NOLA Disaster Plan Outsourced
Friday September 2, 2005
Updated 16 September
The private firm charged with developing the New Orleans hurricane disaster plan identified the need for 1,000 shelters and said that they would need to be open 100 ... Read More
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Friday September 2, 2005
MSNBC reports (1:26 a.m. ET Sept. 2, 2005) that New Orleans
Police Chief Eddie Compass said, of the area around the Convention Center: "Tourists are walking in that direction, and they ... Read More
Second Thoughts On Going It Alone
Friday September 2, 2005
The Boston Globe reports that on Wednesday the State Department said we did not need
international help (subscribe/trial) with the "first phase of rescuing survivors and restoring order," but might ... Read More
"My hero is a bus thief"
Friday September 2, 2005
One of the silver linings of this week's mess is an introduction to Rick Casey of the Houston Chronicle. In this column, he puts post-Hurricane Katrina life into context:
When I ... Read More