist Tony Zumbado joined MSNBC's Alison Stewart to describe the scene.
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TONY ZUMBADO: I've gotta tell you, I thought I'd seen it all, but just when you think you've seen it all, you go into another situation and you see something horrific. I've never seen anything in my life like this. ... I can't put it into words the amount of destruction that is in this city and how these people are coping. They are just left behind. There is nothing offered to them. No water, no ice, no C-rations, nothing, for the last four days.
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TONY ZUMBADO: I've gotta tell you, I thought I'd seen it all, but just when you think you've seen it all, you go into another situation and you see something horrific. I've never seen anything in my life like this. ... I can't put it into words the amount of destruction that is in this city and how these people are coping. They are just left behind. There is nothing offered to them. No water, no ice, no C-rations, nothing, for the last four days.
New Orleans "could be bulldozed"
WASHINGTON — It makes no sense to spend billions of dollars to rebuild a city that's 7 feet under sea level, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said of federal assistance for hurricane-devastated New Orleans.
'It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed,' the Illinois Republican said
'It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed,' the Illinois Republican said
Official: Draining Big Easy to Take Months
After the drying out period, it will take another year to clear everything away, the diplomats were told. At that point, rebuilding would begin.
Craig said the evacuees would remain in housing arranged for by the government for three years at government expense until the rebuilding job in New Orleans is completed, according to the U.S. official.
Craig said the evacuees would remain in housing arranged for by the government for three years at government expense until the rebuilding job in New Orleans is completed, according to the U.S. official.
Businesses, Residents Look For Ways To Save Power
MIAMI -- Americans are being asked to save energy in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and in the face of rising gas prices.
People want to do something about the misery they see on TV, so they give to relief efforts and they say they are heeding calls to conserve.
People want to do something about the misery they see on TV, so they give to relief efforts and they say they are heeding calls to conserve.
DirecTV Launches Katrina Information Channel
DirecTV Inc. on Friday said it has launched a 24-hour Hurricane Katrina information channel that broadcasts a continuous stream of email messages from family and friends of hurricane victims.
Available on channel 100 of the satellite-TV service, the program also provide information on road closures throughout the Gulf region, which was heaviest hit in Monday's storm; the location and phone numbers of special needs shelters in Louisiana and shelter openings throughout the Gulf Coast.
Available on channel 100 of the satellite-TV service, the program also provide information on road closures throughout the Gulf region, which was heaviest hit in Monday's storm; the location and phone numbers of special needs shelters in Louisiana and shelter openings throughout the Gulf Coast.
Hurricane is expected to cause U-S jobless rate to surge
WASHINGTON With their city mostly underwater and needing a major cleanup, workers in the New Orleans area stand to take biggest hit from Hurricane Katrina.
The jobless rate in the now-ravaged Gulf Coast region is expected to jump 25 percent or higher in the wake of the storm.
A chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab says that 28 percent of the New Orleans area was already living under the poverty line, and that they will have the hardest time recovering.
Some economists say that many small businesses probably won't reopen -- especially when it will take 'gigantic' efforts just to restore utilities like electricity, water and sanitation.
The jobless rate in the now-ravaged Gulf Coast region is expected to jump 25 percent or higher in the wake of the storm.
A chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab says that 28 percent of the New Orleans area was already living under the poverty line, and that they will have the hardest time recovering.
Some economists say that many small businesses probably won't reopen -- especially when it will take 'gigantic' efforts just to restore utilities like electricity, water and sanitation.
Technology News: Security : Scammers Try to Capitalize on Disaster
While many are legitimate, others have proven to be scams. Other scams have come in the form of e-mails that contain a link to PayPal, but when SANS attempted to reach e-mail senders to request a physical address to mail a check, no response came.
AP Wire | 09/02/2005 | In remotest Miss., the forgotten wait
In remotest Miss., the forgotten wait
DEBORAH HASTINGS
Associated Press
BOND, Miss. - This place isn't a town or a city, just a name on a green signpost along the highway that means little to people who don't live here.
But people do live here, back among the pines, in small houses and single-wide trailers. Most are black, and most are poor, and they have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
But they have been forgotten. They have no food, no water, no gasoline, no electricity, and little hope of getting any anytime soon.
DEBORAH HASTINGS
Associated Press
BOND, Miss. - This place isn't a town or a city, just a name on a green signpost along the highway that means little to people who don't live here.
