Daily Archives: Sunday, September 4, 2005

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.

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 →

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 →

Bill Frist responds: (AP story) “Bill Frist took off his senator’s coat on Saturday and flew for New Orleans as a medical volunteer. But what he found among the thousands needing treatment from Hurricane Katrina was a rescue effort in … Continue reading →

An amazing map/wiki: Mash-up Google maps and a wiki and you have Scipionus.com, an incredible effort that is allowing people to explain block-by-block what they’ve seen in the Katrina-affected areas. (via: Steven Levitt, author of Freakonomics, who observes: “Surfing around … Continue reading →

Corps of Engineers close levee breach: (Breaking news from the Times Picayune) “The breach in the 17th Street Canal levee that had put the city of New Orleans underwater was essentially closed early Sunday evening after days of work and … Continue reading →

Nashville responds: There are specific requests for help now posted at the Nashville Helps Weblog and from the OpenChurches.com website, I learned that the 150 Nashville-area churches that are involved with Room in the Inn, a program that uses church … Continue reading →

Insurgency: Police shot eight people carrying guns on a New Orleans bridge Sunday, killing five or six of them. The shootings took place on the Danziger Bridge, which connects Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River. Update: The Army Corps of … Continue reading →

Habitat for Humanity responds: In the coming months, tens of thousands of church and civic groups from across the country will have the opportunity to reach out and assist individual families who are going to have to rebuild their homes … Continue reading →

Responses: As of today, more than 107,400 evacuees are in Red Cross shelters in nine states.

The Interdictor: I agree with Terry Heaton. The most compelling on-the-ground coverage of Katrina has been continuous entries on a LiveJournal site called The Interdictor being maintained by a local web-hosting company in New Orleans. Also, here’s a mirror feed … Continue reading →

Archiving history: The Internet Archive is asking for help in documenting the Katrina disaster. tags: katrina, internet archive

John Grisham responds: John Grisham and his wife have donated $5 million to create the Rebuild the Coast Fund. The fund will assist Mississippi residents and businesses. Grisham plans to hire a small staff to evaluate the requests for aid. … Continue reading →