USA Today (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Sept. 2 - Residents in Pearlington, Mississippi are once again surveying the damage caused by floodwaters. Many residents were still working to repair damage from Katrina when Gustav hit Monday.
Jerusalem News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
... the Gaza Disengagement occurred, Magee said, "I knew the date was exact to the day that Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana-Mississippi Gulf Coast" Indeed, three years ago almost to the day Monday, Magee stood momentarily transfixed in the road outside her Slidell, LA home, watching as the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina swept up the road towards her. Clambering into the roof,...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
It doesn't really come as a surprise to those of us who have watched John McCain over the years that he's about to make a campaign stop in New Orleans after Hurricane Gustav hits this week. After all, he's been exploiting the troops for years, what's a few hurricane victims after that? What does seem odd is that McCain thinks Gulf Coast residents will forget how he, George W. Bush and the then-Republican...
BobGeiger.com (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
It doesn’t really come as a surprise to those of us who have watched John McCain over the years that he's about to make a campaign stop in New Orleans after Hurricane Gustav hits this week. After all, he's been exploiting the troops for years, what's a few hurricane victims after that? What does seem odd is that McCain thinks Gulf Coast residents will forget how he, George W. Bush and the then-Republican...
Brilliant at Breakfast (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
... photo-op -- shall we? McCain Acknowledged Public Demand for Oversight. A week after Hurricane Katrina, McCain commented on the public's demand for accountability. McCain said, "There's clearly a mood for aggressive oversight on this issue, because people are demanding it. It's a national catastrophe ... I don't know if it affects the general mood of Congress on every issue, but there's a...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
I understand Bush is probably focused on his "legacy." But really, the guy screws up everything he touches. Don't those people have enough to worry about? Meanwhile, the McCain campaign sees Gustav as one big rebranding opportunity and has canceled the first evening of the convention while McCain flies down to help get a photo-op. (Of course McCain voted against relief for Katrina victims,...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
New Orleans officials Friday interred the remains of the final seven unknown or unclaimed victims of Hurricane Katrina in a mausoleum.Pallbearers, including police and other emergency responders, carried the coffins to one of the six mausoleums at the Charity Hospital Cemetery Hurricane Katrina Memorial set up for victims who were either not identified after the storm or...
Bring it On! (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
And just like hurricane Katrina, don’t bother us this time because we will be playing our fiddles. If the GOP was a compassionate party they would cancel their convention and donate all the money to the soon to be victims of hurricane Gustav. ShareThis
News & Information (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Residents of New Orleans paused on Friday to mark the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating blow even as another potentially powerful hurricane……Read more
CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says Katrina victims still living in trailers along Mississippi's coast should begin evacuating this weekend as Gustav approaches.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Residents of New Orleans paused on Friday to mark the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating blow even as another potentially powerful hurricane churned their way.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
By Pierce O'Donnell On the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Greater New Orleans still lies largely in ruins due to the federal government's admittedly flawed...
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
NEW ORLEANS - With a new storm threatening to cause chaos in New Orleans all over again, a horse-drawn carriage brought the last seven unclaimed bodies of Hurricane Katrina victims for entombment at a memorial site today during ceremonies marking...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
With a new storm threatening to cause chaos in New Orleans all over again, a horse-drawn carriage brought the last seven unclaimed bodies of Hurricane Katrina victims for entombment at a memorial site on Friday during ceremonies marking the disaster's third anniversary.
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Source: Reuters (Adds details from ceremony, Bush disaster declaration) By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Residents of New Orleans paused on Friday to mark the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's ...
