Archive for August, 2005
How Much Water?
Pictures continue to tell the story. Satellite “before/after” shots of key landmarks in New Orleans.
Whatchoo Talkin’ ‘Bout?
Headlines and Commentary for 08.31.05
Mayor: Katrina May Have Killed Thousands – Hurricane Katrina probably killed thousands of people in New Orleans, the mayor said Wednesday — an estimate that, if accurate, would make the storm the nation’s deadliest natural disaster since at least the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. “We know there is a significant number [...]
The Big View
Just released by the USGS Landsat project, satellite images of New Orleans with flooding visible in large sections of the city.
This image was acquired on the morning of August 30th, 2005, right after a levy broke; the flood waters continue to rise. The most detailed view of this image is the high resolution version.
Useful resources on Katrina
Here’s a republish of the most relevant lists of links I provide in this post.
Help Storm Victims: American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP-NOW | FEMA | Catholic Charities | Salvation Army | Getting Help After the Storm | Cash Donations Sought for Katrina Victims | Additional List of Katrina Disaster Relief Agencies |
News: | Coverage from MSNBC WDSU Nola.com Al.com [...]
Keep Trying
I’m hearing that websites of relief agencies, especially the American Red Cross, are becoming difficult to access due to overloaded web traffic. While that’s probably a good thing (they need all the donations they can get), it’s also an excuse for not giving. If you can’t get through, keep trying throughout the day, or give them a [...]
Whereabouts Unknown
It’s one thing to marvel at the destruction caused by nature. The pictures are awesome, incredible, unbelievable. And then, there are the other pictures. Seemingly normal pictures of people, captured by a camera in a happy moment, a special occasion, a celebration. But these images of joyous, smiling people have been published on the web because they can’t be found. They’re missing. Vanished. [...]
Worth Another Mention
Help Storm Victims
American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP-NOW | FEMA | Catholic Charities | Salvation Army | Getting Help After the Storm | Cash Donations Sought for Katrina Victims | Additional List of Katrina Disaster Relief Agencies |
Outage
We’re back after being offline for almost an hour. I’m assuming there was an issue with Hosting Matters, the company a lot of bloggers use for web hosting services.
Hopefully, that’s the end of that.
MORE: Denial of Service Attack?
Just When You Think It Can’t Get Any Worse
The water is rising in New Orleans.
New Orleans emergency shelters being evacuated
About 200 critically ill patients being airlifted to safety
New Orleans mayor: Bodies being pushed to the side
Mississippi flooding up to six miles inland
This is our tsunami,” Biloxi Mayor
1.7 million customers without power
Related: Delusional, Dysfunctional, Divisive, and Defiant
Whatchoo Talkin’ ‘Bout?
Headlines and Commentary for 08.30.05
Hundreds feared dead in Hurricane Katrina – Helicopters plucked frantic survivors from rooftops of inundated homes on Tuesday and officials said hundreds of people may have died in Hurricane Katrina’s attack on the U.S. Gulf Coast, which sent a wall of water into Mississippi and flooded New Orleans. The economic cost [...]
Latest on Katrina Aftermath
Lots going on today in Louisiana/Mississippi/Alabama/Florida.
Josh Britton is providing ongoing updates on this day after. Brendan Loy has info too. WWL-TV continues to provide a live feed of their programming, and their website is a great source for local news. WWL’s blog is quite useful as well.
My big link list remains available here.
If you’ve got a tip [...]