First off, we all probably all know what’s going on on the Gulf Coast right now. New Orleans is an underwater mess, looting is rampant, there is no control or communication as to what is going on, and the Army Corp of Engineers still hasn’t plugged the levy breaks. As I mentioned before, I hope something really bad happens to the jerks who are looting for the sake of profit and not for the sake of feeding their family. I also hope that all the morons who are trying to impede rescue efforts by forcing police to head to the streets also get what’s coming to them.
Anyway, these are the links about this whole mess that I’ve seen the last couple days (in no particular order at all).
- Blogs being used to find missing
- Gas at $6 per gallon?
- New Orleans newspaper raised levy funding issues many times in the past, but federal money was never available because it was being sent to Iraq.
- Racism in News Coverage
- Boing Boing’s Katrina Tech Aid Ideas Part I and II
- Before and After Sattellite Imagery
- LiveBlog from a New Orleans datacenter
- Make sure you give to recommended charities.
- Round up of impact on communications infrastructure
- Some people saw this coming a couple years ago.
- BoingBoing just has a ton of links…check them out.
- How should New Orleans be rebuilt?
- Who’s responsible for folks not evacuating? (More on Jeff’s site)
- The College Media convention is moving.
- Good photos and videos from New Orleans.
- Katrina Check-In
- Another New Orleans blogger
- Local Newspaper’s putting coverage online
- Katrina Blog-a-thon.
- Donate
- Memories of Betsy
- Craigslist Free/Discount Housing, Volunteers, Community Noticies and Lost and Found.
- National Association of Broadcasters encourages TV stations to encourage donations.
- HAM Radio Operators are taking up the communications cause
- Lots of good resources from Al.
- The plan is to tap the nation’s strategic oil reserve (and more information on when it’s been tapped before).
- More to come….
Meanwhile, don’t forget to donate. I’m basically broke, but my wife and I are going to be digging up some cash to send along (as we did with the Tsunami). You should, too.
Comments
The “Racism in News Coverage” link goes to a private page.
All you have to do is sign up for flickr (it’s free) and you’ll be able to see it.
Gas costs more than $6 a gallon here, too.
Every day, all year round.
The Netherlands has the most expensive gas prices in the world. Article at CNN: Gas prices around the globe
I love the site here….but never make any comment. I want to say this though as far as the blogs listed….regardless of political persuation…for people to use this horrible situation as a springboard to spout off their personal belief’s is just retarded. It’s not Bush’s fault, it’s not the black population’s fault, it’s not the media’s fault….it was a FRIGGIN HURRICANE!
Time to pull together….not point fingers like a bunch of 7 year olds.