Daily Archives: Monday, September 5, 2005

Ed Blinn responds: (From the Times-Picayune breaking news weblog) “Almost 50 Slidell and Pearl River area residents made homeless by Hurricane Katrina’s devastation were evacuated over the weekend on two big tour buses with the promise of a new start … Continue reading →

History responds: “Yet, from every quarter comes that word of cheer and encouragement, of sympathy and friendship, that is so helpful in times of distress, so typical of the American character.” (“The Earthquake & Fire in San Francisco,” 1906) (From: … Continue reading →

Miami-FSU football game spectators respond: They contributed an estimated $1 million to the Red Cross relief fund on the way into the game tonight. Update: Also, it’s a heck of a game.

Kuwait responds: Kuwait offers $500 million for relief efforts. Earlier, Qatar pledged $100 million. tags: katrina reponse, katrina, kuwait

17th Street Canal breach repaired: (From the Times-Picayune breaking news weblog) “With assistance from the Army Corps of Engineers, repairs have been completed to the breech breach (they’ve now corrected the spelling to breach from breech, however, for obvious reasons, … Continue reading →

A.C. Kleinheider thinks I’m wrong: I guess I made an offer of a suggestion he could easily refuse. He’s right, of course: fish gotta swim, bloggers gotta blame. I promise, however, that A.C. will not wake up with a horse-head … Continue reading →

Rescue stories we’ve missed: Because we’ve witnessed the aftermath of Katrina primarily through the eyes of cable news reporters tied to specific locations, we’ve likely missed many amazing stories of how thousands of individuals were rescued in a fashion that … Continue reading →

Finding people: (Update: If you are looking for Katrina survivors, go to Katrinalist.net) Inspired by Staci Kramer, I’ve been encouraging anyone with the tech savvy necessary, to develop a means to pool data from all the Katrina survivor databases springing … Continue reading →

Katrina & small business: (Gannett News Service) “More than 110,000 businesses in Louisiana have been destroyed or severely impacted. Numbers from Mississippi and Alabama have not yet been estimated. Once all the damage is assessed, including that to home-based businesses, … Continue reading →