Jack Kelly: No shame: "ack Kelly: No shame
The federal response to Katrina was not as portrayed
Sunday, September 11, 2005
It is settled wisdom among journalists that the federal response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina was unconscionably slow.
Jack Kelly is national security writer for the Post-Gazette and The Blade of Toledo, Ohio (jkelly@post-gazette.com, 412-263-1476).
'Mr. Bush's performance last week will rank as one of the worst ever during a dire national emergency,' wrote New York Times columnist Bob Herbert in a somewhat more strident expression of the conventional wisdom.
But the conventional wisdom is the opposite of the truth.
Jason van Steenwyk is a Florida Army National Guardsman who has been mobilized six times for hurricane relief. He notes that:
'The federal government pretty much met its standard time lines, but the volume of support provided during the 72-96 hour was unprecedented. The federal response here was faster than Hugo, faster than Andrew, faster than Iniki, faster than Francine and Jeanne.'"
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Monday, September 12, 2005
USATODAY.com - Ford, Honda unveil latest hybrid autos
USATODAY.com - Ford, Honda unveil latest hybrid autos: "Ford, Honda unveil latest hybrid autos
By Terence Chea, The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Three major automakers unveiled their latest hybrid cars and technology at an environmental conference Friday, promoting their most fuel efficient vehicles as gas prices soar in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
The new Honda Civic hybrid is displayed at the Sierra Summit.
By Ben Margot, AP
Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. brought their hybrid vehicles, which run on a combination of gasoline and electricity, to the first national convention of the Sierra Club, the country's largest environmental organization."
By Terence Chea, The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Three major automakers unveiled their latest hybrid cars and technology at an environmental conference Friday, promoting their most fuel efficient vehicles as gas prices soar in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
The new Honda Civic hybrid is displayed at the Sierra Summit.
By Ben Margot, AP
Ford Motor Co., Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. brought their hybrid vehicles, which run on a combination of gasoline and electricity, to the first national convention of the Sierra Club, the country's largest environmental organization."
A Rush of Stories - New York Times
A Rush of Stories - New York Times: "A Rush of Stories
By BOB HERBERT
Published: September 12, 2005
'I was in the attic for four days, with no food, water, nothing. Just roaches crawling all over me. And I seen a rat, too. I had to use a board to hold my head above the water, 'cause it was up to my neck. So help me, I thought I was going to die.'
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- Bernice Jones, 64, who finally managed to pry her way out of the attic and was taken by boat to the Superdome.
'They wanted to take my grandmother to Iowa. She's 90 years old and has Alzheimer's. What was she gonna do in Iowa?'
- Donald McCray, 52, who is looking after his grandmother, Susie Hudson, in a shelter in Gonzales, La."
By BOB HERBERT
Published: September 12, 2005
'I was in the attic for four days, with no food, water, nothing. Just roaches crawling all over me. And I seen a rat, too. I had to use a board to hold my head above the water, 'cause it was up to my neck. So help me, I thought I was going to die.'
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More Columns by Bob Herbert
- Bernice Jones, 64, who finally managed to pry her way out of the attic and was taken by boat to the Superdome.
'They wanted to take my grandmother to Iowa. She's 90 years old and has Alzheimer's. What was she gonna do in Iowa?'
- Donald McCray, 52, who is looking after his grandmother, Susie Hudson, in a shelter in Gonzales, La."
Shielding a Basic Freedom - New York Times
Shielding a Basic Freedom - New York Times: "Shielding a Basic Freedom
Published: September 12, 2005
For 69 long days, Judith Miller, a reporter for The New York Times, has been sitting in a Virginia jail as punishment for doing her job. It should be clear by now that keeping Ms. Miller behind bars for refusing to testify in an investigation into how the name of a C.I.A. operative was leaked to another journalist concerns more than one reporter or one news organization or even one prosecutor's investigation. It increasingly endangers one of the pillars of the nation's freedoms: an unfettered press telling the public what is really going on. It is time for those in Congress who talk about freedom so eloquently and so often to stand up for this basic principle."
Published: September 12, 2005
For 69 long days, Judith Miller, a reporter for The New York Times, has been sitting in a Virginia jail as punishment for doing her job. It should be clear by now that keeping Ms. Miller behind bars for refusing to testify in an investigation into how the name of a C.I.A. operative was leaked to another journalist concerns more than one reporter or one news organization or even one prosecutor's investigation. It increasingly endangers one of the pillars of the nation's freedoms: an unfettered press telling the public what is really going on. It is time for those in Congress who talk about freedom so eloquently and so often to stand up for this basic principle."
Georgia's New Poll Tax - New York Times
Georgia's New Poll Tax - New York Times: "Georgia's New Poll Tax
Published: September 12, 2005
In 1966, the Supreme Court held that the poll tax was unconstitutional. Nearly 40 years later, Georgia is still charging people to vote, this time with a new voter ID law that requires many people without driver's licenses - a group that is disproportionately poor, black and elderly - to pay $20 or more for a state ID card. Georgia went ahead with this even though there is not a single place in the entire city of Atlanta where the cards are sold. The law is a national disgrace.
Until recently, Georgia, like most states, accepted many forms of identification at the polls. But starting this month, it is accepting only government-issued photo ID's. People with driver's licenses are fine. But many people without them have to buy a state ID card to vote, at a cost of $20 for a five-year card or $35 for 10 years. The cards are sold in 58 locations, in a state with 159 counties. It is outrageous that Atlanta does not have a single location. (The state says it plans to open one soon.) But the burden is also great on people in rural parts of the state."
Published: September 12, 2005
In 1966, the Supreme Court held that the poll tax was unconstitutional. Nearly 40 years later, Georgia is still charging people to vote, this time with a new voter ID law that requires many people without driver's licenses - a group that is disproportionately poor, black and elderly - to pay $20 or more for a state ID card. Georgia went ahead with this even though there is not a single place in the entire city of Atlanta where the cards are sold. The law is a national disgrace.
Until recently, Georgia, like most states, accepted many forms of identification at the polls. But starting this month, it is accepting only government-issued photo ID's. People with driver's licenses are fine. But many people without them have to buy a state ID card to vote, at a cost of $20 for a five-year card or $35 for 10 years. The cards are sold in 58 locations, in a state with 159 counties. It is outrageous that Atlanta does not have a single location. (The state says it plans to open one soon.) But the burden is also great on people in rural parts of the state."
CBS News | Yahoo, China, And Human Rights | September 9, 2005 11:30:06
CBS News | Yahoo, China, And Human Rights | September 9, 2005 11:30:06: "Yahoo, China, And Human Rights
(Page 1 of 2)
HONG KONG, Sept. 9, 2005
(AP / CBS)
'We think Yahoo's role is very sad in this case, and we hope Yahoo reexamines its policies.'
Abi Wright,
Committee to Protect Journalists
(Christian Science Monitor) This article was written by Robert Marquand.
The role of the U.S. Internet firm Yahoo in helping Chinese security officials to finger a journalist sentenced to 10 years for e-mailing 'state secrets' is filtering into mainland China. The revelation reinforces a conviction among many Chinese 'netizens' that there is no place security forces can't find them.
Yet if netizen reaction in China is resignation, the story of Yahoo's complicity in the arrest of Shi Tao, a journalist with the Contemporary Trade News in Hunan, brought a spontaneous uproar among Western human rights and business watchdogs.
"
(Page 1 of 2)
HONG KONG, Sept. 9, 2005
(AP / CBS)
'We think Yahoo's role is very sad in this case, and we hope Yahoo reexamines its policies.'
Abi Wright,
Committee to Protect Journalists
(Christian Science Monitor) This article was written by Robert Marquand.
The role of the U.S. Internet firm Yahoo in helping Chinese security officials to finger a journalist sentenced to 10 years for e-mailing 'state secrets' is filtering into mainland China. The revelation reinforces a conviction among many Chinese 'netizens' that there is no place security forces can't find them.
Yet if netizen reaction in China is resignation, the story of Yahoo's complicity in the arrest of Shi Tao, a journalist with the Contemporary Trade News in Hunan, brought a spontaneous uproar among Western human rights and business watchdogs.
"
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Energy Ideas, Good and Bad - New York Times
Published: September 11, 2005
Congress has bounded back into post-Katrina Washington full of ideas about controlling gasoline prices and improving the energy picture generally. Some make sense and some are colossally bad.
In the latter category is the notion that consumers would be better off if the government acted by fiat, imposing price controls on gasoline or suspending gas taxes. A lot of otherwise level-headed people have spoken sympathetically about one or the other, including Senators Carl Levin, Maria Cantwell, Jon Corzine and Charles Schumer."
Published: September 11, 2005
Congress has bounded back into post-Katrina Washington full of ideas about controlling gasoline prices and improving the energy picture generally. Some make sense and some are colossally bad.
In the latter category is the notion that consumers would be better off if the government acted by fiat, imposing price controls on gasoline or suspending gas taxes. A lot of otherwise level-headed people have spoken sympathetically about one or the other, including Senators Carl Levin, Maria Cantwell, Jon Corzine and Charles Schumer."
The Real Inventory - New York Times: "The Rural Life
The Real Inventory
EDITOR: A pretty good read rt
By VERLYN KLINKENBORG
Published: September 11, 2005
Earlier this summer, I e-mailed my brother a list of the animals we're raising on this farm. I called it an inventory, but it was really a way of acknowledging that perhaps my wife and I have gone too far. There are now five pigs in various stages of growth, and a large, comic parade of ducks and geese that settle onto the lawn like so many ships in a green sea. There are chicks in the basement and chickens in the mulch. And there are the longtime partners in this enterprise, the horses, dogs and cats. My brother - who has three pigs and four goats himself - wrote back and said, 'Wouldn't it be great to know the real inventory?'"
The Real Inventory
EDITOR: A pretty good read rt
By VERLYN KLINKENBORG
Published: September 11, 2005
Earlier this summer, I e-mailed my brother a list of the animals we're raising on this farm. I called it an inventory, but it was really a way of acknowledging that perhaps my wife and I have gone too far. There are now five pigs in various stages of growth, and a large, comic parade of ducks and geese that settle onto the lawn like so many ships in a green sea. There are chicks in the basement and chickens in the mulch. And there are the longtime partners in this enterprise, the horses, dogs and cats. My brother - who has three pigs and four goats himself - wrote back and said, 'Wouldn't it be great to know the real inventory?'"
What Will It Take to Safeguard New Orleans? - New York Times: "What Will It Take to Safeguard New Orleans?
By BILL MARSH
Published: September 11, 2005
NEW ORLEANS has long lived with the hurricane protection that it, and the nation, were willing to pay for. Measured against the costs of Katrina's fury, however, better armor may suddenly seem more affordable.
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Building a Resilient City
Experts say the best protection for New Orleans would include major improvements in five areas.
Readers
Forum: Hurricane Katrina
With officials vowing to rebuild New Orleans, the question of how fully to defend the city against another catastrophe will be examined as never before."
By BILL MARSH
Published: September 11, 2005
NEW ORLEANS has long lived with the hurricane protection that it, and the nation, were willing to pay for. Measured against the costs of Katrina's fury, however, better armor may suddenly seem more affordable.
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Hurricane Katrina
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Building a Resilient City
Experts say the best protection for New Orleans would include major improvements in five areas.
Readers
Forum: Hurricane Katrina
With officials vowing to rebuild New Orleans, the question of how fully to defend the city against another catastrophe will be examined as never before."
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Sunday, September 11, 2005
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Saturday, September 10, 2005
Beef Relief
Beef Relief: "HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Video
Beef Cravings
Outflanked?
