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Hurricane Katrina: Let’s Help Ourselves!
This post will remain at the top of the page for a while, so get used to it.The new posts are below this one. Donate for Katrina relief! Thursday, September 1, is Blogging for Katrina Relief day. More to come as we get organized. A good source of infomation about overall relief efforts, besides here, is Hurricane Katrina Help Wiki. Americans gave over a billion dollars to Tsunami Relief. Now it’s time to step up and help ourselves. Via USA Today, a list of private agencies providing assistance to hurrican victims. Get our your charge card. I suggest the Salvation Army. ‘ American Red Cross, 800-HELP NOW (435-7669) English, 800-257-7575 Spanish. ‘ Operation Blessing, 800-436-6348. ‘ America’s Second Harvest, 800-344-8070. ‘ Adventist Community Services, 800-381-7171. ‘ Catholic Charities, USA, 703-549-1390. ‘ Christian Disaster Response, 941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554. ‘ Christian … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americans, Blogging, Charity, Fundraising Projects, Katrina relief
Volunteering: Me, me!
Who likes being with middle-aged bloggers? … Read entire article »
Iraq: Weekly Update 8-31-2005
Iraq Weekly Update 8-31-2005 [PDF file] On August 24, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in Baghdad responded to two separate insurgent attacks on police and civilians. The ISF tracked a group who assaulted a Baghdad police station, as well as another who ambushed police and civilian vehicles with rocket-propelled grenades. The ISF killed three and captured one of the attackers. Al Taakhinewspaper reported that Iraq and Syria have agreed to open flights between the two countries from Baghdad and MosulAirports. The Transportation Ministry clarified that the flights will start onSeptember 15 and will begin flying three times a week. They added that they agreed passing over Iraqi airspace to service other gulf countries and eastern Asian countries. On August 29, the Mongolian Cabinet approved a fifth rotation oftroops to Iraq. The Mongolian troop contingent … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, War on Terror
Iraq: Heroes, Dear Sweet Jesus!
I was in tears by the end of this story. How do we deserve men such as this? Michael Yon In order for leaders of Kurilla’s rank to know the pulse of the Iraqi people, they must make direct contact. There’s a risk in that. But its men like Kurilla who can make this work. Even and especially in places like Mosul, where it takes a special penchant for fighting. A passion for the cause of freedom. A true and abiding understanding of both its value and its costs. An unwavering conviction that, in the end, we will win. Make no mistake about Kurilla–he’s a warrior, always at the front of the charge. But it’s that battle-hardened bravery that makes him the kind of leader that Americans admire and Iraqis respect. Like the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Heroes, Iraq, Military, War on Terror
Katrina: Poop about Pumps
WWL TV Q.1. How long will it take to get the water out of New Orleans? A.1. We are unsure. A number of factors play into this. First, Lake Pontchartrain is at roughly 4.5 feet above sea level and falling. The city is at a lower elevation so water will continue to flow into it until it equalizes. Once the breach on the 7th Street Canal [17th ??? - ed.] is closed, Pump Station 6 can pump 10,000 cubic feet per second. Once the breaches are closed and all of the pumps are running, the pumps can lower the water level ‘ inch per hour or about a foot per day. We can get the water level to sea level in four and a half days. The ‘ inch rate assumes the late … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Disasters, Katrina relief, Military
More Federal Resources and News
FEMA FEMA deployed 23 Disaster Medical Assistance Teams from all across the U.S. to staging areas in Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, and Louisiana and is now moving them into impacted areas. Seven Urban Search and Rescue task forces and two Incident Support Teams have been deployed and prepositioned in Shreveport, La., and Jackson, Miss., including teams from Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Maryland, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Three more Urban Search and Rescue teams are in the process of deployment. FEMA is moving supplies and equipment into the hardest hit areas as quickly as possible, especially water, ice, meals, medical supplies, generators, tents, and tarps. U.S. Northern Command Readies to Help Residents in Four States A variety of requests for assistance have come in to USNORTHCOM from FEMA because of the unique capabilities the Department of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americans, Charity, Katrina relief
Katrina: U.S. Military Responds
National Guard Special Forces boat crews were prepared to leave their Florida homes and conduct search and rescue operations in flooded, devastated communities in Mississippi or Louisiana or wherever they were needed. A joint force team from Florida was ordered to go to Jackson, Miss., to help that state manage its recovery from the effects of the awful storm. And Florida was prepared to ship 1,000 cots to shelters in Louisiana. It’s payback time, said Lt. Col. Ron Tittle about the measures that the Florida National Guard are prepared to take to help Guard members in other states support a massive relief effort after deadly Hurricane Katrina hammered New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast, including Gulfport, Miss., with Category 4 winds and blinding rain on Aug. 29. Even though National … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americans, Charity, Katrina relief, Military
Katrina: Triage
Unbelievable reporting continues from Josh Britton. On-the-spot reporting from the front lines, in this case evac triage. Josh Britton I had the opportunity to speak with Steve Backstrom, the regional public health Emergency Response Coordinator with the LA Office of Public Health. Backstrom is heading up the special needs shelter which, I discovered, is playing a critical role in the unfolding relief efforts. Backstrom informed me that the shelter was currently housing around 200 patients with special needs, and that more were expected tonight as the relief operation in South Louisiana progresses. Most of the current patients had been homebound and were from the Greater New Orleans area, though some were also locals seeking safety and an uninterrupted electrical supply. ‘This is a refuge for them from the storm,’ said Backstrom, obviously tired but … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americans, Blogging, Charity, Katrina relief, Other Bloggers
Coming Soon: Future Posts
- Declaration of War 1812 (in 132 days)
- USS President vs HMS Belvidera (in 137 days)
- General Hull Invades Canada (in 156 days)
- First Battle of Sacketts Harbor (in 163 days)
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- Radioactive Gravel from Japanese Nuke Disaster Used in Buildings
- Fuel Supplies Reach Nome
- Fuel Convoy Reaches Nome
- Russians Sail to Rescue of Ice Bound Alaska Community
- Pope Embraces Anglicans in U.S. with New Ordinariate
- Nebraska Nuke Plant Placed on Special Inspection Status
- Radioactive Water Leaks at Japanese Nuke Site
- Japan Damaged Nuke Plants Still Not Under Control
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New Orleans: I Hardly Knew You
August 30th, 2005 | Comments Off
The Corps of Engineers, et al, is going to make a valiant attempt to fill the levee breaches which are flooding the New Orleans basin. Best case, the catastrophe we now have. Worst case, Atlantis. The huge pumps which we’ve all heard so much about can pump one inch of water per hour from the basin. Assuming an average depth of two feet, it would take them an entire day to drain the current flooding. It’s not at all clear which pumps, if any, are working and which are not. If the water gets to an average depth of five feet, that’s 2.5 days to drain. And so on. The pumps will be up and down a lot. The water which they’re pumping is full of all sorts of debris. Screens will … Read entire article »
Filed under: Commentary, Disasters, Katrina relief, Original writing