Daily Archives: Sunday, September 4, 2005

What gives?

What gives? It has been three hours since the Times Picayune’s breaking news weblog reported the closure of the levee breach that caused New Orlean’s flooding. Yet I don’t see the news online or on TV reports. Related posts: rexblog … Continue reading

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Katrina poetry blogging

Katrina poetry blogging: Shawn Lea has started a poetry blog to help her “stiffle the bickerings of the media.” Although, she’ll not be blogging much tomorrow, as she’ll be doing her second 12-hour shift as a volunteer public information officer … Continue reading

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The Katrina People Finder Project

The Katrina People Finder Project: An effort to pull-together all of the disparate efforts to help loved ones find each other. Quote: Several dozen sites have been established to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina find their loved ones, and to … Continue reading

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Did I miss something?

Did I miss something? (See the Times-Picayune) First, did Sean Penn or Jesse Jackson get there first? Second, does this mean that we’ve officially moved from complaining about “people aren’t being evacuated fast enough?” to “people are being evacuated too … Continue reading

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Katrina refugees plan to stay, find jobs in Tennessee

Katrina refugees plan to stay, find jobs in Tennessee: (From today’s Tennessean) “Emergency management officials estimate as many as 20,000 people displaced by Hurricane Katrina have arrived in Tennessee in the past week, and the number could eventually rise to … Continue reading

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