Daily Archives: Saturday, September 3, 2005

The Red Cross responds: (From “Red Cross Response to Hurricane Katrina: Facts at a Glance) “The Red Cross response to Hurricane Katrina is the largest response to a single, natural disaster in the 125-year history of the organization.” There are … Continue reading →

Sinking in: Perhaps symbolic of the collective delay in responding to Katrina has been how Amazon.com has responded. Universally praised for turning over its front page to tsunami relief almost immediately, Amazon.com did not add a donation link of any … Continue reading →

Cruise control: Three Carnival Cruise Lines ships have been pressed into service by FEMA to provide shelter for as many as 7,000 hurricane victims. tags: katrina response, katrina

Qatar responds: (From CNN.com) “Qatar has offered the United States $100 million to assist in the humanitarian crisis triggered by Hurricane Katrina. The state-run Qatar News Agency said Saturday that Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, decided to contribute … Continue reading →

If this is true, Tom Benson should be banned from the NFL and all NFL fans should boycott the sport: The Times Picayune is reporting that (scroll down) New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson is leaning strongly toward moving the … Continue reading →

Chattanooga responds: The Chattanooga Housing Authority is making 80 units of public housing available for Katrina evacuee families. Residents of Chattanooga are being encouraged to donate everything from cookware to furniture for the families moving into the units. tags: katrina, … Continue reading →

Nashville responds: Tom Wood has set up a weblog called Nashville Helps and is pointing to a lot of requests for help and to ways in which Nashville-area residents are responding. tags: katrina, katrina evacuees, nashville

Pool this data – lists of survivor/missing databases: As people have been kind enough to e-mail me links to the following efforts to build databases of names of survivors and missing people, I’m happy to list them. There needs to … Continue reading →

How blogging can help: Kaye Trammel, the LSU professor who began blogging Katrina last Saturday has an op-ed piece in today’s Washington Post. Quote: “When people prepare for hurricanes, they do many things: top off gas tanks in cars, fill … Continue reading →