Entries Tagged as 'Katrina relief'
September 1st, 2008 · No Comments · 54 views
Due to reconfiguration of this site, the links the Anchoress uses in her post 100 Hours after Katrina are no longer valid. Here are the correct links:
Poop About Pumps: http://northshorejournal.org/katrina-poop-about-pumps
Private American aid: http://northshorejournal.org/ameraid/ameraidamer.html
Other Countries Offer Help: http://northshorejournal.org/katrina-other-countries-offer-help
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Tags: Charity · Disasters · Katrina relief
October 18th, 2006 · Comments Off · 9 views
Habitat denied permission to build homes.
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Tags: Americans · Charity · Commentary · Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief · Original writing
September 30th, 2006 · Comments Off · 11 views
I was sceptical a few weeks ago when I wrote about the vast sums of money that the Feds were giving to Gulf Coast homeowners.
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Tags: Commentary · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief · Original writing
August 30th, 2006 · Comments Off · 10 views
skippy has put together a linkfest of left blogging about the anniversary of Katrina.
as usual, prime scout at first draft is the main go-to gal for what’s really happening in n’awlins, and today she gives us video of the unbreakable spirit of new orleans in the guise of the arabi wrecking krewe volunteers helping to [...]
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August 29th, 2006 · Comments Off · 6 views

5 young people riding bicycles across America to raise money for Habitat for Humanity in the Gulf.
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Tags: Americans · Charity · Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief · PG
August 29th, 2006 · 1 Comment · 13 views
Congressman Bobby Jindal: Waste in the Eye of the Storm
The ultimate cost is paid by us — the taxpayers. Every tax dollar being wasted and not spent on recovery is a dollar not reaching the people that need it. To date, nearly $100 billion has been approved in assistance, but we have yet to see [...]
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August 27th, 2006 · Comments Off · 17 views
Here are some pitures from various photographers showing the Gulf region, via Flickr:
AB83
Kir Royale
Stephen Voss
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Tags: Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief
August 25th, 2006 · Comments Off · 20 views
One year later, the White House offers this summary of activity and action.
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Tags: Americans · Charity · Disasters · Government · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief
August 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off · 17 views

Bunny is the woman I have called PG, for Pretty Girl, on this blog for several years.
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Tags: Americans · Charity · Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief · PG · Photos
August 17th, 2006 · Comments Off · 11 views
The man named after a television network has made a movie about Hurrican Katrina.
Houston Chronicle
But one of the few New Orleanians to have seen the movie before Wednesday’s premiere — a Times-Picayune television critic — had issues with it. His review was on the front page of Wednesday’s newspaper, and reporters kept asking Lee to [...]
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Tags: Charity · Commentary · Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief · Original writing