Casper, WY, September 10, 2005
Lancer-Bovinia Laboratories, Inc., a Casper, Wyoming-based biopharmaceuticals company, has announced an alliance with premium hamburger purveyor Fuddruckers to market the Beef Relief Patch, a unique negative-ion dermal patch, which has demonstrated efficacy in moderating extreme beef cravings.
The patent-pending, negative-ion dermal delivery (or NIDD) technology, in combination with a multivalent casomorphin pentapeptide, is being promoted as 'the most significant development in the science of moderating severe beef cravings developed to date.'
'In early, proof-of-concept focus groups, we worked directly with select Fuddruckers customers,' said Lawrence Lancer, MD, CEO and Founder of Lancer-Bovinia Laboratories. 'These customers were identified and screened by restaurant managers who noted telltale anxiety and irritableness among those who were waiting in line to order hamburgers.'
Beef Relief "
Video
Beef Cravings
Outflanked?
Casper, WY, September 10, 2005
Lancer-Bovinia Laboratories, Inc., a Casper, Wyoming-based biopharmaceuticals company, has announced an alliance with premium hamburger purveyor Fuddruckers to market the Beef Relief Patch, a unique negative-ion dermal patch, which has demonstrated efficacy in moderating extreme beef cravings.
The patent-pending, negative-ion dermal delivery (or NIDD) technology, in combination with a multivalent casomorphin pentapeptide, is being promoted as 'the most significant development in the science of moderating severe beef cravings developed to date.'
'In early, proof-of-concept focus groups, we worked directly with select Fuddruckers customers,' said Lawrence Lancer, MD, CEO and Founder of Lancer-Bovinia Laboratories. 'These customers were identified and screened by restaurant managers who noted telltale anxiety and irritableness among those who were waiting in line to order hamburgers.'
Beef Relief "
Bobby Henderson's Flying Spaghetti Monster becomes an Internet hit
Bobby Henderson's Flying Spaghetti Monster becomes an Internet hit:
Bobby Henderson's Flying Spaghetti Monster becomes an Internet hit
Saturday, September 10, 2005
JOHN FOYSTON
Folks proposing intelligent design as an alternative to the theory of evolution should recognize as brothers in arms -- er, tentacles -- the Pastafarians, who seek equal time for the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
'I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster,' wrote Bobby Henderson in a recent letter to the Kansas State Board of Education. Henderson, 25, lives in Roseburg and is hoping that someone will offer him a job that doesn't make his head explode, as he puts it.
Judging from his summer, he's had some spare time since his last job as a software development engineer. Enough to become the head prophet of Flying Spaghetti Monster in response to the Kansas education board's recent proposed new science education standards, which open the way for intelligent design to be taught along with the traditional theory of evolution."
Bobby Henderson's Flying Spaghetti Monster becomes an Internet hit
Saturday, September 10, 2005
JOHN FOYSTON
Folks proposing intelligent design as an alternative to the theory of evolution should recognize as brothers in arms -- er, tentacles -- the Pastafarians, who seek equal time for the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
'I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster,' wrote Bobby Henderson in a recent letter to the Kansas State Board of Education. Henderson, 25, lives in Roseburg and is hoping that someone will offer him a job that doesn't make his head explode, as he puts it.
Judging from his summer, he's had some spare time since his last job as a software development engineer. Enough to become the head prophet of Flying Spaghetti Monster in response to the Kansas education board's recent proposed new science education standards, which open the way for intelligent design to be taught along with the traditional theory of evolution."
Officials alter plan again, tell Oregon shelter isn't needed
Officials alter plan again, tell Oregon shelter isn't needed
Officials alter plan again, tell Oregon shelter isn't needed
Saturday, September 10, 2005
MICHELLE COLE
and DAVID AUSTIN
The Red Cross will take down hundreds of cots at a Portland shelter today after federal officials again changed their minds and said they are unlikely to send Hurricane Katrina evacuees to Oregon.
As state, local and Red Cross officials scrambled inside a shelter in Southeast Portland, the Federal Emergency Management Agency notified Gov. Ted Kulongoski on Friday afternoon that the shelter isn't needed."
Officials alter plan again, tell Oregon shelter isn't needed
Saturday, September 10, 2005
MICHELLE COLE
and DAVID AUSTIN
The Red Cross will take down hundreds of cots at a Portland shelter today after federal officials again changed their minds and said they are unlikely to send Hurricane Katrina evacuees to Oregon.
As state, local and Red Cross officials scrambled inside a shelter in Southeast Portland, the Federal Emergency Management Agency notified Gov. Ted Kulongoski on Friday afternoon that the shelter isn't needed."
Web Edition - NewsGator Online
Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "H. L. Mencken
'Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.'"
'Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.'"
Web Edition - NewsGator Online
Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Gore Vidal
'Never have children, only grandchildren.'"
'Never have children, only grandchildren.'"
Raise the Ground - New York Times
Raise the Ground - New York Times: "Op-Ed Contributor
Raise the Ground
By HENRY PETROSKI
Published: September 10, 2005
Arrowsic, Me.
HURRICANES are a given of nature on the Gulf Coast, and even stronger levees than those breached in New Orleans do not guarantee protection. Fortunately, levees aren't the only solution.
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Jonathon Rosen
Hurricane Katrina
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One alternative would be to raise the low parts of the city, the way Galveston, Tex., did after a storm surge in 1900 killed at least 6,000 of its people. To prevent the repetition of such a calamity, engineers devised a great seawall and raised the city behind it by as much as 17 feet. Houses were supported on stilts while dredged-up sand was pumped beneath them.
Similarly, when a ne"
Raise the Ground
By HENRY PETROSKI
Published: September 10, 2005
Arrowsic, Me.
HURRICANES are a given of nature on the Gulf Coast, and even stronger levees than those breached in New Orleans do not guarantee protection. Fortunately, levees aren't the only solution.
Skip to next paragraph
Enlarge This Image
Jonathon Rosen
Hurricane Katrina
Go to Complete Coverage
One alternative would be to raise the low parts of the city, the way Galveston, Tex., did after a storm surge in 1900 killed at least 6,000 of its people. To prevent the repetition of such a calamity, engineers devised a great seawall and raised the city behind it by as much as 17 feet. Houses were supported on stilts while dredged-up sand was pumped beneath them.
Similarly, when a ne"
Make It an Island - New York Times
Make It an Island - New York Times: "Op-Ed Contributor
Make It an Island
By BRUCE BABBITT
Published: September 10, 2005
Washington
AFTER the victims are interred and public officials held to account for the destruction of a great American city, Congress must determine what to rebuild and what to abandon to the encroaching waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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New Orleans will survive only as an island surrounded by miles of open water. It will take a national effort, led by our best scientists, engineers and city planners, to achieve even this reduced vision of an American Venice. We must take the time to redesign the city to function as an island, with an island infrastructure, including relocated streets, highways and utilities. The island will need higher, stronger seawalls and levees sufficient to withstand new threats, including the rising sea levels and bigger hurricanes spawned in warming Atlantic waters."
Make It an Island
By BRUCE BABBITT
Published: September 10, 2005
Washington
AFTER the victims are interred and public officials held to account for the destruction of a great American city, Congress must determine what to rebuild and what to abandon to the encroaching waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Skip to next paragraph
Hurricane Katrina
Go to Complete Coverage
New Orleans will survive only as an island surrounded by miles of open water. It will take a national effort, led by our best scientists, engineers and city planners, to achieve even this reduced vision of an American Venice. We must take the time to redesign the city to function as an island, with an island infrastructure, including relocated streets, highways and utilities. The island will need higher, stronger seawalls and levees sufficient to withstand new threats, including the rising sea levels and bigger hurricanes spawned in warming Atlantic waters."
Khaleej Times Online
Khaleej Times Online: "Genetic testing reveals awkward truth about Xinjiang’s famous mummies
(AFP)
19 April 2005
URUMQI, China - After years of controversy and political intrigue, archaeologists using genetic testing have proven that Caucasians roamed China’s Tarim Basin 1,000 years before East Asian people arrived.
The research, which the Chinese government has appeared to have delayed making public out of concerns of fueling Uighur Muslim separatism in its western-most Xinjiang region, is based on a cache of ancient dried-out corpses that have been found around the Tarim Basin in recent decades."
(AFP)
19 April 2005
URUMQI, China - After years of controversy and political intrigue, archaeologists using genetic testing have proven that Caucasians roamed China’s Tarim Basin 1,000 years before East Asian people arrived.
The research, which the Chinese government has appeared to have delayed making public out of concerns of fueling Uighur Muslim separatism in its western-most Xinjiang region, is based on a cache of ancient dried-out corpses that have been found around the Tarim Basin in recent decades."
Friday, September 09, 2005
A Light in the Forests - New York Times
A Light in the Forests - New York Times: "Editorial
A Light in the Forests
Published: September 9, 2005
The Bush administration has largely succeeded in its systematic effort to roll back environmental protections for America's national forests. It has weakened agreements to protect old-growth trees in the Pacific Northwest, persuaded Congress to adopt an industry-friendly plan for fire suppression and overhauled rules governing forest management in ways that erode safeguards not only for the forests but also for the endangered species that live there.
Now, however, a rebellion is brewing where the White House least expected it. Western governors are challenging the most controversial rollback of all: the decision to repeal a popular rule approved near the end of the Clinton administration to protect nearly 60 million acres of remote national forest from commercial development.
The attorneys general of California and New Mexico and the governor of Oregon have filed a suit charging that the administration failed to conduct necessary environmental reviews before imposing the new rule. They argued further that the rule would endanger 'the last, most pristine portions of America's national forests,' leading to excessive logging and destroying essential watersheds."
A Light in the Forests
Published: September 9, 2005
The Bush administration has largely succeeded in its systematic effort to roll back environmental protections for America's national forests. It has weakened agreements to protect old-growth trees in the Pacific Northwest, persuaded Congress to adopt an industry-friendly plan for fire suppression and overhauled rules governing forest management in ways that erode safeguards not only for the forests but also for the endangered species that live there.
Now, however, a rebellion is brewing where the White House least expected it. Western governors are challenging the most controversial rollback of all: the decision to repeal a popular rule approved near the end of the Clinton administration to protect nearly 60 million acres of remote national forest from commercial development.
The attorneys general of California and New Mexico and the governor of Oregon have filed a suit charging that the administration failed to conduct necessary environmental reviews before imposing the new rule. They argued further that the rule would endanger 'the last, most pristine portions of America's national forests,' leading to excessive logging and destroying essential watersheds."
Advance Men in Charge - New York Times
Advance Men in Charge - New York Times: "Editorial
Advance Men in Charge
Published: September 9, 2005
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced this week that it didn't want the news media taking photographs of the dead in New Orleans. A FEMA spokeswoman talked unconvincingly about the dignity of the dead. But the bizarre demand, a creepy echo of the ban on news media coverage of the coffins returning from Iraq, is simply the latest spasm of a gutted federal agency.
It's not really all that surprising that the officials who run FEMA are stressing that all-important emergency response function: the public relations campaign. As it turns out, that's all they really have experience at doing."
Advance Men in Charge
Published: September 9, 2005
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced this week that it didn't want the news media taking photographs of the dead in New Orleans. A FEMA spokeswoman talked unconvincingly about the dignity of the dead. But the bizarre demand, a creepy echo of the ban on news media coverage of the coffins returning from Iraq, is simply the latest spasm of a gutted federal agency.
It's not really all that surprising that the officials who run FEMA are stressing that all-important emergency response function: the public relations campaign. As it turns out, that's all they really have experience at doing."
TIME.com: How Reliable Is Brown's Resume? -- Page 1
TIME.com: How Reliable Is Brown's Resume? -- Page 1: "How Reliable Is Brown's Resume?
