Daily Archives: Sunday, September 4, 2005

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 →