katrina

Took years for some reason, but here's the story: You may remember Nagin as Mayor during Hurricane Katrina.

All charges were dropped against Dr. Anna Pou, who was accused of homicide in the deaths of 4 patients after hurricane Katrina. The staff could have evacuated but chose to stay with patients. According to CNN, "Patients, staff and their families rode out Katrina. But four days after the...

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A federal judge in Mississippi ruled in favor of the insurance companies who have been trying to get out of payment to customers claiming that their insurance coverage didn't include flood damage. It seems that wind damage is covered, but not damage caused by a flood surge initiated by the high...

C'mon. Add insult to injury. Are these four companies the only players in this business? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/09/AR2006080901931.html

Rapes, murder, roving gangs, firefights.......the days after katrina there were all sorts of crazy stories as if NewOrleans was a civil war torn 3rd world country. But I really havent seen any follow up. Nothing about charges, investigation, or muder arrests. Did that crazyness even happen?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/orleans/

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9503449/ I wasn't there, so I don't know what the truth is. But thought it would be an interesting read, after all of the attention was given to the crimes as previously reported.

I consider this a "current event" and not a "Movies, TV, Music, Computer Gaming, and other Entertainment" topic. Perhaps I am wrong...I dunno...anyhow... Did you know the 90-plus presenters at the 57th annual Primetime Emmy Awards EACH get "gift baskets" ? Items include: an iPod. a luxury...

More "Repent! God sent Katrina to punish gays, 'liberals,' arabs, etc.." BS, this time from Don Feder.

The other day two Jehovah’s Witnesses came to my door. They were a neat elderly couple, very well dressed. The male of the pair did the talking. He started with, “I’m sure you know about all the terrible things from Katrina?” I assumed that they were collecting for charity. “I gave to...

“Speaking on state-run radio, Iran's envoy to OPEC said his country was ready to send up to five shiploads of crude oil to the US. But he said this could only happen if US sanctions were lifted first.” What do you think? Is this just a ploy to make the US look bad, when they have no real...

What do you think of this article? (Complete article at http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2005-09/03parenti.cfm) How the Free Market Killed New Orleans By Michael Parenti The free market played a crucial role in the destruction of New Orleans and the death of thousands of its...

Take a look at what the Franch have managed to scrape up and donate to a city proud of it French heritage. see: http://www.info-france-usa.org/# and click on "related articles" that opens the pdf. You will note that all the significant donations (staff, equipment) are from NGOs like the Red...

This could go in any of several places but I put it here since it deals with a specific religion. The mods may move it if they wish and I won't complain.... Anyway, back in my Mormon days I recall that we were supposed to stockpile a years supply of food and water in case of disaster. It was...

http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=9754 This writer understood in May what could happen and how....but I suspect this wasn't on FEMA or Homeland Security's reading list...

I was listening to CNN this morning, and there was a debate about the Katrina response going on. A comment during that discussion prompted me to do a little research. Here's what I found: Tsunami - Dec 26, with little warning, a tsunami hit Asia, destroying and displacing millions of people...

Just in case there are people out there who believe all Christians are doing is passing out bibles and baptizing people in the New Orleans soup: http://www.laaog.org/Hurricane/hurricane.htm http://www.lbc.org/ http://www.samaritanspurse.org/...

http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=1191

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1475667/posts

Can we try to be a little nicer on the world stage? At least admit that we're a part of a community and that we need help now and then? Please at the very minimum think about this before you spout off ignorant jingoisms. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/04/katrina.world.aid/...

One last Katrina thread. What is the real extent of the problem? From what I have read, tens of thousands dead, thousands dying right now. The issue of New Orleans has divertred attention away from the problem that there are an unknown number of people scattered around the whole area who are...

this may be interesting to watch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina_conspiracy_theories

Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans, Biloxi, and innumerable coastal communities along the Gulf. It's an absolute catastrophe. Some of the accounts I'm reading make me sick. The Christian Conservatives have already blamed the gays. Where are the other usual vultures? I googled "Sylvia...

I just wanted to start a thread to formally apologize for linking to the completely free website http://www.survivorregistry.com. I feel ashamed (but pass the word anyway, if you know someone who needs help).

Pat Robertson started Operation Blessing to cash in on these disasters. Looks like he's hit the jackpot this time with both FEMA and CNN steering donations his way: FEMA's website http://www.fema.gov/press/2005/katrinadonations.shtm CNN link...

I blame the Whigs. Had they not been so dead-set against Andrew Jackon, none of this would have happened. :mad: