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| Think Progress - Katrina Timeline |
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Think Progress is maintaining a Katrina Timeline, which can be very useful in fast based environments like we've been facing in the wake of the hurricane. They are missing the incidents such as water and fuel trucks being turned away, people trying to rescue themselves sent back into the city at gunpoint, and related events that show the magnitude of our failing, but they hit all the major points. This will help keep us oriented as the political spin starts to speed up.
Posted: 9/7/05; 5:03:04 PM # |
| The Two Americas |
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Whatever your feelings are about the limits to civil liberties imposed by the Cuban government, they certainly know how to deal with a hurricane. In The Two Americas, Marjorie Cohn explains a bit about how Cuba survived a Category 5 hurricane with no loss of life and highlights the obvious class issues involved. On a related note, did you know that several days ago, Cuba offered to send 1500 doctors, trained to work in emergency situations and complete with their own medicine and supplies? Did you know they were turned down? I want to see George W Bush explain that to the people whose family members died in the Superdome.
Posted: 9/7/05; 4:59:37 PM # |
| Katrina Information Map |
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Some of the most important work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has been done by individuals, rather than government agencies or the news media, who are responding to people's specific questions about locations in New Orleans and elsewhere. One excellent example of this is the Katrina Information Map.
Posted: 9/7/05; 4:51:41 PM # |
| WWOZ 90.7 FM New Orleans |
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Betsy Harman wrote to tell me that WWOZ 90.7 FM, the New Orleans public radio station devoted to jazz and local heritage, is still broadcasting and could play an important role in maintaining the spirit and community of the city in these times.
Posted: 9/7/05; 12:32:44 PM # |
| New Orleans Community Data Center |
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The New Orleans Community Data Center is a local resource whose web site is still up and running and more important than ever. The site contains extensive data from the 2000 census, broken down by neighborhood of the city. It includes things like poverty rates, car ownership, age of housing stock, and the like. In an era where common knowledge is increasingly being privatized, I deeply respect what organizations like this are doing to democratize data. In the face of a federal government that doesn't want us seeing dead bodies or making too many causal connections, this is terribly important work.
Posted: 9/7/05; 12:30:34 PM # |
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