A TIME investigation reveals discrepancies in the FEMA chief's official biographies
By DAREN FONDA AND RITA HEALY
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Posted Thursday, Sep. 08, 2005
When President Bush nominated Michael Brown to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2003, Brown's boss at the time, Joe Allbaugh, declared, 'the President couldn't have chosen a better man to help...prepare and protect the nation.' But how well was he prepared for the job? Since Hurricane Katrina, the FEMA director has come under heavy criticism for his performance and scrutiny of his background. Now, an investigation by TIME has found discrepancies in his online legal profile and official bio,"
A TIME investigation reveals discrepancies in the FEMA chief's official biographies
By DAREN FONDA AND RITA HEALY
SUBSCRIBE TO TIMEPRINTE-MAILMORE BY AUTHOR
Posted Thursday, Sep. 08, 2005
When President Bush nominated Michael Brown to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2003, Brown's boss at the time, Joe Allbaugh, declared, 'the President couldn't have chosen a better man to help...prepare and protect the nation.' But how well was he prepared for the job? Since Hurricane Katrina, the FEMA director has come under heavy criticism for his performance and scrutiny of his background. Now, an investigation by TIME has found discrepancies in his online legal profile and official bio,"
TPMCafe || Three Days In Hell
TPMCafe || Three Days In Hell: "Three Days In Hell
By Pascal Riche | bio
From: Politics
I spent most of the last week downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. I will never forget what I saw there.
A friend of mine is hopefull that Katrina, and the shame associated with its terrible aftermath, is such a shock that it will trigger a new political cycle in the U.S., leading to a a 'new New Deal'. Katrina, he thinks, lays bare the deep deterioration of the American social contract.
I hope he is right, but I’m not so sure. I'm afraid that the medias, especially in this country, are also a very efficient machine to make people forget.
Yesterday, I interviewed a French tourist who was trapped in the Superdome for three days. He told me his odyssey, and I'm pleased to share it with you on TPM Café. Stéphane Ciblat, researcher in a pharmaceutical lab in Montreal spent the weekend of August 28-29 in New Orleans with a Canadian Friend, 30 year-old Yannick Rose. After leaving their hotel, the Park Place, with water already up to their chest, they wandered over to Interstate I-10 before seeking refuge in the Superdome. Here is their powerful story. (Many thanks, Kate Cambor for the excellent translation).
Sep 07, 2005 -- 02:09:56 PM EST"
By Pascal Riche | bio
From: Politics
I spent most of the last week downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. I will never forget what I saw there.
A friend of mine is hopefull that Katrina, and the shame associated with its terrible aftermath, is such a shock that it will trigger a new political cycle in the U.S., leading to a a 'new New Deal'. Katrina, he thinks, lays bare the deep deterioration of the American social contract.
I hope he is right, but I’m not so sure. I'm afraid that the medias, especially in this country, are also a very efficient machine to make people forget.
Yesterday, I interviewed a French tourist who was trapped in the Superdome for three days. He told me his odyssey, and I'm pleased to share it with you on TPM Café. Stéphane Ciblat, researcher in a pharmaceutical lab in Montreal spent the weekend of August 28-29 in New Orleans with a Canadian Friend, 30 year-old Yannick Rose. After leaving their hotel, the Park Place, with water already up to their chest, they wandered over to Interstate I-10 before seeking refuge in the Superdome. Here is their powerful story. (Many thanks, Kate Cambor for the excellent translation).
Sep 07, 2005 -- 02:09:56 PM EST"
Using Hands As Bait, "Noodlers" Stalk Giant Catfish
Using Hands As Bait, "Noodlers" Stalk Giant Catfish: "Using Hands As Bait, 'Noodlers' Stalk Giant Catfish
Yancey Hall
for National Geographic News
September 8, 2005
See Photos of Handfishers and Giant Catfish >>
Some people call it the Mount Everest of fishing. But most everyone else describes 'noodling,' or handfishing, as just plain crazy.
The sport's disciples wade river and lake bottoms, probing and prodding for the holes where monster flathead catfish lurk during breeding season. Handfishers then dive down and reach into the underwater lairs, hoping that a monster 'cat' will chomp on the proffered bait—the noodler's hand.
What ensues next is a judo match of sorts as the angler wrestles the fish to the surface. Never mind the occasional snapping turtle or snake that gets in the way. Or for that matter, the toothy jaws of the huge fish that can bloody hands and forearms.
First practiced by Native Americans, noodling takes place during the warm summer months when catfish spawn in the southern and midwestern United States.
Depending on the region, the sport goes by many names. In Nebraska, it's known as 'stumping.' In other places it's called 'grabbling,' 'hogging,' 'dogging,' 'graveling,' or 'tickling.'
In Oklahoma, the pastime is known as noodling, which according to the Oxford English Dictionary, describes 'a stupid person.' Coincidence? Perhaps."
Yancey Hall
for National Geographic News
September 8, 2005
See Photos of Handfishers and Giant Catfish >>
Some people call it the Mount Everest of fishing. But most everyone else describes 'noodling,' or handfishing, as just plain crazy.
The sport's disciples wade river and lake bottoms, probing and prodding for the holes where monster flathead catfish lurk during breeding season. Handfishers then dive down and reach into the underwater lairs, hoping that a monster 'cat' will chomp on the proffered bait—the noodler's hand.
What ensues next is a judo match of sorts as the angler wrestles the fish to the surface. Never mind the occasional snapping turtle or snake that gets in the way. Or for that matter, the toothy jaws of the huge fish that can bloody hands and forearms.
First practiced by Native Americans, noodling takes place during the warm summer months when catfish spawn in the southern and midwestern United States.
Depending on the region, the sport goes by many names. In Nebraska, it's known as 'stumping.' In other places it's called 'grabbling,' 'hogging,' 'dogging,' 'graveling,' or 'tickling.'
In Oklahoma, the pastime is known as noodling, which according to the Oxford English Dictionary, describes 'a stupid person.' Coincidence? Perhaps."
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Flying reptiles just got bigger
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Flying reptiles just got bigger: "Flying reptiles just got bigger
By Jonathan Amos
BBC News science reporter, Dublin
Scientists think pterosaurs could inform modern aircraft design (Image: Luis Rey)
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Scientists are only now starting to recognise the astonishing size reached by pterosaurs, the flying reptiles that lived at the time of the dinosaurs.
New discoveries in the Americas suggest some had wingspans of 18m (60ft).
But there was nothing ugly about the way they moved through the air, according to expert Dr David Martill, of the University of Portsmouth.
Their ability to utilise air currents, thermals and ground effects would astonish aeroplane designers, he said.
'Pterosaurs were beautifully engineered,' he told BBC News."
By Jonathan Amos
BBC News science reporter, Dublin
Scientists think pterosaurs could inform modern aircraft design (Image: Luis Rey)
Enlarge Image
Scientists are only now starting to recognise the astonishing size reached by pterosaurs, the flying reptiles that lived at the time of the dinosaurs.
New discoveries in the Americas suggest some had wingspans of 18m (60ft).
But there was nothing ugly about the way they moved through the air, according to expert Dr David Martill, of the University of Portsmouth.
Their ability to utilise air currents, thermals and ground effects would astonish aeroplane designers, he said.
'Pterosaurs were beautifully engineered,' he told BBC News."
Thursday, September 08, 2005
The Sunday Funnies...
RT
I was working for about three hours on the Sunday Funnies website and managed to erase several good jokes by accident... Dick Garvey I need the atheist one if you have it send it to me please. Charles Burke I need the potatoe weight lifting one if you still have it.
I don't need smile or kinda funny stuff. Need side spliters... Keep it as clean as you can. Anyone send stuff soon as I am on a deadline of Saturday. Pictures of funny, strange or the unusal are also appreciated. Stories with morals work well too.
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I was working for about three hours on the Sunday Funnies website and managed to erase several good jokes by accident... Dick Garvey I need the atheist one if you have it send it to me please. Charles Burke I need the potatoe weight lifting one if you still have it.
I don't need smile or kinda funny stuff. Need side spliters... Keep it as clean as you can. Anyone send stuff soon as I am on a deadline of Saturday. Pictures of funny, strange or the unusal are also appreciated. Stories with morals work well too.
Click here to email me
Hurricane Katrina - Our Experiences
EDITOR:
All morning we have been reading stories of this American disaster. This, however, will make even the most callous of us grind their teeth. Follow the LINK at the bottom of the story and read this whole horrid account
Hurricane Katrina - Our Experiences: "EMS & Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina - Our Experiences
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note: Bradshaw and Slonsky are paramedics frorm California that were attending the EMS conference in New Orleans. Larry Bradsahw is the chief shop steward, Paramedic Chapter, SEIU Local 790; and Lorrie Beth Slonsky is steward, Paramedic Chapter, SEIU Local 790.[California]
Two days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the Walgreen's store at the corner of Royal and Iberville streets remained locked. The dairy display case was clearly visible through the widows. It was now 48 hours without electricity, running water, plumbing. The milk, yogurt, and cheeses were beginning to spoil in the 90-degree heat. The owners and managers had locked up the food, water, pampers, and prescriptions and fled the City. Outside Walgreen's windows, residents and tourists grew increasingly thirsty and hungry.
The much-promised federal, state and local aid never materialized and the windows at Walgreen's gave way to the looters. There was an alternative. The cops could have broken one small window and distributed the nuts, fruit juices, and bottle water in an organized and systematic manner. But they did not. Instead they spent hours playing cat and mouse, temporarily chasing away the looters."
All morning we have been reading stories of this American disaster. This, however, will make even the most callous of us grind their teeth. Follow the LINK at the bottom of the story and read this whole horrid account
Hurricane Katrina - Our Experiences: "EMS & Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina - Our Experiences
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note: Bradshaw and Slonsky are paramedics frorm California that were attending the EMS conference in New Orleans. Larry Bradsahw is the chief shop steward, Paramedic Chapter, SEIU Local 790; and Lorrie Beth Slonsky is steward, Paramedic Chapter, SEIU Local 790.[California]
Two days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the Walgreen's store at the corner of Royal and Iberville streets remained locked. The dairy display case was clearly visible through the widows. It was now 48 hours without electricity, running water, plumbing. The milk, yogurt, and cheeses were beginning to spoil in the 90-degree heat. The owners and managers had locked up the food, water, pampers, and prescriptions and fled the City. Outside Walgreen's windows, residents and tourists grew increasingly thirsty and hungry.
The much-promised federal, state and local aid never materialized and the windows at Walgreen's gave way to the looters. There was an alternative. The cops could have broken one small window and distributed the nuts, fruit juices, and bottle water in an organized and systematic manner. But they did not. Instead they spent hours playing cat and mouse, temporarily chasing away the looters."
Web Edition - NewsGator Online
Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Dan Quayle
'[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system.'"
Editor's Comment:
Don't you just wonder if Dan is related to Yogi Bearra? I think he is a national treasure.
'[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system.'"
Editor's Comment:
Don't you just wonder if Dan is related to Yogi Bearra? I think he is a national treasure.
Web Edition - NewsGator Online
Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Ellen DeGeneres
'My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.'"
'My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.'"
Bring Out Your Pork - New York Times
Bring Out Your Pork - New York Times: "Editorial
Bring Out Your Pork
Published: September 8, 2005
Fair warning to the suffering Gulf Coast masses: Congress is already talking of concocting 'economic stimulus' and 'job creation' packages as hurricane recovery tools. That sounds useful, but unfortunately those terms usually signal that the House and the Senate are about to use the crisis of the moment to roll out wasteful tax cuts for the well-off and pork barrel outlays for hometown voters.
