Hurricane Katrina Articles - Shelter From the Storm
Posted on September 13, 2005
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I put together some excerpts from some articles relating to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. It makes good reading and may help you to stay informed to current news and efforts going on as well as some candid personal perspectives on the handling of Citizens of the Unites States (not refugees). Click on the headlines to read more.
Hurricane Katrina
From Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia.
Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive and expensive tropical cyclones ever to hit the United States. The hurricane’s storm surge caused several breaches in the levees protecting New Orleans, a city with a population of around 500,000, from inundation by Lake Pontchartrain. The subsequent flooding of most of New Orleans, a large part of which lies below sea level, resulted in catastrophic flood damage, many deaths, and a massive evacuation effort…
Seeing what Katrina has wrought
Posted by Bill Kilday, Google Earth team
[Using the innovative Google Maps to display satellite images of the Superdome area before and after the storm.]
A natural disaster brings out the need for up-to-the-minute maps and images, and Google Earth community members have created more than 100 overlays in the last 24 hours that tell the story of Hurricane Katrina’s effect. These overlays drape on top of existing satellite images, and NOAA has been posting these flyovers so people can actually see the incredible devastation…
Katrina: Why America Couldn’t Cope
From The Daily MindBender
There are deeper explanations for the New Orleans catastrophe than anyone has dared suggest. The roots lie in America’s deluded self-image We know, now, that there was not even a Prescott in charge in Washington. President Bush was exorcising heaven-knows-what demons by furiously riding his mountain bike in Texas - nobody, not even the Secret Service or a visiting Lance Armstrong, is allowed to pass him - while Vice-President Cheney was fly-fishing in Wyoming…
Why Couldn’t New Orleans Do It?
From The Horse’s Mouth
[A comparison of a government who looked out for their people versus a government who didn't!]
China evacuated more than 800,000 residents from the Eastern Coast in preperation for Typhoon Khanun…
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Shelter From the Storm
Watch from 1am U2 and a host of other stars rally for victims of Hurricane Katrina
I don’t know how long this video will be up at AOL but I found it very inspiring. Wish I had some of the US channels to watch the event live. If you saw it live or recorded it what was your experience?
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