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Katrina and the Federal Government
White House President Bush Is Fulfilling His Long-Term Commitment To Helping The People Of The Gulf Coast Recover From Unprecedented Devastation. One year after Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf Coast is rebuilding and the Nation is better prepared for future natural disasters. Commerce is returning to the region, and as rebuilding plans are firmed up, growth and progress will follow, and New Orleans will once again be a vibrant American city. Hurricane Katrina Was The Most Destructive Natural Disaster In U.S. History, And Rebuilding Will Take Time – The One-Year Anniversary Is Not A Finish Line. Challenges still remain, including crime and housing needs. We Have Learned From Last Year’s Inadequate Response And Today Are Better Prepared For Future Disasters. The Federal Government Has Provided More Than $110 Billion In Resources – $118 Billion … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americans, Charity, Disasters, Government, Gulf Reconstruction, Katrina relief
Bunny Dugo
Bunny is the woman I have called PG, for Pretty Girl, on this blog for several years. She’s 22, and a year out of college. She spent that year with AmeriCorps, working mostly in the Gulf region that was so devastated by the hurricanes last year. After she completed her term with them, she and four of her friends decided to bike across the United States. They’re raising money for Gulf reconstruction through a project they call Ride to Rebuild. Funds raised will benefit Habitat for Humanity in Mississippi. You’ll find a link to the donation page over on the right for as long as they are riding. Habitat is one of the best ways you and I can help with the recovery efforts in the Gulf. I’ve written in the past … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americans, Charity, Disasters, Gulf Reconstruction, Katrina relief, PG, Photos
Ride to Rebuild
Remember Bunny? Here’s the latest on the Ride to Rebuild. After biking 1,500 miles, we are almost done with Wyoming! And while it has been beautiful we are ready to head into Colorado. Our highest climb of 11,000 feet will be coming up in a few days. These five young people put months in helping on the Gulf Coast with Americorps. Now they’re biking across the United States to raise money for Habitat for Humanity in Jackson Missippi. You can’t beat the cause. Building home with those who lost their homes. They’re out there sweating, or in Bunny’s case “glowing”. The least you can do is make a donation. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americans, Blogging, Charity, Disasters, Fundraising Projects, Gulf Reconstruction, Katrina relief, PG
Ride to Rebuild – Reprint
Bunny [the friend formerly known as PG] has updated me on her ride across America. We are currently in Riggins, ID for the night. We’re taking an easy day tomorrow-about 27 miles into Whitebird. Then the next day will be a climb up to Grangeville. We’ll be in Missoula August 2nd or 3rd. Then we’ll be two states completed. I picked up a book for 25 cents at a library in Council, ID so that is a great activity to decompress after the day. Will you include in your blog our bike trip? That will help us with publicity. I understand if you don’t want to, though. You can track our progress whenever we can update our website. Today we have internet, but not access to certain sites, including our website. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americans, Blogging, Charity, Disasters, Fundraising Projects, Gulf Reconstruction, Katrina relief, PG
Ride to Rebuild
Bunny [the friend formerly known as PG] has updated me on her ride across America. We are currently in Riggins, ID for the night. We’re taking an easy day tomorrow-about 27 miles into Whitebird. Then the next day will be a climb up to Grangeville. We’ll be in Missoula August 2nd or 3rd. Then we’ll be two states completed. I picked up a book for 25 cents at a library in Council, ID so that is a great activity to decompress after the day. Will you include in your blog our bike trip? That will help us with publicity. I understand if you don’t want to, though. You can track our progress whenever we can update our website. Today we have internet, but not access to certain sites, including our website. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americans, Blogging, Charity, Disasters, Fundraising Projects, Gulf Reconstruction, Katrina relief, PG
Why New Orleans Still Suffers
NY Times Billions of federal dollars are about to start flowing into this city after President Bush on Thursday signed the emergency relief bill the region has long awaited. But, with the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaching, local officials have yet to come up with a redevelopment plan showing what kind of city will emerge from the storm’s ruins. No neighborhoods have been ruled out for rebuilding, no matter how damaged or dangerous. No decisions have been made on what kind of housing, if any, will replace the mold-ridden empty hulks that stretch endlessly in many areas. No one really knows exactly how the $10.4 billion in federal housing aid will be spent, and guidance for residents in vulnerable areas has been minimal. A month into his second term, Mayor C. Ray Nagin … Read entire article »
Filed under: American Politics, Americans, Charity, Disasters, Gulf Reconstruction, Katrina relief, Local, Politics
Carnival of Hurricane Relief
This week’s CoHR is hosted at Vitamin B16: Especially interesting posts: - RadioBlogger’s long post about a mission to gut houses (lots of pix!) - Blogger Laura on one way to make lemonade from lemons (or downed trees) - Mark Hancock on a rehabbed baseball field - Economic, demographic and geographic change from a variety of bloggers - A local weatherman offers historical perspective … Read entire article »
Filed under: Blogging, Charity, Katrina relief, Other Bloggers
Rebuilding Jewish New Orleans
Jewish Chronicle It takes less than three minutes for a visitor to see evidence of disaster in New Orleans, said Rabbi Andrew Busch, spiritual leader of the city’s Touro Synagogue and a former Pittsburgher. “There’s hardly a street you drive down where hurricane damage is not in evidence,” Busch said. The damage, he said, cuts across economic and religious groups – including New Orleans’ Jewish community. The Jewish community has pulled together in amazing ways,” Busch said, especially among all the local congregations and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans. When Busch assumed his new pulpit last July, little did he realize that within 30 days he and his family, like thousands of others, would flee Hurricane Katrina’s wrath. Busch and his wife, Debbie Pine, both former rabbis at Pittsburgh’s Rodef Shalom … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americans, Charity, Disasters, Gulf Reconstruction, Katrina relief
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- USS President vs HMS Belvidera (in 134 days)
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- First Battle of Sacketts Harbor (in 160 days)
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Spike Lee’s Movie
August 17th, 2006 | Comments Off
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 respond to it. Lee grew angry when someone brought up the criticism that the movie focuses too much on black people in the Ninth Ward and not enough on other ethnic groups in other parts of the city. “How many times have you criticized something on television and (complained) that there were no black people in it?” Lee said, directly addressing the critic, who was in the crowd. “This is a very diverse film,” Lee continued. “You must’ve … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Commentary, Disasters, Gulf Reconstruction, Katrina relief, Original writing