The overwhelming need of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, coupled with the nation's shock at government ineptitude, should inspire members of Congress to sober up and become something approaching responsible policy makers. If they do decide to reform, there's an easy way to prove it. They could turn in their pork."
Bring Out Your Pork
Published: September 8, 2005
Fair warning to the suffering Gulf Coast masses: Congress is already talking of concocting 'economic stimulus' and 'job creation' packages as hurricane recovery tools. That sounds useful, but unfortunately those terms usually signal that the House and the Senate are about to use the crisis of the moment to roll out wasteful tax cuts for the well-off and pork barrel outlays for hometown voters.
The overwhelming need of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, coupled with the nation's shock at government ineptitude, should inspire members of Congress to sober up and become something approaching responsible policy makers. If they do decide to reform, there's an easy way to prove it. They could turn in their pork."
Barbara Bush: Things Working Out 'Very Well' for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans
Barbara Bush: Things Working Out 'Very Well' for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans: "Barbara Bush: Things Working Out 'Very Well' for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans
By E&P Staff
Published: September 05, 2005 7:25 PM ET updated 8:00 PM
NEW YORK Accompanying her husband, former President George
H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in
Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the
poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, 'This is working very well for them.' "
By E&P Staff
Published: September 05, 2005 7:25 PM ET updated 8:00 PM
NEW YORK Accompanying her husband, former President George
H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in
Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the
poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, 'This is working very well for them.' "
Hurricane Katrina The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online
Hurricane Katrina The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online: "Katrina timeline: who knew what and when?
By Sam Knight, Times Online
Democrats and Republicans have criticised the Bush Administration for its disorderly response to the devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina. These are warnings made in the days before the hurricane and the comments made afterwards."
By Sam Knight, Times Online
Democrats and Republicans have criticised the Bush Administration for its disorderly response to the devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina. These are warnings made in the days before the hurricane and the comments made afterwards."
Photo Gallery: New Orleans Refugees Struggle, Looters Plunder
Photo Gallery: New Orleans Refugees Struggle, Looters Plunder: "September 1, 2005—Earl Dunbar of the Louisiana State Capitol Police carries a five-day-old baby brought for treatment near the Superdome (background) in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. The infant's mother said that she had been trapped in her home until Wednesday. Authorities struggled yesterday to evacuate thousands of people from hurricane-battered New Orleans as food and water grew scarce and looters raided stores.
Eye on the Storm: Hurricane Katrina Fast Facts
Eye on the Storm: Hurricane Katrina Fast Facts: "Eye on the Storm: Hurricane Katrina Fast Facts
Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
September 6, 2005
A week after one of the worst national disasters in U.S. history, the Gulf Coast is devastated, thousands of people are displaced, and unknown numbers have lost their lives.
How does Hurricane Katrina stack up to history's most powerful storms? Get the facts about Katrina and other deadly tempests."
Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
September 6, 2005
A week after one of the worst national disasters in U.S. history, the Gulf Coast is devastated, thousands of people are displaced, and unknown numbers have lost their lives.
How does Hurricane Katrina stack up to history's most powerful storms? Get the facts about Katrina and other deadly tempests."
"Jerk-O-Meter" Measures Phone Rudeness
"Jerk-O-Meter" Measures Phone Rudeness: "'Jerk-O-Meter' Measures Phone Rudeness
Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
September 7, 2005
People know when they're on the phone with an inattentive jerk, but they might not realize how they sound to others. A new telephone technology, dubbed the Jerk-O-Meter, could help.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology media lab researchers have created a device that analyzes psychological cues in the human voice to rate a speaker's interest in the conversation they're having."
Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
September 7, 2005
People know when they're on the phone with an inattentive jerk, but they might not realize how they sound to others. A new telephone technology, dubbed the Jerk-O-Meter, could help.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology media lab researchers have created a device that analyzes psychological cues in the human voice to rate a speaker's interest in the conversation they're having."
Photo Gallery: Katrina's Aftermath, Week Two
Photo Gallery: Katrina's Aftermath, Week Two: "Photo Gallery: Katrina's Aftermath, Week Two
September 6, 2005—Homes in New Orleans remain surrounded by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin told reporters today, 'There is still a significant amount of water, but instead of having 80 percent of the city underwater, our estimation is we have 60 percent of the city underwater.'
"
September 6, 2005—Homes in New Orleans remain surrounded by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin told reporters today, 'There is still a significant amount of water, but instead of having 80 percent of the city underwater, our estimation is we have 60 percent of the city underwater.'
"
Mystery Man of Stonehenge
Mystery Man of Stonehenge: "Mystery Man of Stonehenge
Who was he and where did he come from? And what was his role in the making of the great monument? The discovery of a 4,300-year-old skeleton surrounded by intriguing artifacts has archaeologists abuzz
Early one Friday in May 2002, a crew from England's Wessex Archaeology discovered two graves that predated the Romans by more than 2,500 years. When the sifting and analysis was done, 100 artifacts had been retrieved—the richest Bronze Age grave ever discovered in Britain.
There were two male skeletons, the most important of which was interred in a timber-lined grave on its left side, facing north. The legs were curled in a fetal position, common in Bronze Age burials. An eroded hole in the jawbone indicated that he'd had an abscess; a missing left kneecap was evidence that he'd sustained some horrific injury that'd left him with a heavy limp and an excruciating bone infection. A man between 35 and 45 years of age, he was buried with a black stone wrist guard on his forearm of the kind used to protect archers from the snap of a bowstring. Scattered across his lower body were 16 barbed flint arrowheads (the shafts to which they presumably had been attached had long since rotted away)."
Who was he and where did he come from? And what was his role in the making of the great monument? The discovery of a 4,300-year-old skeleton surrounded by intriguing artifacts has archaeologists abuzz
Early one Friday in May 2002, a crew from England's Wessex Archaeology discovered two graves that predated the Romans by more than 2,500 years. When the sifting and analysis was done, 100 artifacts had been retrieved—the richest Bronze Age grave ever discovered in Britain.
There were two male skeletons, the most important of which was interred in a timber-lined grave on its left side, facing north. The legs were curled in a fetal position, common in Bronze Age burials. An eroded hole in the jawbone indicated that he'd had an abscess; a missing left kneecap was evidence that he'd sustained some horrific injury that'd left him with a heavy limp and an excruciating bone infection. A man between 35 and 45 years of age, he was buried with a black stone wrist guard on his forearm of the kind used to protect archers from the snap of a bowstring. Scattered across his lower body were 16 barbed flint arrowheads (the shafts to which they presumably had been attached had long since rotted away)."
To help the critters..
Ron would you post on Web page in case anyone want to donate to Animal Recovery and don't know how.
Donna Talarski
If you are wanting to help the animals displaced by Katrina to survive and be reunitied with their human companions, go to Click hereDONATIONS
The LSU Veterinary School is doing a wonderful job of caring for these animals. I urge all of my animal lover friends to help.
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Delores Waehlte had
Delores Waehlte had a brush with illness.
Delores was taken by ambulance on August 23rd to the hospital and spent 6 days there and then she was in a Rehab hospital for an additional six days. They didn’t discover what the problem was and she recovered on her own.
Some of you know Delores as the LVH Bingo Queen because of her phenomenal good luck at winning every Bingo Tuesday at the clubhouse. True to form she told Paul, her husband, who brought her home from the hospital yesterday that she wanted to go to the clubhouse and play Bingo. He was able to cool her heels though and she is resting at home now. Wouldn’t surprise anybody to see her at the next Bingo night.
Delores told Jacky that her emergency red light worked and allowed the ambulance crew to find her home easily.
Delores was taken by ambulance on August 23rd to the hospital and spent 6 days there and then she was in a Rehab hospital for an additional six days. They didn’t discover what the problem was and she recovered on her own.
Some of you know Delores as the LVH Bingo Queen because of her phenomenal good luck at winning every Bingo Tuesday at the clubhouse. True to form she told Paul, her husband, who brought her home from the hospital yesterday that she wanted to go to the clubhouse and play Bingo. He was able to cool her heels though and she is resting at home now. Wouldn’t surprise anybody to see her at the next Bingo night.
Delores told Jacky that her emergency red light worked and allowed the ambulance crew to find her home easily.
NEW POSITIVE REVIEW
NEW POSITIVE REVIEW FOR A PLUMBING CO.
A review for the installation of a new water heater under services on the U-Rate-It page.
A review for the installation of a new water heater under services on the U-Rate-It page.
When A Newport Gas S
When A Newport Gas Station Becomes Arrogant to a Customer....
I’m not sure if the person who told Jacky this story wants to be named so I’ll just give you the story as I heard it. If the person to whom it happened to wants to comment about this I think you will be interested.
While at the Newport Chevron across the street from the US Market convenience store. This lady found she only had $5.33 to buy gas with. She asked the attendant to pump $5.33 worth of fuel. His reply was, “ I don’t have the time to pump your 33 cents... I’ll pump $5.00 and that’s all. “ Later the attendant must have thought better of what he said because he returned and told her he would pump her 33 cents.
She said she would never patronize that station again.... Me neither.
I’m not sure if the person who told Jacky this story wants to be named so I’ll just give you the story as I heard it. If the person to whom it happened to wants to comment about this I think you will be interested.
While at the Newport Chevron across the street from the US Market convenience store. This lady found she only had $5.33 to buy gas with. She asked the attendant to pump $5.33 worth of fuel. His reply was, “ I don’t have the time to pump your 33 cents... I’ll pump $5.00 and that’s all. “ Later the attendant must have thought better of what he said because he returned and told her he would pump her 33 cents.
She said she would never patronize that station again.... Me neither.
Web Edition - NewsGator Online
Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Robert Orben
'I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.'"
'I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.'"
The 'city' of Louisiana - Bloggermann - MSNBC.com
The 'city' of Louisiana - Bloggermann - MSNBC.com: "• September 5, 2005 | 8:58 p.m. ET
The 'city' of Louisiana (Keith Olbermann)
SECAUCUS — Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said it all, starting his news briefing Saturday afternoon: 'Louisiana is a city that is largely underwater...'
Well there's your problem right there.
If ever a slip-of-the-tongue defined a government's response to a crisis, this was it.
The seeming definition of our time and our leaders had been their insistence on slashing federal budgets for projects that might’ve saved New Orleans. The seeming characterization of our government that it was on vacation when the city was lost, and could barely tear itself away from commemorating V.J. Day and watching Monty Python's Flying Circus, to at least pretend to get back to work. The seeming identification of these hapless bureaucrats: their pathetic use of the future tense in terms of relief they could’ve brought last Monday and Tuesday — like the President, whose statements have looked like they’re being transmitted to us by some kind of four-day tape-delay."
The 'city' of Louisiana (Keith Olbermann)
SECAUCUS — Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said it all, starting his news briefing Saturday afternoon: 'Louisiana is a city that is largely underwater...'
Well there's your problem right there.
If ever a slip-of-the-tongue defined a government's response to a crisis, this was it.
The seeming definition of our time and our leaders had been their insistence on slashing federal budgets for projects that might’ve saved New Orleans. The seeming characterization of our government that it was on vacation when the city was lost, and could barely tear itself away from commemorating V.J. Day and watching Monty Python's Flying Circus, to at least pretend to get back to work. The seeming identification of these hapless bureaucrats: their pathetic use of the future tense in terms of relief they could’ve brought last Monday and Tuesday — like the President, whose statements have looked like they’re being transmitted to us by some kind of four-day tape-delay."
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Oregon donations hav
Oregon donations have exceed the ability to warehouse. Per the Salvation Army
the warehouses are full and they are not accepting clothing until further
notice. We are putting this idea on the backburner and will possibly revisit
later in the year.
