“This American Life” has an episode covering several stories from people who endured the post-Katrina hardships. This is a must hear episode that tells ground zero eye witness stories that are, simply put, shocking.
Some highlights:
Why didn’t people just walk away from the Superdome and Convention Center? Well, as it turns out the authorities [...]
BBC
Iran has offered to send 20m barrels of crude oil to the US to help with the consequences of Hurricane Katrina.
The two countries have had no diplomatic relations for decades, but America did send help to Iran when a severe earthquake hit Bam in 2003.
Speaking on state-run radio, Iran’s envoy to OPEC said his country [...]
Editor and Publisher
NEW YORK Forced to defend what some critics consider its slow response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Tuesday it does not want the news media to take photographs of the dead as they are recovered from New Orleans.
FEMA, which is leading the rescue efforts, [...]
DirectNIC
This journal has become the Survival of New Orleans blog. In less perilous times it was simply a blog for me to talk smack and chat with friends. Now this journal exists to share firsthand experience of the disaster and its aftermath with anyone interested.
This is a great blog from a fellow holed up [...]
NPR : Scientists: Male Chromosome Won’t Lead to Extinction
Scientists at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts say fortunately for humans the Y chromosome is not on the verge of extinction. This is important because the Y is the chromosome that makes males. The outlook is less favorable for the chimpanzee Y chromosome. blockquote>