But people do live here, back among the pines, in small houses and single-wide trailers. Most are black, and most are poor, and they have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
But they have been forgotten. They have no food, no water, no gasoline, no electricity, and little hope of getting any anytime soon.
Evacuees can get free post office boxes
HOUSTON The U-S Postal Service is gearing up to provide free post office boxes to those facing long-term evacuation because of Hurricane Katrina.
The announcement came this afternoon in Houston, where a temporary post office has been opened for evacuees.
The announcement came this afternoon in Houston, where a temporary post office has been opened for evacuees.
American Red Cross Hurricane Relief
Amazon.com has waived all customary Honor System fees associated with your contributions to the Red Cross. Thanks in advance for your participation during this critical time
Total Collected: US $4,761,008.38 (3am est 9/3)
Total Collected: US $4,761,008.38 (3am est 9/3)
Katrina Information Map integrated with Google Maps (wow)
Katrina Information Map - This map is intended for the use of people affected by Hurricane Katrina who have or are trying to find information about the status of specific locations affected by the storm and its aftermath. If you have information about the status of an area that is not yet on the map, please contribute by following the instructions below so that others may get that much needed information.
A moment of levity in a sea of heartache
Still transfixed. Managed to have a wee smile, amidst it all today, thanks to [info]rbabe1 and a dachshund:
ABC News: Silicon Insider: Katrina and the Webs
Sept. 1, 2005 — In the midst of the mind-boggling disaster of Hurricane Katrina, we are also seeing an interesting — and unprecedented — technical phenomenon that may bode well for how we respond to these horrors in the future.
It has to do with the Internet, and what might be called 'virtual newsrooms.' And it can involve, as in the case over the last few days with Katrina, the most unlikely people. Their role suggests that in the future, the process of getting important information — and perhaps even warnings — out to the world may be more fluid and dynamic than we have ever imagined.
(personal comment of William Rawls: hehe... Yeah, guess that includes me...)
It has to do with the Internet, and what might be called 'virtual newsrooms.' And it can involve, as in the case over the last few days with Katrina, the most unlikely people. Their role suggests that in the future, the process of getting important information — and perhaps even warnings — out to the world may be more fluid and dynamic than we have ever imagined.
(personal comment of William Rawls: hehe... Yeah, guess that includes me...)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Home Page
Water is now flowing slowly out of New Orleans because water is seeking its own level -- that of Lake Pontchartrain
Police protecting looters from other looters
Our biggest adventure today was raiding the Walgreens on Canal under police escort. The pharmacy was dark and fulll of water. We basically scooped the entire drug sets into gargace bags and removed them. All under police excort. The looters had to be held back at gun point. After a dose of prophylactic Cipro I hope to be fine.
(Personal comment of William Rawls: Uh... Ok, so the police protected one set of looters from another set of looters... Geez...)
(Personal comment of William Rawls: Uh... Ok, so the police protected one set of looters from another set of looters... Geez...)
World stunned as US struggles with Katrina
LONDON (Reuters) - The world has watched amazed as the planet's only superpower struggles with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with some saying the chaos has exposed flaws and deep divisions in American society.
World leaders and ordinary citizens have expressed sympathy with the people of the southern United States whose lives were devastated by the hurricane and the flooding that followed.
But many have also been shocked by the images of disorder beamed around the world -- looters roaming the debris-strewn streets and thousands of people gathered in New Orleans waiting for the authorities to provide food, water and other aid.
'Anarchy in the USA' declared Britain's best-selling newspaper The Sun.
'Apocalypse Now' headlined Germany's Handelsblatt daily.
World leaders and ordinary citizens have expressed sympathy with the people of the southern United States whose lives were devastated by the hurricane and the flooding that followed.
But many have also been shocked by the images of disorder beamed around the world -- looters roaming the debris-strewn streets and thousands of people gathered in New Orleans waiting for the authorities to provide food, water and other aid.
'Anarchy in the USA' declared Britain's best-selling newspaper The Sun.
'Apocalypse Now' headlined Germany's Handelsblatt daily.
HoustonChronicle.com - Astrodome medical volunteers overwhelmed
The intensifying medical needs of storm evacuees are perilously close to overwhelming the system set up to serve them.
Doctors treating storm refugees in a make-shift clinic at the Astrodome are seeing 100 patients an hour, sometimes boarding arriving buses to save time and pulling off the sickest individuals for immediate medical attention.
At noon today, Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Kenneth Mattox said physicians had seen 3,000 patients since the clinic opened Thursday morning, and had sent at least 75 people to the hospital. Fifty medical personnel, including 20 doctors, are working each 12-hour shift.
