Katrina Updates Thread

Self | 9/6/2005 | Abigail Adams

[Abigail Adams]

This thread is for Katrina news and updates.

[bwteim]

MSNBC Reporterette: 12:39 CST

Paraphrasing -
Nagin is taking on a "folk-hero like status" among people she interviewed in city as to question - who is responsible and who is not.

[mystery-ak]

Thanks for starting this thread...

[Recovering Hermit]

Anyone here anything about Nagin sending NOLA cops to Vegas?

Poor guys (what's left of them), need a well-deserved break after all of that looting.

[backhoe]

I hope it's okay that I started this thread! I've never started a thread before.

Many thanks, and for whatever my word is worth around here, you have my gratitude-- I relied on NN's "Katrina Live Thread" series for my link and news gathering and was disappointed to see them stop. Thank you.

[rolling_stone]

Some heroes say let's roll others say...Laissez les Bon Temp Roulez!

[Types_with_Fist]

I don't understand why they stopped the Katrina threads. They have on-going threads for a helluva lot less, much less the greatest catastrophe in the history of the US.

[sinkspur]

Nagin is taking on a "folk-hero like status" among people she interviewed in city as to question - who is responsible and who is not.

And the media is fostering this. It's an attempt to insulate him from the inevitable objective judgment that he failed to evacuate his city.

[sinkspur]

I don't understand why they stopped the Katrina threads. They have on-going threads for a helluva lot less, much less the greatest catastrophe in the history of the US

Too much petty carping and griping. I don't blame NN for throwing up her hands.

[Recovering Hermit]

Some heroes say let's roll others say...Laissez les Bon Temp Roulez!

I hope Nagin gave 'em a little spending money.

[bwteim]

"Who is to blame for response to Katrina Disaster?"

See poll at this site - check out results before they get too skewed.
http://www.zwire.com/site/News.cfm?brd=1433

[Types_with_Fist]

Too much petty carping and griping. I don't blame NN for throwing up her hands.

Oh? Is that what happened? Ahem. I really relied on that thread too. Shame.

[tomkat]

Ya done good !

[tomkat]

... except for this part, which veers off sharply into dreamland:

Hopefully we can focus on news items, and keep the editorializing and ranting to a minimum

fofl

[tomkat]

thanks for the ping, mak

[bwteim]

WWL Updates as they come in on Katrina

01:34 PM CDT on Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Tom Planchet

1:13 P.M. - BATON ROUGE: U.S. Attorney Jim Letten told reporters Tuesday that Wendell A. Bailey was arrested for atempting to destroy or endanger an aircraft early Tuesday morning. Law enforcement received a report via WWL radio that listeners had heard shots being fired in the Algiers area. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms officers in Algiers responded witnessed Bailey firing at a passing military helicopter and took him into custody. Bailey, a convicted felon, was found in possession of a firearm.

[SE Mom]

Rummy and General Myers are giving the media a FACT spanking at the moment- on LIVE at the Pentagon.

[bwteim]

"FACT spanking "

Yes, listening/watching right now. The unfortunate thing is that it won't change some of media's "set" minds.

[Portnoy]

Bump

[Howlin]

For those of you having withdrawals....

Here you go...

[Ellesu]

Thank You!