Charity. Faith-based disaster. That the Federal Emergency Management Agency mismanaged the Hurricane Katrina relief effort is old news. But there's more to FEMA's failure than simple bungling. Net Forums - Hurricane relief projects thread. New Scientist Breaking News - Could humans tackle hurricanes? Tackling hurricanes before they make landfall by calming them down or steering them off course may be a good way to prevent a storm striking a city.
Experts are working on numerous ways to do this but it may take some time - and it has never been done before. New Zealand Herald - New Orleans 'unsafe for a decade' - Sunday 11, September 2005 23:47.00 PM - World News. Toxic chemicals in the New Orleans flood waters will make the city unsafe for full human habitation for a decade, a senior US Government official predicts.
And, he added, the Bush Administration is covering up the danger. Hugh Kaufman, an expert on toxic waste and responses to environmental disasters at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said the way the polluted water was being pumped out was increasing the danger to health. The pollution was far worse than had been admitted, he said, because his agency was failing to take enough samples and was refusing to make results of those it had tested public. "Inept political hacks" running the clean-up will imperil the health of low-income migrant workers by getting them to do the work. His intervention came as President George W. Survival of the fittest? After so many years of Social Darwinism, Hurricane Katrina could reawaken the American people's appetite for compassion in government.
It takes a lot to shake America to the core - 9/11 did it four years ago this weekend; the war in Iraq still has not. It's 70 years since the satirist Eric Linklater noted in his novel Don Juan that life in America was spread over so vast an area that any number of strange and sinister interludes could be enacted without upsetting the national equilibrium. Hurricane Katrina is one of those rare interludes which has upset the national equilibrium.
While 9/11 made Americans angry, the fate of New Orleans has gone beyond that. BAGnewsNotes: Laura: Just Say N.O. So, Laura didn't know the name of the hurricane?
So Laura thinks the idea that race played a role in George's foot dragging is "disgusting? " (...Somehow, Florida voters seem to get pretty good Federal response when the winds start to blow.) Pelosi Tells CNN Anchor “If You Want To Make A Case For The White House, You Should Go On Their Payroll”... Excerpt Of Today's CNN Interview With House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (see below for entire transcript) PELOSI: Myra, Myra, Myra...
PHILLIPS: It's Kyra. Secret Service Mum on Mary Landrieu Threat. The foretelling of a deadly disaster in New Orleans. Editor's note: This article wasoriginally published on Dec. 1, 2001, in the Houston Chronicle.Because of its relevance to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, it is being republished.
New Orleans is sinking. And its main buffer from a hurricane, the protective Mississippi River delta, is quickly eroding away, leaving the historic city perilously close to disaster. So vulnerable, in fact, that earlier this year the Federal Emergency Management Agency ranked the potential damage to New Orleans as among the three likeliest, most catastrophic disasters facing this country. The other two? A massive earthquake in San Francisco, and, almost prophetically, a terrorist attack on New York City.
The Roots Of Bush's 'Compassion' Former President George Bush and his wife Barbara visit with hurricane Katrina evacuees in the Reliant Center adjacent to the Astrodome in Houston, Monday, September 5, 2005.
AP This column was written by John Nichols. Finally, we have discovered the roots of George W. The Post-Katrina Era. September 6, 2005 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Quotes of Hurricane Katrina. Right city, wrong state. FEMA accused of flying evacuees to wrong Charleston Wednesday, September 7, 2005 Posted: 0329 GMT (1129 HKT) (CNN) -- Add geography to the growing list of FEMA fumbles.
A South Carolina health official said his colleagues scrambled Tuesday when FEMA gave only a half-hour notice to prepare for the arrival of a plane carrying as many as 180 evacuees to Charleston. But the plane, instead, landed in Charleston, West Virginia, 400 miles away. Killed by Contempt. A Failure of Leadership. After Failures, Government Officials Play Blame Game.
Pulling the Bush Out. Where Was George? President Bush, facing blistering criticism for his administration's response to Hurricane Katrina, said Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, "the results are not acceptable" and pledged to bolster relief efforts with a personal trip to the Gulf Coast.
Bush made the statement[as he left the White House for a tour of the hurricane ravaged area. Pick Apart the White House's Buck-Passing, Part I. New Orleans rocked by huge blasts. The New Orleans riverfront has been hit by a series of massive blasts, and fires are raging in the area.
The blasts are believed to have involved a chemical factory and police have sent a team to see if toxic fumes have been released. The news came as extra troops were sent to quell lawlessness in the city, where thousands are stranded without food or water in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. President Bush has admitted that the initial response was "not acceptable". US won't let Canada help Katrina victims. "Things that make you want to scream" for $500, Alex...
Okay, first this article: A specialized urban search and rescue team from Vancouver will be joining the rescue efforts in Louisiana in the wake of hurricane Katrina. B.C. And now begins the pointing of fingers. News Analysis: Hard New Test for President. Reporters' Log: Katrina's aftermath. Hurricane Katrina - a fierce mass of winds swirling at 155mph (250km/h) - hit the US Gulf coast on Monday, causing widespread devastation. President George W Bush has described it as "one of the worst natural disasters" the US has seen.
BBC correspondents report from across Louisiana and Mississippi as authorities struggle to restore order.