Archive for the ‘Katrina’ Category
Priorities
I’m sure all of the New Orleans refugees are happy to hear this news…
Sphere: Related ContentNEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – New Orleans’ famed French Quarter cleaned up its bars and clubs on Friday to get ready for business, the first step in a long and costly effort to rebuild a wrecked city that has still not picked up all its dead.
Filed under Current Events, Katrina : Comments (1) : Sep 16th, 2005
Creative Photoshop Work
Anyone who knows me will tell you that I’m not into politics. I’m not going to start any rants on this blog about the Katrina relief effort, what should’ve been done, who was at fault (everyone is!), etc. However, I found a few pictures on the web recently that have been edited with Photoshop (and done very well I must say). My apologies in advance — I realize these pics are controversial and will most likely offend some people, but I thought they were “funny”. Now if I could just fine some pics of Governor Blanco… >;->
The content in these pictures do not necessarily reflect the views of Exit 171.
Filed under Current Events, Humor, Katrina : Comments (1) : Sep 10th, 2005
Technology Helping Katrina Relief Efforts
Interesting article describing how the American Red Cross is planning to use technology for post-Katrina relief efforts.
Sphere: Related ContentThe Red Cross tomorrow expects to begin deploying a host of systems it will need, including satellite telephones, portable satellite dishes, specially equipped communications trucks, high- and low-band radio systems, and generator-powered wireless computer networks, said Jason Wiltrout, a Red Cross network engineer.
Filed under Katrina, Technology : Comments (0) : Aug 31st, 2005
Devastation
Some updated info regarding Katrina’s wrath (as reported by Storm Digest):
* Flooding in Mississippi reaches as far inland as 6 miles
* Katrina is now considered by FEMA’s officials as the worst natural disaster in the United States
* Thousands of rescue operations have taken place today pluck people from rooftops via helicopters
* Both airports in New Orleans are under water
* I-10, major highway we saw in the evac reports the other day, is damaged in multiple sections, critically
* An oil tanker has run aground and is leaking oil
* Another oil platform has been sighted close to shore someplace in Mobile
* Natural gas lines have broken in New Orleans; no potable water, no sewage service
* No power for at least a million throughout the effected region
* There’s no quick fixes for the levees, although sand is being dumped to try to slow and perhaps stem the flow of water from the lake into New Orleans
* In Mississippi, there are officials are beginning to show signs that the number of fatalities is far more than the governor there is letting on; Louisiana may be in the same shape, since today its governor re-emphasized the focus was on rescuing survivors
* Plans and strategies are being worked in New Orleans to evaculate people still in the city, including the Superdome, out.
Please help by donating to the American Red Cross.
Sphere: Related ContentFiled under Katrina, Weather : Comments (0) : Aug 30th, 2005