Don Newman is waiting on the Captain of the local branch who is out of town
until next week and if he has a location in Portland we will make the shipment.
I will keep everyone apprised of any changes. Thanks to all who offered to
help. But for now hold on to your clothing donations and do not store at the
club house.
Larry please post this notice at the club house to inform LVH residents.
Donna Talarski
the warehouses are full and they are not accepting clothing until further
notice. We are putting this idea on the backburner and will possibly revisit
later in the year.
Don Newman is waiting on the Captain of the local branch who is out of town
until next week and if he has a location in Portland we will make the shipment.
I will keep everyone apprised of any changes. Thanks to all who offered to
help. But for now hold on to your clothing donations and do not store at the
club house.
Larry please post this notice at the club house to inform LVH residents.
Donna Talarski
Wild Alert See Mama
Wild Alert! See Mama and Baby Whale now hurry!
Sue Wilson in a phone conversation minutes ago...
Sue called and said while they were out this morning rescuing an injured Great Horned Owl.
They have spotted a mama and baby gray whales swimming off the north end of Boiler Bay Park on US 101... Go now... I’ll see you there.
Wayne Hill also reports...
Ron:
Sunday morning I spotted Wile E. Coyote trotting westbound in the field along N.E. 54th St. at the south end of the park. Last I saw he was at the gate and heading down the hill at the entrance. Perhaps he was looking for the Roadrunner !
Bark
Stop the Barking humanely...
A few weeks ago we suggested barking problems could be stopped with technology. Recently we have learned that complaints around the neighborhood are being directed to Larry Henson (Park Manager), who then passes them on to the offending party which is part of his job.
We would like to suggest that neighbors can stop this escalation from becoming a problem with a little money and a little easy to understand technology. In the long run it seems like an easier way to control a problem than escalating a neighborhood confrontation.
Owners or complainants can both quell the barking problem. by visiting the below link and purchasing on line one or more of the products displayed there.
Consider the advantage of complainant and aggreived taking care of the problem before it degenerates into hard feelings.
Barking dog cures link
We would like to suggest that neighbors can stop this escalation from becoming a problem with a little money and a little easy to understand technology. In the long run it seems like an easier way to control a problem than escalating a neighborhood confrontation.
Owners or complainants can both quell the barking problem. by visiting the below link and purchasing on line one or more of the products displayed there.
Consider the advantage of complainant and aggreived taking care of the problem before it degenerates into hard feelings.
Barking dog cures link
Katrina heads toward Oregon
Katrina heads toward Oregon:
Katrina heads toward Oregon
After hurricane victims arrive in Portland and find food, shelter and love, they'll need help rebuilding their lives
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Colleen Mendola scrubbed the walls. Her friend Linda Barrera cleaned the chalkboards. Together, the two women spent Labor Day turning the former Washington-Monroe High School in Southeast Portland into a shelter for up to 1,000 refugees from Hurricane Katrina.
When asked if they were Red Cross volunteers, Mendola smiled and said, 'Now we are.'
That attitude may have to last until Christmas or longer. Months after Hurricane Katrina retreats from the headlines, displaced families will still need food, housing, clothing, schooling, jobs and medical care. Oregonians can help by embracing their new neighbors and helping them regain stability and long-term independence."
Katrina heads toward Oregon
After hurricane victims arrive in Portland and find food, shelter and love, they'll need help rebuilding their lives
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Colleen Mendola scrubbed the walls. Her friend Linda Barrera cleaned the chalkboards. Together, the two women spent Labor Day turning the former Washington-Monroe High School in Southeast Portland into a shelter for up to 1,000 refugees from Hurricane Katrina.
When asked if they were Red Cross volunteers, Mendola smiled and said, 'Now we are.'
That attitude may have to last until Christmas or longer. Months after Hurricane Katrina retreats from the headlines, displaced families will still need food, housing, clothing, schooling, jobs and medical care. Oregonians can help by embracing their new neighbors and helping them regain stability and long-term independence."
Web Edition - NewsGator Online
Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Joe Theismann
'Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.'"
'Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.'"
Barbara Bush: Things Working Out 'Very Well' for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans
Barbara Bush: Things Working Out 'Very Well' for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans: "Barbara Bush: Things Working Out 'Very Well' for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans
By E&P Staff
Published: September 05, 2005 7:25 PM ET updated 8:00 PM
NEW YORK Accompanying her husband, former President George
H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in
Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the
poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, 'This is working very well for them.'
"
By E&P Staff
Published: September 05, 2005 7:25 PM ET updated 8:00 PM
NEW YORK Accompanying her husband, former President George
H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in
Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the
poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, 'This is working very well for them.'
"
The Interdictor
The Interdictor: "Tuesday, September 6th, 2005
12:16 pm
Full Update
We have been busy.
* There are Chinook helicopters dropping water on a massive fire several blocks South of Lee Circle. Not sure what building it is, but they're making no progress. Hopefully it's being contained.
* There's a massive police staging area on Canal Street right by the Casino. This looks to be the City's main HQ.
* Sig and Crystal and I drove around taking pictures. It's insane. The Convention Center is an utter disaster. The trash and filth looks like a monument to the god of garbage. I've never seen anything like it. And the stench is horrendous.
* Now that we've got our operation pretty much normalized, we're really starting to stabalize other companies' operations. I'm going to pull a server for the Pan American Life building (across the street from us) in a little bit and get them back on line. We've already secured computers and servers for several other businesses that operate in the area. We're glad to help, since we're already here. We don't need any more of a dent in the economy, and when you see the pics Sig is gonna put up tomorrow, you will see just how crazy things are in this city.
* The 82nd Airborne is here in force. They're patrolling the city and guarding all the sites where there has been fire or looting. There's a massive military staging area near the Convention Center by the I-10.
* Sig has some pics from yesterday up: http://sigmund.biz/0906/
"
12:16 pm
Full Update
We have been busy.
* There are Chinook helicopters dropping water on a massive fire several blocks South of Lee Circle. Not sure what building it is, but they're making no progress. Hopefully it's being contained.
* There's a massive police staging area on Canal Street right by the Casino. This looks to be the City's main HQ.
* Sig and Crystal and I drove around taking pictures. It's insane. The Convention Center is an utter disaster. The trash and filth looks like a monument to the god of garbage. I've never seen anything like it. And the stench is horrendous.
* Now that we've got our operation pretty much normalized, we're really starting to stabalize other companies' operations. I'm going to pull a server for the Pan American Life building (across the street from us) in a little bit and get them back on line. We've already secured computers and servers for several other businesses that operate in the area. We're glad to help, since we're already here. We don't need any more of a dent in the economy, and when you see the pics Sig is gonna put up tomorrow, you will see just how crazy things are in this city.
* The 82nd Airborne is here in force. They're patrolling the city and guarding all the sites where there has been fire or looting. There's a massive military staging area near the Convention Center by the I-10.
* Sig has some pics from yesterday up: http://sigmund.biz/0906/
"
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Reuters AlertNet - Budget cuts delayed New Orleans flood control work
Reuters AlertNet - Budget cuts delayed New Orleans flood control work: "Budget cuts delayed New Orleans flood control work
01 Sep 2005 23:19:07 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Bush administration funding cuts forced federal engineers to delay improvements on the levees, floodgates and pumping stations that failed to protect New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters, agency documents showed on Thursday.
The former head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the agency that handles the infrastructure of the nation's waterways, said the damage in New Orleans probably would have been much less extensive had flood-control efforts been fully funded over the years."
01 Sep 2005 23:19:07 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Bush administration funding cuts forced federal engineers to delay improvements on the levees, floodgates and pumping stations that failed to protect New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters, agency documents showed on Thursday.
The former head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the agency that handles the infrastructure of the nation's waterways, said the damage in New Orleans probably would have been much less extensive had flood-control efforts been fully funded over the years."
Metroblogging New Orleans: Future Shock
Metroblogging New Orleans: Future Shock: "Future Shock
So now that water is finally moving into Lake Pontchartrain and the evacuation phase is winding down and some residents are even being allowed to return to their homes, maybe it's time to ask a couple of questions about New Orleans' future.
Here's what I mean: New Orleans is a town built on tourism, right? Service industry is king. And, of course, service industry workers--the people who toil in hotels, restaurants, and nightclubs--get paid practically nothing. Ergo, it should come as no surprise to the rest of the country that New Orleans has such a high percentage of poverty-level families because the city's major employer pays crapola. It's these families we've seen on TV for the past week, families who couldn't afford to leave, families who lived in flood-prone neighborhoods, families who have now lost everything."
So now that water is finally moving into Lake Pontchartrain and the evacuation phase is winding down and some residents are even being allowed to return to their homes, maybe it's time to ask a couple of questions about New Orleans' future.
Here's what I mean: New Orleans is a town built on tourism, right? Service industry is king. And, of course, service industry workers--the people who toil in hotels, restaurants, and nightclubs--get paid practically nothing. Ergo, it should come as no surprise to the rest of the country that New Orleans has such a high percentage of poverty-level families because the city's major employer pays crapola. It's these families we've seen on TV for the past week, families who couldn't afford to leave, families who lived in flood-prone neighborhoods, families who have now lost everything."
WWLTV.com | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Top Stories
WWLTV.com | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Top Stories: "Battle for gas in Mississippi reminds writer of Mad Max films
05:42 AM CDT on Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Associated Press
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) -- It's like something out of the movie 'The Road Warrior.'
In the 1982 Mel Gibson film, mohawked gangs with guns roamed a post-apocalyptic world battling for oil.
Mel Gibson's leather-clad Mad Max character helps innocent settlers fight brutes who will do anything for the last precious commodity.
Things haven't gotten that bad on the northern Gulf coast, but people are going to incredible lengths for a gallon of gas.
Tanker trucks have police escorts, and it's nothing to see a line of cars following one down the road waiting for it to pull into a station. Gas lines form shortly after six a-m, when the curfew is lifted, and last until it begins at six p-m. And people are protecting their gas like gold once they get it."
05:42 AM CDT on Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Associated Press
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) -- It's like something out of the movie 'The Road Warrior.'
In the 1982 Mel Gibson film, mohawked gangs with guns roamed a post-apocalyptic world battling for oil.
Mel Gibson's leather-clad Mad Max character helps innocent settlers fight brutes who will do anything for the last precious commodity.
Things haven't gotten that bad on the northern Gulf coast, but people are going to incredible lengths for a gallon of gas.
Tanker trucks have police escorts, and it's nothing to see a line of cars following one down the road waiting for it to pull into a station. Gas lines form shortly after six a-m, when the curfew is lifted, and last until it begins at six p-m. And people are protecting their gas like gold once they get it."
Monday, September 05, 2005
Lending a Hand
Lending a Hand...
In a conversation with Donna Talarski....
Donna has found a semi truck driver willing to deliver supplies from our community of Newport to the 1000 refugees due to arrive in Portland in the next few weeks. They will be staying at a moth balled high school there. (see this link for the story). She has a request into Larry Henson to use the clubhouse as a collection point for what she envisions as clothing items.
She wants to call on folks to help in her drive. We will keep the communications on the needs and progress of her effort here on the website. Many of us have expertise that can add more dimensions to this effort. It all starts with somebody and Donna has made herself it. If you can do something to help her set up this organization.. Give her a call. Maybe you could man a phone? Make calls? Pick up stuff? Write news? Donate? Maybe you have had experience with an aid agency and have advice? Maybe you are in the know with someone of influence? Maybe you are a mule like me and can help with the physical work?
Give Donna a call and volunteer. The more that step up.. the easier the task.
