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Entries Tagged as 'Katrina relief'

ATTN Correction for Anchoress Readers

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Due to reconfiguration of this site, the links the Anchoress uses in her post 100 Hours after Katrina are no longer valid.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

Why the Gulf Is Not Recovering

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

Can’t Anyone in Louisiana Run a State?

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

One Year Later on the Left

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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Tags: Disasters · Gulf Reconstruction · Katrina relief

Katrina: Ride to Rebuild

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

Katrina, One Year Later

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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Tags: Americans · Charity · Katrina relief

Katrina Pics

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

Katrina and the Federal Government

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

Bunny Dugo

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

Spike Lee’s Movie

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