Tag: hurricane

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, our own Paul became our "man on the scene" for news. And later, he became our "man hauling ass away from the scene" …

I was going to post this with some other pictures I took in New Orleans a few days ago, but considering Rita is on the way, I figured I'd …

So maybe I'm not as stupid as this guy, but I do have a flight home from my Midwest work stint Friday evening that connects in Houston. In hindsight,...

I've often been able to distance my emotions from my reasoning, able to look at a situation dispassionately and examine some truly horrifying ideas and possibilities. It's not something …

"You are stuck on stupid. I'm not going to answer that question."Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, at an afternoon news conference on the threat from Hurricane Rita to New Orleans. …

Not quite, but close... From KSDK NewsChannel 5:FEMA Sends Trucks Full Of Ice For Katrina Victims To Maine The trucks started arriving this weekend, and they're expected to keep …

Sigh- Here we go again: Mayor Suspends Reopening of New Orleans Bars, restaurants and shops had just begun showing signs of life when the mayor suspended the reopening of …

Paul Salopek and Deborah Horan of the Chicago Tribune write a detailed account of the hell inside the New Orleans Superdome and Convention Center in How places of refuge …

John Aravosis, best known for his unnatural obsession with Jeff Gannon, writes in Radar Magazine that GOP failure to support a "9/11 style" independent commission amounts to "stonewalling." What's …

Everyone else seems to be offering up their home state's pet federal projects for sacrifice in order to free up money for the reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina (and earning …