In a conversation with Donna Talarski....
Donna has found a semi truck driver willing to deliver supplies from our community of Newport to the 1000 refugees due to arrive in Portland in the next few weeks. They will be staying at a moth balled high school there. (see this link for the story). She has a request into Larry Henson to use the clubhouse as a collection point for what she envisions as clothing items.
She wants to call on folks to help in her drive. We will keep the communications on the needs and progress of her effort here on the website. Many of us have expertise that can add more dimensions to this effort. It all starts with somebody and Donna has made herself it. If you can do something to help her set up this organization.. Give her a call. Maybe you could man a phone? Make calls? Pick up stuff? Write news? Donate? Maybe you have had experience with an aid agency and have advice? Maybe you are in the know with someone of influence? Maybe you are a mule like me and can help with the physical work?
Give Donna a call and volunteer. The more that step up.. the easier the task.
BBC NEWS | UK | Britons describe hurricane ordeal
BBC NEWS | UK | Britons describe hurricane ordeal: "Britons describe hurricane ordeal
Briton Jane Wheeldon
Survivor Jane Wheeldon said UK officials gave 'minimum' help
Britons returning from New Orleans have described the horrifying conditions in the city.
Many were among the thousands of people who took refuge in the Superdome stadium from the floods that engulfed the US city following Hurricane Katrina."
Briton Jane Wheeldon
Survivor Jane Wheeldon said UK officials gave 'minimum' help
Britons returning from New Orleans have described the horrifying conditions in the city.
Many were among the thousands of people who took refuge in the Superdome stadium from the floods that engulfed the US city following Hurricane Katrina."
- Forbes.com
- Forbes.com: "And Aaron Broussard, the president of Jefferson Parish, just west of New Orleans, cried on NBC's 'Meet the Press' as he told the following story:
'The guy who runs this building I'm in, emergency management, he's responsible for everything. His mother was trapped in St. Bernard nursing home, and every day she called him and said, 'Are you coming, son? Is somebody coming?'And he said, 'And yeah, Momma, somebody's coming to get you. Somebody's coming to get you on Tuesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Wednesday. Somebody's coming to get you Thursday. Somebody's coming to get you on Friday'. And she drowned Friday night. She drowned on Friday night.'"
'The guy who runs this building I'm in, emergency management, he's responsible for everything. His mother was trapped in St. Bernard nursing home, and every day she called him and said, 'Are you coming, son? Is somebody coming?'And he said, 'And yeah, Momma, somebody's coming to get you. Somebody's coming to get you on Tuesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Wednesday. Somebody's coming to get you Thursday. Somebody's coming to get you on Friday'. And she drowned Friday night. She drowned on Friday night.'"
- Forbes.com
- Forbes.com: "Meanwhile, help for the living was an uphill battle in some places.
A convoy of 100 surgeons and paramedics in a state-of-the-art mobile hospital was marooned in rural Mississippi as of Sunday, AP reported, because Louisiana officials would not let them into the New Orleans area.
'We have tried so hard to do the right thing. It took us 30 hours to get here,' said one of the frustrated surgeons, Dr. Preston 'Chip' Rich of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. That government officials can't straighten out the mess and get them assigned to a relief effort now that they're just a few miles away 'is just mind-boggling,' he told AP."
A convoy of 100 surgeons and paramedics in a state-of-the-art mobile hospital was marooned in rural Mississippi as of Sunday, AP reported, because Louisiana officials would not let them into the New Orleans area.
'We have tried so hard to do the right thing. It took us 30 hours to get here,' said one of the frustrated surgeons, Dr. Preston 'Chip' Rich of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. That government officials can't straighten out the mess and get them assigned to a relief effort now that they're just a few miles away 'is just mind-boggling,' he told AP."
Sunday, September 04, 2005
BIRTHDAYS...
If you would like to have your birthday show up on the website and the LVH Calendar every year... Just give us a call or send an email along and we will get you on.
If you would like to have your birthday show up on the website and the LVH Calendar every year... Just give us a call or send an email along and we will get you on.
A blogger writes from directly on the scene..
Via telephone conversation between Diane Doyle and Jacky Thomas....
Diane says the link below is to a fascinating blog writen by a New Orleans resident who has been there from the begining and has chronicled what he has seen. This is an everyday person like you and me.
Click below..
The MGNO Blog
Via telephone conversation between Diane Doyle and Jacky Thomas....
Diane says the link below is to a fascinating blog writen by a New Orleans resident who has been there from the begining and has chronicled what he has seen. This is an everyday person like you and me.
Click below..
The MGNO Blog
The Truth about Cell PhonesAnd the National Do Not Call Registry
Editors comment:
A lot of folks are forwarding email such as mentioned below... It is another Urban Legend.. Read the full article if you need an explanation ... RT
The Truth about Cell PhonesAnd the National Do Not Call Registry: "For Release: April 15, 2005
The Truth about Cell Phones and the National Do Not Call Registry
If you’ve received an e-mail telling you that your cell phone is about to be assaulted by telemarketing calls as a result of a new cell phone number database, rest assured that this is not the case. Telemarketing to cell phone numbers has always been illegal in most cases and will continue to be so. In response to recent e-mail campaigns urging consumers to place their cell phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission issue this advisory to give consumers the facts.
One e-mail making the rounds says:
“JUST A REMINDER...In a few weeks, cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls. YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS... To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888/382-1222. It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time. It blocks your number for five (5) years. PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS...”
Another version claims:
“The Federal Trade Commission has set up a 'do not call' list. It is called a cell phone registry. To be included on the 'do not call' list, you must call from the number you wish to register.”
Here’s what you need to know about the National Do Not Call Registry program:"
A lot of folks are forwarding email such as mentioned below... It is another Urban Legend.. Read the full article if you need an explanation ... RT
The Truth about Cell PhonesAnd the National Do Not Call Registry: "For Release: April 15, 2005
The Truth about Cell Phones and the National Do Not Call Registry
If you’ve received an e-mail telling you that your cell phone is about to be assaulted by telemarketing calls as a result of a new cell phone number database, rest assured that this is not the case. Telemarketing to cell phone numbers has always been illegal in most cases and will continue to be so. In response to recent e-mail campaigns urging consumers to place their cell phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission issue this advisory to give consumers the facts.
One e-mail making the rounds says:
“JUST A REMINDER...In a few weeks, cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls. YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS... To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888/382-1222. It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time. It blocks your number for five (5) years. PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS...”
Another version claims:
“The Federal Trade Commission has set up a 'do not call' list. It is called a cell phone registry. To be included on the 'do not call' list, you must call from the number you wish to register.”
Here’s what you need to know about the National Do Not Call Registry program:"
Oregon National Guard forces arrive to help restore order
Oregon National Guard forces arrive to help restore order:
Oregon National Guard forces arrive to help restore order
Fifty Army and Air Guard troops reach the New Orleans area to set up camp for 1,500 Oregon soldiers
Sunday, September 04, 2005
HARRY ESTEVE
NEW ORLEANS NAVAL AIR STATION, La. -- Oregon National Guard forces continued to roll into the hurricane-stricken South on Saturday, bringing reinforcements for what is expected to be a long and dangerous chore of restoring order and maintaining security.
About 50 Army and Air Guard troops flew from Portland in a military transport jet borrowed from Washington, landing amid a blur of noise and activity at a Navy airfield about 15 miles south of New Orleans."
Oregon National Guard forces arrive to help restore order
Fifty Army and Air Guard troops reach the New Orleans area to set up camp for 1,500 Oregon soldiers
Sunday, September 04, 2005
HARRY ESTEVE
NEW ORLEANS NAVAL AIR STATION, La. -- Oregon National Guard forces continued to roll into the hurricane-stricken South on Saturday, bringing reinforcements for what is expected to be a long and dangerous chore of restoring order and maintaining security.
About 50 Army and Air Guard troops flew from Portland in a military transport jet borrowed from Washington, landing amid a blur of noise and activity at a Navy airfield about 15 miles south of New Orleans."
Oregon gears up to take in 1,000 Katrina evacuees
Oregon gears up to take in 1,000 Katrina evacuees: "
Oregon gears up to take in 1,000 Katrina evacuees
Red Cross says giving money helps the most By: KRISTI TURNQUIST and AMY HSUAN
Sunday, September 04, 2005
As many as 1,000 victims left homeless by Hurricane Katrina could start arriving in Oregon as soon as today, but probably later in the week as the state answers a federal call to provide shelter for storm evacuees in need of food, water and shelter.
About 60 volunteers worked frantically Saturday to set up cots in the gymnasium at the former Washington-Monroe High School for as many as 500 evacuees.
'We're pulling together for our brothers and sisters,' Jeff Wilson said as he scrambled to unpack boxes of supplies at the former high school. 'There's a lot of concerned Portlanders here.'"
Oregon gears up to take in 1,000 Katrina evacuees
Red Cross says giving money helps the most By: KRISTI TURNQUIST and AMY HSUAN
Sunday, September 04, 2005
As many as 1,000 victims left homeless by Hurricane Katrina could start arriving in Oregon as soon as today, but probably later in the week as the state answers a federal call to provide shelter for storm evacuees in need of food, water and shelter.
About 60 volunteers worked frantically Saturday to set up cots in the gymnasium at the former Washington-Monroe High School for as many as 500 evacuees.
'We're pulling together for our brothers and sisters,' Jeff Wilson said as he scrambled to unpack boxes of supplies at the former high school. 'There's a lot of concerned Portlanders here.'"
CNN.com - The big disconnect on New Orleans - Sep 2, 2005
CNN.com - The big disconnect on New Orleans - Sep 2, 2005: "The big disconnect on New Orleans
The official version; then there's the in-the-trenches version
Friday, September 2, 2005; Posted: 5:17 p.m. EDT (21:17 GMT)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Diverging views of a crumbling New Orleans emerged Thursday, with statements by some federal officials in contradiction with grittier, more desperate views from the streets. By late Friday response to those stranded in the city was more visible."
The official version; then there's the in-the-trenches version
Friday, September 2, 2005; Posted: 5:17 p.m. EDT (21:17 GMT)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Diverging views of a crumbling New Orleans emerged Thursday, with statements by some federal officials in contradiction with grittier, more desperate views from the streets. By late Friday response to those stranded in the city was more visible."
New York Daily News - Home - Team Bush spins the crisis
New York Daily News - Home - Team Bush spins the crisis: "The Navy announced yesterday that Vice President Cheney's former company, Halliburton, which has handled much of the repair work as well as support services for the U.S. military in Iraq, was hired to restore power and rebuild three naval facilities in Mississippi that were wrecked by Katrina. "
Saturday, September 03, 2005
Web Edition - NewsGator Online
Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Barry LePatner
'Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.'"
'Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.'"
Editor:
The below article should be read ... and then when you get to the part where the government (FED) can't do anything unless a formal request is put in and you think that this was a bureaucratic screw up go to this link and see that the govenor of LA did submit a request for help...
Link to govenor's letter
The below article should be read ... and then when you get to the part where the government (FED) can't do anything unless a formal request is put in and you think that this was a bureaucratic screw up go to this link and see that the govenor of LA did submit a request for help...
Link to govenor's letter
CNN.com - Mayor to feds: 'Get off your asses' - Sep 2, 2005: "Mayor to feds: 'Get off your asses'
Transcript of radio interview with New Orleans' Nagin
Friday, September 2, 2005; Posted: 2:59 p.m. EDT (18:59 GMT)
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin speaks Saturday, before Hurricane Katrina's devastation.
(CNN) -- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin blasted the slow pace of federal and state relief efforts in an expletive-laced interview with local radio station WWL-AM.