Doctors treating storm refugees in a make-shift clinic at the Astrodome are seeing 100 patients an hour, sometimes boarding arriving buses to save time and pulling off the sickest individuals for immediate medical attention.
At noon today, Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Kenneth Mattox said physicians had seen 3,000 patients since the clinic opened Thursday morning, and had sent at least 75 people to the hospital. Fifty medical personnel, including 20 doctors, are working each 12-hour shift.
HoustonChronicle.com - Astrodome at capacity, but buses with evacuees keep coming
Houston officials announced plans to open Reliant Center and the George R. Brown Convention Center to shelter hurricane evacuees after the Astrodome reached capacity.
Mayor Bill White announced today that Reliant Center will hold up to 11,000 evacuees from Hurricane Katrina.
Mayor Bill White announced today that Reliant Center will hold up to 11,000 evacuees from Hurricane Katrina.
Draining New Orleans could take 80 days- Army - Yahoo! News
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Engineers may need up to 80 days to remove Hurricane Katrina's flood waters from the swamped New Orleans, a senior U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official said on Friday.
Work crews gained control over one of the breaches in the levee on Friday and expected to have another major gap closed on Saturday, Brig. Gen. Robert Crear told reporters at a briefing in Baton Rouge.
'We're looking at anywhere from 36 to 80 days to being done,' Crear said.
Work crews gained control over one of the breaches in the levee on Friday and expected to have another major gap closed on Saturday, Brig. Gen. Robert Crear told reporters at a briefing in Baton Rouge.
'We're looking at anywhere from 36 to 80 days to being done,' Crear said.
CBS News | Nations Step Up Aid Offers
(CBS/AP) In an accelerating drive to help the United States, more than three dozen countries have pledged assistance in the Katrina hurricane disaster.
Several international organizations including UNHCR, WHO, the European Commisssion and the Organization of American States have also offered aid, said CBS News State Dept. Reporter Charlie Wolfson.
The offers blur political lines. Cuba and Venezuela, for instance, have offered to help despite differences with Washington. Oil giant Saudi Arabia and tiny countries like Dominica, are among the nations making pledges.
Several international organizations including UNHCR, WHO, the European Commisssion and the Organization of American States have also offered aid, said CBS News State Dept. Reporter Charlie Wolfson.
The offers blur political lines. Cuba and Venezuela, for instance, have offered to help despite differences with Washington. Oil giant Saudi Arabia and tiny countries like Dominica, are among the nations making pledges.
CNN.com - The big disconnect on New Orleans - Sep 2, 2005
The official version; then there's the in-the-trenches version
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Diverging views of a crumbling New Orleans emerged Thursday, with statements by some federal officials in contradiction with grittier, more desperate views from the streets. By late Friday response to those stranded in the city was more visible.
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Diverging views of a crumbling New Orleans emerged Thursday, with statements by some federal officials in contradiction with grittier, more desperate views from the streets. By late Friday response to those stranded in the city was more visible.
USCongress -Hurricane Katrina Congressional Updates
The Senate and House are convening extraordinary special sessions prior to the Labor Day weekend to approve emergency funding to Gulf Coast states that have been ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. The Senate late Thursday night cleared by unanimous consent a $10.5 billion supplemental spending bill to fund rescue and cleanup activities, and the House plans to follow suit when it convenes at noon today. More relief measures are expected in the coming weeks.
Hurricane Katrina - RRWiki
Louisiana
* NOPD's Wide Area EDACS ProVoice system is currently DOWN and NOT operational. The system survived the initial hurricane, but subsequent flooding has knocked out generators. Currently, NOPD is working off of NPSPAC-1 and NPSPAC-2, with 1 being dedicated to all east bank operations, and 2 being dedicated to west bank operations. NOFD and EMS operations are unknown at this time.
* St Tammany Parish's EDACS ProVoice system is currently DOWN and NOT operational. Units are using legacy VHF repeaters (Covington Fire?) for all communications.
* Most sites for the Lousisiana State Smartzone system are operational, however reports indicate that the North Shore Smartzone sites are currently down. Communications are occuring on the Smartzone system in the New Orleans Metro Area.
o The Bridge City Site is Down
o The LaPlace Site is UP
o Northshore Sites are Down
Mississippi
* Harrison County EDACS system is currently operational
* Gulfport - Unknown
* Biloxi - Unknown
Alabama
* Mobile - Unknown
* NOPD's Wide Area EDACS ProVoice system is currently DOWN and NOT operational. The system survived the initial hurricane, but subsequent flooding has knocked out generators. Currently, NOPD is working off of NPSPAC-1 and NPSPAC-2, with 1 being dedicated to all east bank operations, and 2 being dedicated to west bank operations. NOFD and EMS operations are unknown at this time.
