Katrina Updates
Petrofac Wins EPC Deal At Iraq Majnoon Field-Official
AMMAN (Dow Jones) — U.K.-based oil and gas services company Petrofac Ltd. has won an engineering, procurement and construction contract to build two crude-oil processing ...
For a Former Panther, Solidarity After the Storm
By Michelle Garcia / Washington Post NEW ORLEANS -- Malik Rahim, a granddaddy with a broad face and long gray dreadlocks, leans across his wooden ...
Katrina victims yet to be identified
Three months after storm, DNA testing hasn't begun NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- New Orleans' coroner expressed outrage Tuesday that the process of using DNA ...
Adviser: No Federal Promise on La. Levees
By Doug Simpson / Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. - The White House's top hurricane-relief adviser said Tuesday he has not decided whether the federal ...
It's time for a nation to return the favor
The Times-Picayune The federal government wrapped levees around greater New Orleans so that the rest of the country could share in our bounty. Americans wanted ...
La. toll rises as evacuees find dead in return to homes
By Kevin Johnson and Richard Willing / USA TODAY More than a month after the official search for victims of Hurricane Katrina ended, the death ...
"Yes, she's come so far and is such a sweet girl through it all."
By Andrew Pridgen / Tahoe Daily Tribune She's finally home. Savannah, the tawny-haired shepherd mix left homeless in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, experienced a ...
Latham: Housing top priority
By Melissa M. Scallan / Mississippi Sun Herald GULFPORT - State and local emergency management agencies want to have everyone displaced by Hurricane Katrina in ...
Inquiry to Seek Cause of Levee Failure
By Christopher Drew / New York Times The Louisiana Attorney General said Tuesday that he had begun examining why the New Orleans levees failed during ...
New Orleans Is Still Grappling With the Basics of Rebuilding
By Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times This article was reported by Adam Nossiter, Gary Rivlin, John Schwartz, Eric Lipton and Jennifer Steinhauer and was ...
Roadtrip for Relief
Converge in New Orleans in a Showing of Solidarity! November 20-27 in New Orleans -- organized by Common Ground Come lend a hand over the ...
Tent City for the Forgotten
It's been nearly two months since Katrina leveled much of east Biloxi, Miss., where weary residents are tired of FEMA's promises. By Ellen Barry / ...
Island pair off to help in New Orleans
By Karla Araujo / Martha's Vineyard Times When most of us watched the news coverage of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we reacted with shock and ...
Slater man heads to gulf region to aid hurricane victims
By Eric Coley / Marshall Democrat-News Last week, Slater resident Archie Wayne Blumhorst decided to head to the Gulf Coast region to help victims of ...
Photo Tour of the Gulf Coast
From Jason I have been touring the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the past few days and I simply cannot believe what I have seen. The ...
The New Digs
The Hurricane Relief camp is currently stationed in Theodore, Alabama. Cops have come by to warn us that this is a "bad neighborhood" and we ...
The Front Porch, Elmo St. House
Update from Ralph, Tennessee Writing from this porch is a pleasure tonight, with just a small breeze across the bow of this ship. Speaking of ...
Update from Tami McMahon, RN, Seattle, Washington
Worked at a church clinic today in Biloxi, MS. Met the most extraordinary group of women who live in this neighborhood. Many had toddlers/babes in ...
Here on the Moon
Jason writes: Today we went to St. Bernard's Parish in New Orleans. I had heard a lot about it on the local radio and really ...
Driving Truck
By Eric Weinrib, Web Editor, MichaelMoore.comBefore Rita hit, we rented a 26' truck and literally packed up Camp Casey-Covington. Tents, coolers, boxes and bags were ...
On a street named Desire
Do-it-yourself activists, aiming to feed the hungry, bring water to the thirsty and fix the broken homes of their neighbors By Alex Martin / Newsday ...
When will we change our course?
Gordon Soderberg, Veteran for Peace, writes:To America, We Veterans who have served you honorably in war and national disaster. We have some questions for you...
From the Disaster Zone
Jason writes: Here are a few stories from the last few days... The city of New Orleans is still in dire need. Although some stores ...
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