AltWeeklies Wire
Submerged: An Evacuee's Journal: Just a Little While to Stay Here
Even in evacuation, New Orleans is a city divided by race. Third in a multi-part series
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Michael Tisserand |
09-19-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Cajundome
God, Liquor, and Katrinanew
Following Hurricane Katrina, government officials and aid workers have concentrated on ensuring physical survival. Now volunteers at evacuation centers are trying to create an environment that replenishes the spirit of the survivors.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
09-15-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Camp Edwards
Waiting for Help in the Shadow of the Superdomenew
On a bridge that stands above floodwater near the Superdome, sick and hungry people waited endlessly for buses to take them from New Orleans.
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Burk Foster |
09-14-2005 |
Disasters
Things Fall Apart
In New Orleans, a convoy of emergency responders find a Motel Six with its side ripped off, a tattered mattress on top of a car, starving dogs and a lone man who doesn't want to leave his home and go out into all that filth.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dan Frosch |
09-14-2005 |
Disasters
Residents in New Orleans' Outlying Parishes Feel Alonenew
Residents of Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Jefferson and other parishes say they were overlooked in the aid effort, and the suffering has left sheriff's deputies heartbroken.
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Jeremy Alford |
09-14-2005 |
Disasters
Press Recognizes Katrina Puts U.S. in Third Worldnew
Hurricane Katrina coverage stood out because it was so honest and clear about government's failure. The question is whether reporters will sustain their outrage and reclaim the aggressive portion of their historical role.
The Village Voice |
Sydney H. Schanberg |
09-14-2005 |
Media
New Orleans Had Long Begged for Help, Unheedednew
The "war on terror" sucked up so much funding previously allocated to disaster preparedness that the country risked losing New Orleans, says a writer who proposed a book on the topic months before Hurricane Katrina.
Arkansas Times |
Mara Leveritt |
09-13-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: oil, Homeland Security, Hurricane Katrina, evacuation, Louisiana, Port, Asa Hutchinson, body bags, Borders and Transportation Security, breach levees, deaths toll, governor candidate Arkansas, haz-mat suits, Mark Davis, Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, Port Fourchon, the director of emergency management for New Orleans’ Jefferson Parish, Walter Maestri
The Disaster That Shouldn't Have Been
Warnings about problems at FEMA were sounded soon after Bush put a political appointee in charge of the agency.
NORTHCOM Responds Too Late to Disaster
The Pentagon's new Northern Command is supposed to be ready to spring into action to perform emergency relief work, but it wasn't until New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin lashed out that it jumped to attention.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
09-06-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, George W. Bush
The Daily Travestynew
A concise, angry critique of the media's inital coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Cable TV news
When the Levee Brokenew
Knowing that New Orleans has a poverty rate triple the national average provides a little context for such incidents as Tuesday's riot in the Wal-Mart parking lot, where even the cops were spotted lifting some electronics.
The Village Voice |
Anya Kamenetz |
08-31-2005 |
Disasters