The following is a transcript of WWL correspondent Garland Robinette's interview with Nagin on Thursday night. Robinette asked the mayor about his conversation with President Bush:"
Friday, September 02, 2005
Corpses lie abandoned in street medians. Medical helicopters and law officers come under fire. Survivors battle for seats on the buses that would carr
Corpses lie abandoned in street medians. Medical helicopters and law officers come under fire. Survivors battle for seats on the buses that would carry them away from the nightmare. The tired, hungry and desperate seethe, saying they have been forsaken.
Corpses lie abandoned in street medians. Medical helicopters and law officers come under fire. Survivors battle for seats on the buses that would carry them away from the nightmare. The tired, hungry and desperate seethe, saying they have been forsaken.
Friday, September 02, 2005
JACK DOUGLAS JR.,
SCOTT DODD and MARTIN MERZER
NEW ORLEANS -- Some of Hurricane Katrina's most desperate victims abandoned a dying city Thursday as food and drinking water disappeared and anarchy flared. People armed with shotguns guarded their homes and stores. Rescue crews came under fire from hijackers.
For thousands upon thousands of people, time was running out. A Knight Ridder reporter saw three bodies in and around the Superdome. Criticism of the federal response to the most sweeping natural disaster in American history rose to a fever pitch -- and not just in New Orleans."
Corpses lie abandoned in street medians. Medical helicopters and law officers come under fire. Survivors battle for seats on the buses that would carry them away from the nightmare. The tired, hungry and desperate seethe, saying they have been forsaken.
Friday, September 02, 2005
JACK DOUGLAS JR.,
SCOTT DODD and MARTIN MERZER
NEW ORLEANS -- Some of Hurricane Katrina's most desperate victims abandoned a dying city Thursday as food and drinking water disappeared and anarchy flared. People armed with shotguns guarded their homes and stores. Rescue crews came under fire from hijackers.
For thousands upon thousands of people, time was running out. A Knight Ridder reporter saw three bodies in and around the Superdome. Criticism of the federal response to the most sweeping natural disaster in American history rose to a fever pitch -- and not just in New Orleans."
USATODAY.com - World reaction ranges from scolding to sympathy
USATODAY.com - World reaction ranges from scolding to sympathy: "World reaction ranges from scolding to sympathy
By James Cox, USA TODAY
A top German official said the United States had itself to blame for Hurricane Katrina. Canada's prime minister waited days to issue condolences.
On the positive side, Iran offered its sympathies. Cuba's Fidel Castro led a moment of silence for victims of the storm.
Foreign reaction to tragic events along the Gulf Coast produced surprises from:"
By James Cox, USA TODAY
A top German official said the United States had itself to blame for Hurricane Katrina. Canada's prime minister waited days to issue condolences.
On the positive side, Iran offered its sympathies. Cuba's Fidel Castro led a moment of silence for victims of the storm.
Foreign reaction to tragic events along the Gulf Coast produced surprises from:"
Web Edition - NewsGator Online
Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "James Thorpe
'Household tasks are easier and quicker when they are done by somebody else.'"
'Household tasks are easier and quicker when they are done by somebody else.'"
A Can't-Do Government - New York Times
A Can't-Do Government - New York Times: "A Can't-Do Government
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: September 2, 2005
Before 9/11 the Federal Emergency Management Agency listed the three most likely catastrophic disasters facing America: a terrorist attack on New York, a major earthquake in San Francisco and a hurricane strike on New Orleans. 'The New Orleans hurricane scenario,' The Houston Chronicle wrote in December 2001, 'may be the deadliest of all.' It described a potential catastrophe very much like the one now happening.
So why were New Orleans and the nation so unprepared? After 9/11, hard questions were deferred in the name of national unity, then buried under a thick coat of whitewash. This time, we need accountability."
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: September 2, 2005
Before 9/11 the Federal Emergency Management Agency listed the three most likely catastrophic disasters facing America: a terrorist attack on New York, a major earthquake in San Francisco and a hurricane strike on New Orleans. 'The New Orleans hurricane scenario,' The Houston Chronicle wrote in December 2001, 'may be the deadliest of all.' It described a potential catastrophe very much like the one now happening.
So why were New Orleans and the nation so unprepared? After 9/11, hard questions were deferred in the name of national unity, then buried under a thick coat of whitewash. This time, we need accountability."
Thursday, September 01, 2005
WWLTV.com | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Local News
WWLTV.com | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Local News: "12:38 P.M. - (AP): Two French Quarter hotels says federal officials have foiled their plans to hire buses to ferry guests to higher ground.
The general manager of the Astor Hotel at Astor Crowne Plaza says the hotels teamed to hire ten buses to carry some 500 guests.
But Peter Ambros says federal officials commandeered the buses, and told the guests to join thousands of other evacuees at the New Orleans convention center.
One man says he and others had paid $45 a seat for the buses, and that they were 'totally stunned' when the buses never arrived. Another woman said the crowd had waited 14 hours for the buses. She says the idea of walking to the convention center scared her because of reports of looting.
The woman says it appears Louisiana officials have forgotten about tourists, and are just intent on getting their own residents out.
12:30 P.M. - WWL-TV: Charity Hospital is almost finished evacuating all their patients. Minimal food and water remains.
12:28 P.M. - (AP): Dozens of post offices were closed and mail service was suspended in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. But officials said they are working to get mail to people"
The general manager of the Astor Hotel at Astor Crowne Plaza says the hotels teamed to hire ten buses to carry some 500 guests.
But Peter Ambros says federal officials commandeered the buses, and told the guests to join thousands of other evacuees at the New Orleans convention center.
One man says he and others had paid $45 a seat for the buses, and that they were 'totally stunned' when the buses never arrived. Another woman said the crowd had waited 14 hours for the buses. She says the idea of walking to the convention center scared her because of reports of looting.
The woman says it appears Louisiana officials have forgotten about tourists, and are just intent on getting their own residents out.
12:30 P.M. - WWL-TV: Charity Hospital is almost finished evacuating all their patients. Minimal food and water remains.
12:28 P.M. - (AP): Dozens of post offices were closed and mail service was suspended in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. But officials said they are working to get mail to people"
Extraordinary Problems, Difficult Solutions
Extraordinary Problems, Difficult Solutions: "Extraordinary Problems, Difficult Solutions
Massive Floods, Pollution Make for 'Worst Case'
By Guy Gugliotta and Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, September 1, 2005; Page A10
First they have to pump the flooded city dry, and that will take a minimum of 30 days. Then they will have to flush the drinking water system, making sure they don't recycle the contaminants. Figure another month for that.
The electricians will have to watch out for snakes in the water, wild animals and feral dogs. It will be a good idea to wear hip boots and take care of cuts and scrapes before the toxic slush turns them into festering sores. The power grid might be up in a few weeks, but many months will elapse before everybody's lights come back on."
Massive Floods, Pollution Make for 'Worst Case'
By Guy Gugliotta and Peter Whoriskey
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, September 1, 2005; Page A10
First they have to pump the flooded city dry, and that will take a minimum of 30 days. Then they will have to flush the drinking water system, making sure they don't recycle the contaminants. Figure another month for that.
The electricians will have to watch out for snakes in the water, wild animals and feral dogs. It will be a good idea to wear hip boots and take care of cuts and scrapes before the toxic slush turns them into festering sores. The power grid might be up in a few weeks, but many months will elapse before everybody's lights come back on."
Gasoline Supplies Tighten, Prices Rise
Gasoline Supplies Tighten, Prices Rise: "Gasoline Supplies Tighten, Prices Rise
By BRAD FOSS, AP Business Writer
Thursday, September 1, 2005
(09-01) 08:55 PDT , (AP) --
Gasoline supplies tightened Thursday in markets that depend on shipments from Gulf Coast refiners and pipelines, and motorists increasingly faced pump prices well in excess of $3 a gallon.
Industry officials said a small-but-growing number of independent gasoline retailers in the Southeast and Midwest may simply turn off their pumps in the days ahead, either because of shortages or because wholesale prices climbed so high so quickly that they cannot compete without selling fuel at a loss."
By BRAD FOSS, AP Business Writer
Thursday, September 1, 2005
(09-01) 08:55 PDT , (AP) --
Gasoline supplies tightened Thursday in markets that depend on shipments from Gulf Coast refiners and pipelines, and motorists increasingly faced pump prices well in excess of $3 a gallon.
Industry officials said a small-but-growing number of independent gasoline retailers in the Southeast and Midwest may simply turn off their pumps in the days ahead, either because of shortages or because wholesale prices climbed so high so quickly that they cannot compete without selling fuel at a loss."
Stock Market News and Investment Information | Reuters.com
Stock Market News and Investment Information | Reuters.com: "UPDATE 4-New Orleans evacuation slows as shooting, chaos erupt
Thu Sep 1, 2005 11:26 AM ET
By Jason Reed
NEW ORLEANS, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Chaos and lawlessness hampered the evacuation of New Orleans on Thursday and a U.S. senator said thousands may have died in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast.
In New Orleans, shell-shocked officials tried to regain control of the historic jazz city reduced to a swampy ruin by Monday's storm. Bodies floated in the flooded city and authorities still could only guess how many people had died."
Thu Sep 1, 2005 11:26 AM ET
By Jason Reed
NEW ORLEANS, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Chaos and lawlessness hampered the evacuation of New Orleans on Thursday and a U.S. senator said thousands may have died in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast.
In New Orleans, shell-shocked officials tried to regain control of the historic jazz city reduced to a swampy ruin by Monday's storm. Bodies floated in the flooded city and authorities still could only guess how many people had died."
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Law would better fat
Law would better fate of mobile home owners
sent via email from Wayne Hill
By Peter Ferrissent via email from Wayne Hill
Published: Monday, August 29, 2005
In the 18th century, the English cleared peasants from the highlands of Scotland. Those affected felt emotional distress from the collapse of their communities, increased poverty and homelessness. For the power elites: large estates, increased earnings and population control.
We witness the same phenomenon today as developers clear out the most vulnerable in our society - the aged, the poor, the disabled - from mobile home parks. This, of course, comes with the consent of the park owners, who find it irresistible to cash in on the millions offered.
Last spring, rumors were flying about the possible closure of the mobile home park where I used to live. Briarwood, with 250 spaces in west Eugene, was built in 1976. After a California corporation purchased it in the early 1990s, it became a senior park.
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The managers of the park can be best described as doing the bare minimum. I was an assistant manager for the weekends, and got to know their style well. They low-ball their on-site employees Wal-Mart style, generally ignore maintenance and stonewall tenants when contentious issues come up.
A few of us speculated that land-hungry developers had begun to court the owner. Since deferred maintenance had become a liability in the 30-year-old park, we reasoned he might want to sell all or part of it. We felt it was no coincidence that homes starting at $200,000 were being built on two adjacent parcels of land. When called by one of the park residents, the son of the owner adamantly denied the rumors.
Under state law, owners enjoy quite a bit of flexibility when closing or converting a park. Their only significant obligation involves a six-month notice, which requires them to reimburse tenants up to $3,500 for moving their homes, a figure that has been on the books since 1987.
Owners could, however, easily avoid such payment by giving a year's notice, which would require tenants to pay the full cost. (Relocating a mobile home can run from $7,000 to $15,000.)
During the past legislative session, as the Oregon real estate market heated up, a statewide coalition tried to come to some agreement about revisiting these statutes. However, the effort reportedly failed because of a small group of owners who insisted they wanted no changes - not surprising, since the law clearly favors them.
