With the Federal-Disaster-In-The-Making, Hurricane Katrina, ripping through the Gulf Coast, journalists are turning to blogging to keep the public informed.
"Patrick Cooper, Bob Swanson and more members of the USATODAY.com news and weather teams are blogging the latest from Hurricane Katrina on Monday. Check back often for updates. A wrap-up story is also being updated throughout the day."
Check out the Hurricane Katrina blog for more news and updates on the progress of the storm. Blogging is becoming more mainstream by the day.
May God protect all those in Katrina’s path.
Bush Mulls Tapping Oil Reserves
With hurricane Katrina already forcing the shutdown of an estimated 1 million barrels of refining ca
Looks like the flood is winning. 🙁
Out of the depths I call to you, LORD;
Lord, hear my cry! May your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
If you, LORD, mark our sins, Lord, who can stand?
But with you is forgiveness and so you are revered.
I wait with longing for the LORD, my soul waits for his word.
My soul looks for the Lord more than sentinels for daybreak. More than sentinels for daybreak,
let Israel look for the LORD, For with the LORD is kindness, with him is full redemption,
And God will redeem Israel from all their sins.
I’m sorry if this offends anyone here, but I don’t think our federal tax dollars should be used to rebuild or even clean up New Orleans, and instead a new New Orleans should be built above sea level next to Baton Rouge. New Orleans, once drained, should be cleared of debris and glass, structures should be taken down and moved to the new site, and then New Orleans should be cordoned off as a national park, with the highest areas used for park structures and monuments. Otherwise, after billions are spent to rebuild, there will probably be irrepairable damage to the infrastructure, and problems that arise for years on out — things that were missed in the initial assessment, whenever that happens. This is without mentioning carcinogens, mosquitos, and biohazards floating around and perhaps remaining stuck to structures after the water is pumped out. Things like unknown water damage to foundations of buildings, etc. Plus, time constraints will make the rebuilding very expensive, as opposed to building a new planned city from scratch, where residents can re-locate, near the already-existing infrastructure of Baton Rouge. The truth is that it’s just a matter of time until New Orleans sinks permanently, and businesses are already moving to Baton Rouge so anyone remaining in the area will be unemployed for months. Besides, it’ll just flood again when the next hurricane hits, and in the meantime New Orleans will continue to sink further below sea level.
A wise and prudent move. That’s what they did with Galveston. There may be other wise and prudent moves, such as LOTS AND LOTS of landfill — that’s not the branch of engineering I studied.
(Whether New Orleans or Galveston suffered worse, we shall have to see when we finishing totting up the dead.)
The federal government subsidizes flood insurance. This is encouraging people to be killed.