Category Archives: New Orleans

Watch this video from Fox news (really, Fox). We are locking people up without food or water. That’s not a refuge or a shelter: it’s a concentration camp. Let me repeat that in case it didn’t sink in: it’s a … Continue reading →

This from the AP, by way of WWLTV New Orleans: First the federal government took the buses they had hired to evacuate them. Then their hotels turned them out onto the desolate streets. They trudged for blocks to walk over … Continue reading →

This item from the AP: Even as stopping the looting became a top priority, Tenet HealthCare Corp. asked authorities late Wednesday to help evacuate a fully functioning hospital in Gretna after a supply truck carrying food, water and medical supplies … Continue reading →

Obviously, the primary concerns in New Orleans are to plug the levees (although it might be too late for that) and to rescue as many people as we can. Then adequate water, food, and basic health provisions are needed to … Continue reading →

I’m not as down on Kos as some, but he writes: There will be a time for a full accounting of what went wrong, both preparing for this thing and relief efforts afterward. I don’t know if the time is … Continue reading →

According to WWLTV (CBS New Orleans): 8:04 P.M. – Mayor Nagin: Unhappy that the helicopters slated to drop 3,000-pound bags into the levee never showed up to stop the flow of water. Too many chiefs calling shots he says. I … Continue reading →

My heart goes out to those suffering in MS and LA. I don’t care if they are ‘red-voters’ or ‘blue-voters’, white or black, rich or poor. They all need our help (and, again, if you haven’t donated, the Red Cross … Continue reading →

Last night, the levee appeared to be holding, and it appeared New Orleans had survived. Then the levee broke. 80% of New Orleans is underwater; the water supply is destroyed. The public infrastructure is essentially gone; here’s one example: In … Continue reading →