I had been off and when I went to XIV there was no sign of continuance I got worried;)
Thanks for you work, NN. And thanks, JR, the tech staff, and the mods.
Probably old for most but here are some WWL Updated
WWL Updates as they come in on Katrina
06:41 PM CDT on Sunday, September 4, 2005
Tom Planchet
6:41 P.M. - Dallas Morning News: Can New Orleans rebuild?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/katrina/stories/090405dnkatpsyche.20a24f49.html
6:34 P.M. - New York Times article: Bush tries to quell political crisis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/national/nationalspecial/04bush.html?ei=5090&en=92e1db22850b28f9&ex=1283486400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
6:30 P.M. - (AP) -- There may be no better way to explain the desperation on the city's ravaged streets than this: In the past few days, two police officers took their lives with their own weapons and dozens have turned in their badges.
New Orleans' thin blue line is frayed at the edges.
Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley on Sunday identified two officers who committed suicide as Sgt. Paul Accardo, the department's spokesman, and Patrolman Lawrence Celestine. He called both "outstanding cops" and friends. Asked how they died, Riley put a finger to his temple, then paused.
"Both of them," he said, shaking his head slowly. "Used their own guns."
6:24 P.M. – Saints GM Mickey Loomis – we would like to play our games in Baton Rouge but we have to see what is possible. The NFL will have a lot of say. No decision has been made.
6:23 P.M. – Loomis – Saints form Hurricane Katrina relief fund and owner Tom Benson and his wife will make the first contributions, the specifics to come in the next few days.
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6:06 P.M. - Police shot and killed at least five people Sunday after gunmen opened fire on a group of contractors traveling across a bridge on their way to make repairs, authorities said. Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said police shot at eight people carrying guns, killing five or six.
Fourteen contractors were traveling across the Danziger Bridge under police escort when they came under fire, said John Hall, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers. They were on their way to launch barges into Lake Pontchartrain to help plug the breech in the 17th Street Canal, Hall said.
None of the contractors was killed, Hall said.
6:04 P.M. - Army Corps of Engineers spokesman - We know that people in the field took fire. Nobody has been able to go out there and verify.
6:03 P.M. - HOUSTON (AP) -- With a shattered New Orleans all but emptied out, an unprecedented refugee crisis unfolded across the country Sunday, as governors and emergency officials struggled to feed, shelter and educate more than a half-million people dispossessed by Hurricane Katrina.
In Texas, where nearly a quarter-million refugees have filled the state's relief centers, Gov. Rick Perry ordered emergency officials to airlift some evacuees to other states willing to take them.