2 September 2005
By The Morning News
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New York's currently: ready to help
Disorder grows in New Orleans, though people are being evacuated, and Baton Rouge is now the most populous city in Louisiana.
National Guard arrives in New Orleans to help a police force overwhelmed by snipers and angry mobs; Bush to visit Gulf Coast today.
Virtually no structures remain on the 90 miles of Mississippi's coastline.
Morning blasts of unknown origin jolt New Orleans, leave more fires in their wake.
Houston officials announce that the Astrodome is full, at 13,000 evacuees; additional Orleanians to go to Reliant Arena.
At least one levee breach plugged, draining begins, and about half of New Orleans is now dry.
Senate OKs $10.5 billion in Gulf Coast aid; House will meet today at noon.
The first evacuees to make it to the Astrodome--a commandeered school bus whose occupants pooled their money for diapers and fuel.
Government at every level faulted from every angle for lack of immediate response.
The (partially) man-made devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
The victims of Hurricane Katrina: mainly poor and black, and a group that few in power have paid attention to, but will they now?
Gas prices, relief efforts, insurance claims, and more: How much might Katrina cost?
At least nine articles in the Times-Picayune from 2004 and 2005 cite Iraq as a reason for the lack of hurricane- and flood-control dollars.
California Senate passes gay marriage bill, expects much resistance in Assembly.
MTA says no, it still plans to have conductor-less L trains, despite arbitrator's ruling.
Pakistan reaches out to Israel for talks.
Please donate now to the American Red Cross and help benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
