Brainboy's Journal: Articles About New Orleans (linklist)

Articles About New Orleans (linklist)

A list of articles, links, pics, relating to New Orleans. I suppose it's somewhat incomplete, but there's a lot here, so this will get you started.

Black people loot, White people take
http://www.flickr.com/photos/firewall/38725768/
(Non Flickr ness)
http://www.gorillamask.net/blackloot.jpg
http://www.gorillamask.net/whitefind.jpg

Turning people away from Astrodome
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory2/3332869

White House was against money for repairing levees
http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/alpert083105.html

Aug 29: Bush and McCain have cake
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/images/20050829-5_p082905pm-0125-515h.html

Aug 30: Bush gets guitar lesson
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050830/480/capm10208301856

Red Cross FAQ: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans
http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html#4524

Superdome Evacuations Temporarily Halted
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050903/ap_on_re_us/katrina_superdome_hk1

Editorial: Yes, we're worth it
http://www.nola.com/weblogs/print.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tporleans/archives/print076010.html

@Andrew Sullivan, Government isn't helping
http://www.andrewsullivan.com/index.php?dish_inc=archives/2005_08_28_dish_archive.html#112569138469257629

New Orleans "could be bulldozed"
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002466132_kathast02.html

Satellite Photo over Superdome (I can't make heads or tails of this)
http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/katrina/new_orleans_pshsuperdome_aug31_05_dg.jpg

New Orleans Disaster Relief Request Dated Aug 28 PDF
http://gov.louisiana.gov/Disaster%20Relief%20Request.pdf

New Orleans destroyed because of Southern Decadance festival(?)
http://www.repentamerica.com/pr_hurricanekatrina.html

NEW LINK: Kid saves 100 people via bus
http://www.newschannel5.tv/2005/9/1/4255/Taking-refuge-in-the-Astrodome

I have an opinion on the matter of course, but other people have expressed on /. much more eloquently and better than I could.

Note: When I find it again, I'm putting to put up a link to the radio transcript of the Mayor Nagin on here.