* St Tammany Parish's EDACS ProVoice system is currently DOWN and NOT operational. Units are using legacy VHF repeaters (Covington Fire?) for all communications.
* Most sites for the Lousisiana State Smartzone system are operational, however reports indicate that the North Shore Smartzone sites are currently down. Communications are occuring on the Smartzone system in the New Orleans Metro Area.
o The Bridge City Site is Down
o The LaPlace Site is UP
o Northshore Sites are Down
Mississippi
* Harrison County EDACS system is currently operational
* Gulfport - Unknown
* Biloxi - Unknown
Alabama
* Mobile - Unknown
Army continues hurricane recovery efforts
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 1, 2005) -- The Army Corps of Engineers is battling to repair breaches in the 350 miles of hurricane-protection levees surrounding New Orleans, while the National Guard is helping to evacuate residents from flooded areas, and other troops scramble to stage relief supplies to help those stricken by Hurricane Katrina from Alabama to Mississippi.
Macleans.ca | Top Stories | Three Canadian navy ships, coast guard vessel heading to New Orleans
HALIFAX (CP) - Canada will send four ships and three Sea King helicopters to the hurricane-ravaged U.S. Gulf Coast next week to assist in the mammoth reconstruction and relief effort there.
Prisoners fell on barbed wire in bid to find water
New Orleans prison inmates desperate to get water fell out of cell windows onto razor wire where they hung for hours waiting to be rescued, according to a sheriff's deputy.
Luis Reyes, who guarded a prison during Hurricane Katrina and the days after, said that some detainees drowned in their cells as flood waters rose.
Luis Reyes, who guarded a prison during Hurricane Katrina and the days after, said that some detainees drowned in their cells as flood waters rose.
RappCity - "Bye Bye Miss American Pie"
'Drove My Chevy to the Levee...'
Sometimes odd things happen and you just can't say why. I ended my blog last week by quoting Don McLean's song VINCENT ('They're not listening still..perhaps they never will'), and today, after Hurricane Katrina, the first words that came into my mind as I sat down to write, were once more from McLean. The only connection I can make, is that this guy has had his finger on the pulse of America for a long, long time.
Get a beer. A lemonade. Lean back. I have a lot to say today. All I can really think about are the poor people in Louisiana andand Mississippi.
Sometimes odd things happen and you just can't say why. I ended my blog last week by quoting Don McLean's song VINCENT ('They're not listening still..perhaps they never will'), and today, after Hurricane Katrina, the first words that came into my mind as I sat down to write, were once more from McLean. The only connection I can make, is that this guy has had his finger on the pulse of America for a long, long time.
Get a beer. A lemonade. Lean back. I have a lot to say today. All I can really think about are the poor people in Louisiana andand Mississippi.
LifeStraw™ - MedGadget - www.medgadget.com
LifeStraw is a simple device, still in a prototype phase, designed for those unfortunate people in the third world who do not have access to clean drinking water. The pipe is composed of two textile filters, followed by a chamber with beads impregnated with iodine
Disjointed thoughts on the socio-economics of disaster
Look at the reporters who are 'incensed' by the rampant looting. Look at the smugness from those distant from the situation who chastise the dumb southerners for not evacuating when they had the chance. It blows their minds how many idiots stayed to wait it out. It makes them shake their heads and make 'tsk-tsk' noises into their shiny microphones.
Well, fuck the lot of them.
Well, fuck the lot of them.
Halliburton hired for storm cleanup
The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
CNN.com - CNN - City of New Orleans Falling Deeper into Chaos and Desperation
CNN.com - Transcripts: "AMERICAN MORNING
City of New Orleans Falling Deeper into Chaos and Desperation"
City of New Orleans Falling Deeper into Chaos and Desperation"
NBC censors Kanye West
The corporate big wigs didn't take too kindly to West's tirade against President Bush earlier today on the Concert for Hurricane Relief, so they edited his remarks on the West Coast feed
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Photo Gallery (Loot Loops)
Loot Loops
Claim: Photograph captions describe a black man 'looting' and a white couple 'finding' supplies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Status: True.