But late this spring, the residents of Thunderbird Mobile Club in Wilsonville and Willamette Cove in West Linn began calling lawmakers to protest. When the tenants of Willamette Cove offered their owner $5.2 million to purchase the park, Sequoia Custom Homes of Clackamas upped the ante to $9.8 million.
Then things got really hot. Residents of both parks began picketing the potential buyer. A confab of legislators, city councilors and aides to the governor and U.S. Rep. Darlene Hooley met with the seniors to sympathize, but said that little could be done to prevent the sale of private property. One senior complained that the elderly had become expendable in "our throw-away society."
Enter Rep. Jerry Krummel of Wilsonville, a former mobile home resident. He drafted House Bill 2389, which offers incentives to owners to sell to tenant associations, nonprofit groups or community development corporations.
In addition, it grants tenants who meet federal poverty guidelines (approximately $18,000 per household) up to $10,000 in refundable tax credits, to be applied against moving costs. Those with incomes of more than $18,000 and less than $60,000 would get a nonrefundable tax credit.
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Another provision prohibits municipalities from restricting the number of older mobile homes in newer parks (although owners still may). The bill also creates a statewide database of vacancies, to be maintained by the Housing and Community Services Department.
Under HB 2389, owners gain a waiver of the state capital gains tax when they sell to the "right" groups. It's debatable, however, whether it will encourage the transfer of property rights to tenants, especially if owners get the kind of offers as the one in West Linn did. In addition, many of those eligible for the refundable tax credit might not be able to secure a loan before getting reimbursed by the state. The bill, which becomes law in January if signed by the governor, is estimated to cost the state $250,000 in tax revenue for the 2005-07 budget period.
In the end, perhaps the real strength of mobile home tenants will be their willingness to organize and speak out. The developer of the West Linn park rescinded the purchase offer, and rumor was that bad publicity was the reason. And maybe it might dawn on some developers that building affordable housing is part of their responsibility as good citizens.
But until then, perhaps maintaining affordable housing should trump the rights of private property, Measure 37 notwithstanding.
Peter Ferris (bumpy73@yahoo.com) is a writer and tradesman who now lives in Waldport.
COMMENTS and FIREFOX
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Cache.... FireFox saves memory in a cache. When the cache is full it stops showing the count on the comments that have been written. You may see the number zero where the comments are but there could be a great number of them.
What needs to be done is for you to periodicaly clear the cache. Here is the step by step (this won't harm your computer).
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Cache.... FireFox saves memory in a cache. When the cache is full it stops showing the count on the comments that have been written. You may see the number zero where the comments are but there could be a great number of them.
What needs to be done is for you to periodicaly clear the cache. Here is the step by step (this won't harm your computer).
- On the top menu bar click TOOLS.
- Click OPTIONS.
- A window appears..
- In the left column click PRIVACY (icon of a lock).
- On the right is the menu for Privacy and a list of options.. Click CACHE.
- In the now hi-lited box.. Click CLEAR.
- Last step... Click "OK" at the bottom of the menu.
- THAT'S IT!
USATODAY.com - Humanoid robot to go on sale in Japan
USATODAY.com - Humanoid robot to go on sale in Japan: "Humanoid robot to go on sale in Japan
TOKYO (AP) — A 3-foot-tall humanoid robot that can recognize about 10,000 words and work as a house sitter will go on sale in Japan in September, its manufacturer said Monday.
Wakamaru can recognize about 10,000 words and work as house sitter. It will go on sale in Japan in September.
By Katsumi Kasahara, AP file
The 'Wakamaru' robot can recognize the faces of up to 10 people and talk to them. When linked to cell phones, it can also monitor situations at home, such as a burglary or someone falling ill, according to Mitsubishi-Heavy Industries Ltd."
TOKYO (AP) — A 3-foot-tall humanoid robot that can recognize about 10,000 words and work as a house sitter will go on sale in Japan in September, its manufacturer said Monday.
Wakamaru can recognize about 10,000 words and work as house sitter. It will go on sale in Japan in September.
By Katsumi Kasahara, AP file
The 'Wakamaru' robot can recognize the faces of up to 10 people and talk to them. When linked to cell phones, it can also monitor situations at home, such as a burglary or someone falling ill, according to Mitsubishi-Heavy Industries Ltd."
USATODAY.com - Online dating shows some gray
USATODAY.com - Online dating shows some gray: "Online dating shows some gray
By John Johnston, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Marge Roberts looks forward to dinner and flowers every Tuesday from the fellow she affectionately refers to as Yahoo! Boy.
Marge Roberts, 57, met Dennis Barton, 62, online at Yahoo! Personals and the two have been dating for nearly a year.
By Tony Jones, Cincinnati Enquirer via GNS
'And I open the car door for her, too,' says Dennis Barton, sitting in her condominium.
He's 63 and retired. She's 58 and a technical writer."
By John Johnston, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Marge Roberts looks forward to dinner and flowers every Tuesday from the fellow she affectionately refers to as Yahoo! Boy.
Marge Roberts, 57, met Dennis Barton, 62, online at Yahoo! Personals and the two have been dating for nearly a year.
By Tony Jones, Cincinnati Enquirer via GNS
'And I open the car door for her, too,' says Dennis Barton, sitting in her condominium.
He's 63 and retired. She's 58 and a technical writer."
USATODAY.com - Bush boosts drug benefit for seniors
USATODAY.com - Bush boosts drug benefit for seniors: "Bush boosts drug benefit for seniors
By Richard Benedetto, USA TODAY
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — President Bush flew to Arizona and California on Monday to urge wary seniors to take advantage of the new Medicare prescription-drug benefit that takes effect next year."
By Richard Benedetto, USA TODAY
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — President Bush flew to Arizona and California on Monday to urge wary seniors to take advantage of the new Medicare prescription-drug benefit that takes effect next year."
Web Edition - NewsGator Online
Web Edition - NewsGator Online: "Fran Lebowitz
'My favorite animal is steak.'"
'My favorite animal is steak.'"
Monday, August 29, 2005
National Public Radio.. This I beleive
This i Beleive...
Here is a link to a great website from National Public Radio. The site gives essays from average and normal, everyday folks about life as they see it. We think you may like to bookmark it and return often when your spirit needs to be nourished...
NPR
Here is a link to a great website from National Public Radio. The site gives essays from average and normal, everyday folks about life as they see it. We think you may like to bookmark it and return often when your spirit needs to be nourished...
NPR
USATODAY.com - Asteroid's path could put Earth in its sights
USATODAY.com - Asteroid's path could put Earth in its sights: "Asteroid's path could put Earth in its sights
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
Astronomers are debating what to do about Earth's close encounter with an asteroid in 2029 and again in 2036 — passages that might be too close for comfort."
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
Astronomers are debating what to do about Earth's close encounter with an asteroid in 2029 and again in 2036 — passages that might be too close for comfort."
USATODAY.com - 8 years in a Louisiana jail, but he never went to trial
USATODAY.com - 8 years in a Louisiana jail, but he never went to trial: "8 years in a Louisiana jail, but he never went to trial
By Laura Parker, USA TODAY
When he was charged with murder in 1996, James Thomas, an impoverished day laborer in Baton Rouge, became like many other criminal defendants: With no money to hire a lawyer, he had to rely on the government to provide him with one.
He then spent the next 8½ years in jail, waiting for his case to go to trial. It never did."
By Laura Parker, USA TODAY
When he was charged with murder in 1996, James Thomas, an impoverished day laborer in Baton Rouge, became like many other criminal defendants: With no money to hire a lawyer, he had to rely on the government to provide him with one.
He then spent the next 8½ years in jail, waiting for his case to go to trial. It never did."
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Micheal Yon war correspondent
Micheal Yon
We have been reading the web log (BLOG) of Micheal Yon an imbeded reporter in Iraq. The perspective he delivers on the war is from the young warriors doing the fighting. He goes on the missions with the troops and writes about what he sees and he takes his own videos and still pictures.
He gives a completely detailed and different story than you are used to seeing on the nightly news. As far as I can see he is spin free and just reports what is going on.
We first saw one of his posts this week and since have gone back to read his previously archived dispatches. This is a highly recommended read. Want to see what and IED (explosive device) going off as you are driving on patrol looks like? He has video and audio of it as it is happening while he was on patrol with a group of soldiers he calls the Deuce 4.
Want to see what the real Iraqi attitude is?
Learn who the terrorists are and why and how they operate from a man on the ground... This you haven't seen on the news...
We are very impressed with this writer and have put a new link to his blog on the left side of the page. We hope you will give him a read soon.
Cindy Sheehan's protest
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Cindy Sheehan's protest
A pertinent question emerges from the rhetoric, the politics and the stylized ideological circus in Crawford, Texas
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Cindy Sheehan, the now-famous anti-war protester, says she just wants to know why her soldier son had to die in the war in Iraq.
Partly because of the means by which she asks the question -- a highly publicized, highly politicized and highly stylized protest outside the President's Crawford, Texas, ranch -- no useful answer is likely to be forthcoming. In talk-radio America, it may be that Sheehan could not raise the question in any better forum than the one she chose. Or it may simply be that something so emotional cannot ever come up in public without the biliousness that has characterized the discussion so far."
Cindy Sheehan's protest
A pertinent question emerges from the rhetoric, the politics and the stylized ideological circus in Crawford, Texas
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Cindy Sheehan, the now-famous anti-war protester, says she just wants to know why her soldier son had to die in the war in Iraq.
Partly because of the means by which she asks the question -- a highly publicized, highly politicized and highly stylized protest outside the President's Crawford, Texas, ranch -- no useful answer is likely to be forthcoming. In talk-radio America, it may be that Sheehan could not raise the question in any better forum than the one she chose. Or it may simply be that something so emotional cannot ever come up in public without the biliousness that has characterized the discussion so far."
A. H. Weiler Quotes - The Quotations Page
A. H. Weiler Quotes - The Quotations Page: "Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
A. H. Weiler"
A. H. Weiler"
Daniel Webster Quotes - The Quotations Page
Daniel Webster Quotes - The Quotations Page: "The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
Daniel Webster"
Daniel Webster"
Daniel Webster Quotes - The Quotations Page
Daniel Webster Quotes - The Quotations Page: "A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.
Daniel Webster"
Daniel Webster"
Xinhua - English
Xinhua - English: "Greenspan says US housing market will eventually cool down
www.chinaview.cn 2005-08-28 06:04:47
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Saturday that the red-hot housing market will eventually cool down, making some Americans feel less wealthy.
Speaking at the end of a two-day economic conference in JacksonHole, Wyoming, he said that the US housing boom 'will inevitably simmer down.' 'As part of that process, house turnover will decline from currently historic levels, while home price increaseswill slow and prices could even decrease,' he said.
As a consequence, people taking cash out of the"
www.chinaview.cn 2005-08-28 06:04:47
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Saturday that the red-hot housing market will eventually cool down, making some Americans feel less wealthy.
Speaking at the end of a two-day economic conference in JacksonHole, Wyoming, he said that the US housing boom 'will inevitably simmer down.' 'As part of that process, house turnover will decline from currently historic levels, while home price increaseswill slow and prices could even decrease,' he said.
As a consequence, people taking cash out of the"
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New Orleans Ordered to Evacuate as Katrina Approaches (Update1)
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Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- New Orleans residents were ordered to evacuate the city today as Hurricane Katrina, one of the most powerful and potentially deadly storms ever to threaten the US Gulf Coast, approached land with its 160 mph winds. ... "
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New Orleans Ordered to Evacuate as Katrina Approaches (Update1)
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Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- New Orleans residents were ordered to evacuate the city today as Hurricane Katrina, one of the most powerful and potentially deadly storms ever to threaten the US Gulf Coast, approached land with its 160 mph winds. ... "
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