Katrina and Rita

Donate to hurricane relief
The Salvation Army
Disaster Relief
PO Box 4857
Jackson, MS 39296-4857
Metro Atlanta Red Cross
Disaster relief
PO Box 101590
Atlanta, GA 30392
Canal Street Presbyterian Church
(a New Orleans congregation)
P. O. Box 3459
Suwanee, GA 30024
Catholic Charities USA
2005 Hurricane Relief Fund
PO Box 25168
Alexandria, VA 22313-9788

The Slow Drowning of New Orleans
At the junction of the Mississippi and the Gulf, a city long knew that a powerful hurricane was inevitable. As development robbed the region of natural defenses, man's fight to hold back nature would ultimately fail.
Michael Grunwald and Susan B. Glasser Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, October 9, 2005

Man bites hurricane
Cajuns are made of sterner stuff
Michael Graham, Jewish World Review, Sep. 28, 2005 / 24 Elul, 5765

New Orleans is open for returnees--sort of. Strictly enforced curfew or not, some bars are open. Johnnie White's, in the French Quarter, never closed, but as of Fri., Sep. 23 the restroom had not been cleaned for 26 days.
New Orleans returnees: Enter at your own risk
03:26 PM CDT on Wednesday, September 28, 2005
City of New Orleans public information (WWL Channel 4)

The mainstream media screwed up big time
Rumors of deaths greatly exaggerated
Widely reported attacks false or unsubstantiated
Only 6 bodies found at Dome; 4 at Convention Center
By Brian Thevenot and Gordon Russell, Staff writers, New Orleans, The Times-Picayune, Mon, Sep 26, 2005

All the King's Men Cannot Save New Orleans
Federal dollars won't make the Crescent City great.
Daniel Henninger, WSJ OpinionJournal, Friday, September 23, 2005

New Orleans Didn't Just Go Nuts -- It's Been Nuts
by Mac Johnson, Human Events Online, Sep 6, 2005

Storm-relief money spent at strip clubs
Police in Houston find misuse of FEMA's $2,000 debit cards
World Net Daily, Fri, Sep 16, 2005

LBJ's Other Quagmire
Long before Katrina, the welfare state failed New Orleans's poor.
Brendan Miniter, WSJ OpinionJournal, Tue, Sep 13, 2005

We Failed You? Try Again
Anne Rice blames America, not local officials.
Jim Geraghty, National Review Online, Wed, Sep 7, 2005

After The Storm: Blame Amid the Tragedy
Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin failed their constituents

Bob Williams, WSJ OpinionJournal, Wed, Sep 7, 2005

David Frum on the Democrat and Media
politicization of the Katrina situation

A Perfect Storm of Lawlessness
Nicole Gelinas, City Journal, Sep 1, 2005

Lawlessness in New Orleans is a national disgrace
Rich Lowry, The Salt Lake Tribune, Sep 2, 2005

Satellite view of New Orleans since Katrina, AP

Here is a guy in an office building in downtown New Orleans. He is trying to keep an internet node going. This is his blog about the experience. Check out the live cam of the street.

Key Web links for tracking Katrina's aftermath
From useful blogs to photos to details on how you can help the victims, here are some of the many sites on the Web with information on Hurricane Katrina. C|Net News.com