Examples: [AP and AFP, 2005]
Claim: Photograph captions describe a black man 'looting' and a white couple 'finding' supplies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Status: True.
Examples: [AP and AFP, 2005]
JP's Maestri said FEMA didn't keep its word
Jefferson Parish Emergency Preparedness Director Walter Maestri said Friday night that the Federal Emergency Management Agency reneged on a promise to begin relieving county emergency preparedness staffers 48 hours after Hurricane Katrina hit the New Orleans metropolitan area
Salon.com News | "Looting" or "finding"? - NP
Two photographs of New Orleans residents wading through chest-deep water unleashed a wave of chatter among bloggers Wednesday about whether black people are being treated unfairly in media coverage of post-hurricane looting.
One of the images, shot by photographer Dave Martin for the Associated Press, shows a young black man wading through chest-deep waters after 'looting' a grocery store, according to the caption. The young man appears to have a case of Pepsi under one arm and a full garbage bag in tow. In the other, similar shot, taken by photographer Chris Graythen for AFP/Getty Images, a white man and a light-skinned woman are shown wading through chest-deep water after 'finding' goods including bread and soda, according to the caption, in a local grocery store.
One of the images, shot by photographer Dave Martin for the Associated Press, shows a young black man wading through chest-deep waters after 'looting' a grocery store, according to the caption. The young man appears to have a case of Pepsi under one arm and a full garbage bag in tow. In the other, similar shot, taken by photographer Chris Graythen for AFP/Getty Images, a white man and a light-skinned woman are shown wading through chest-deep water after 'finding' goods including bread and soda, according to the caption, in a local grocery store.
Racial difference in reporting
Image depicting the difference between reporting white foragers and black looters.
Fucking white bastards...
Fucking white bastards...
The Blog | Randall Robinson: New Orleans | The Huffington Post
It is reported that black hurricane victims in New Orleans have begun eating corpses to survive. Four days after the storm, thousands of blacks in New Orleans are dying like dogs. No-one has come to help them.
I am a sixty-four year old African-American.
New Orleans marks the end of the America I strove for.
I am a sixty-four year old African-American.
New Orleans marks the end of the America I strove for.
‘Major oil spill’ seen on Mississippi River - Hurricane Katrina - MSNBC.com
A “major oil spill” has been spotted near two storage tanks southeast of New Orleans, the state Department of Environmental Quality said Friday.
The spill was first spotted Thursday during a flyover, department spokeswoman Jean Kelly told MSNBC.com, “but we still don’t have access to the area.”
The spill was just north of Venice, a town in the Mississippi River Delta, and 65 miles southeast of New Orleans.
The spill was first spotted Thursday during a flyover, department spokeswoman Jean Kelly told MSNBC.com, “but we still don’t have access to the area.”
The spill was just north of Venice, a town in the Mississippi River Delta, and 65 miles southeast of New Orleans.
2005-09-02
Tribe.net to Donate $1 for every new FREE member
The Tribe.net Community is saddened by the disaster in the Gulf Coast and would like to help. Tribe.net will donate $1 to the Red Cross for every new member that joins and becomes an FREE active Tribe.net member in September (through this link only)
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Tribe.net to Donate $1 for every new FREE member
The Tribe.net Community is saddened by the disaster in the Gulf Coast and would like to help. Tribe.net will donate $1 for every new member that joins and becomes an active* Tribe.net member in September (through this link only). Remember, Tribe.net is free.
So PLEASE, even if you don't use the account, PLEASE go sign up anyway, then tell everyone you know to do the same.
So PLEASE, even if you don't use the account, PLEASE go sign up anyway, then tell everyone you know to do the same.
Field Hospital set up at New Orleans Airport (video)
CNN Video: Field Hospital set up at the new orleans airport
New Orleans to enjoy free Wi-Fi access | The Register
While we're not entirely convinced that the company has actually been watching the TV footage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - and let's be honest, swimming to the nearest Starbucks to enjoy a double mocha chocka latte decaf while, ahem, surfing the web as the Louisiana National Guard battle gamely to protect the store's blueberry muffins from looters - the company can at least be applauded for the gesture.
Daily Kos: US won't let Canada help Katrina victims
Planes are ready to load with food and medical supplies and a system called 'DART' which can provide fresh water and medical supplies is standing by. Department of Homeland Security as well as other U.S. agencies were contacted by the Canadian government requesting permission to provide help. Despite this contact, Canada has not been allowed to fly supplies and personnel to the areas hit by Katrina
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