Last Update [2005-10-9 23:16:59 by DianeL]:
[The Updates: Of note (these and more linked below):  10/09/05: blksista's "New Orleans police: Business as usual after Katrina?" (see accompanying links: New Orleans Police Beating Caught on Tape," "Rodney King stuff again ...," "And still another troubling episode...," and "New Orleans cops accused of swiping cars ..." under "Other Links" below), Patriot for Al Gore's diary, "Is Hurricane Katrina Forgotten?" and today we hear from Mississippi, see Hot Throbbing Okra's diary, "Barbour & GOP post-Katrina cronyism," where flo58 has provided this excellent link, "The Discrepancy Between Missing People And Confirmed Fatalities In Mississippi," speaking of links, don't miss, "Hundreds of thousands still homeless", "New Orleans without its children a lonely place," and azureblue's, "A lot to rebut," listen to: "Music for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita," by composer - Stirling Newberry, who's giving proceeds to charity (all five are linked under "Other Links" below).
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10/08/05: Yankee TX Yellow Dog's diary, "FEMA Contractors In Texas Not Paying Workers," chichagof's diary, "Learned Helplessness and the new New Deal," Turkana's diary, "Rebuilding the N.O. levees- as they were???" - where AndyFarquhar has provided an interesting WA Post link: "Floodwall Overtopping May Not Be to Blame," which is linked under "Other "Links" below along with the addition of azureblue's excellent 09/30/05 timeline, which Halycon has thankfully pointed out in a comment post below. Yes, there are those who
refuse to let this issue die, like tonydimarzio and Tug, their 10/08 diaries are linked below also;  
10/07/05: Must read Lode Runner's diary, "Feds Hampering Autopsies, So Says NO's Head Coroner," also of note, see blksista's diary, "What's happened to Latino and Asian Americans post-Katrina (with an update on AfAms)," and Dire Radiant's diary, "Pay to Come Along," and read Barbara's comment to Congresswoman Louise Slaughter's office "Whoever from Slaughters office..." (under "Other Links" below);  
10/06/05: See MFL's diary, "FEMA Sells Katrina lists to Marketers," Barbara's extending the call for assistance (with some important contact data) with her diary, "THE POWER OF ONE- HELPING SLIDELL HIGH...," interesting, volunteers from DOW Chemical Co. are guarding clothing at one or more evacuee centers, see sunflight's firsthand diary, "Katrina Journal, Part II," and SensibleShoes' diary, "Hurricane Season Death Toll;"  
10/05/05: Added: Ranting Roland's Wife's 09/03 first-person diary "A Rant From A Registered Nurse," eugene's 09/05 MLW diary, "Poor, Black, and Left Behind," and his 9/28 MLW diary, "25 Questions about the Murder of New Orleans," on the same subject, see bklksista's 10/05 diary, "24 Questions about the Murder of the Big Easy," and don't miss curtadams' 10/05 diary, "Bush gag orders National Weather Service," and nmjardine's 10/5 diary, "They can smell the dead," further, don't miss the Alan Chin/Gamma images (link under "Other Links" below), "And then I saw these;"  
10/04/05: see BarbinMD's 10/04 "Suspending Affirmative Action" diary, OtherDoug puts out a call for labor/donations in Slidell LA, see his 10/03 diary, and a Pentagon report links Katrina/Iraq problems see EdwardsRaysOfSunshine's and Buffalo Girl's 10/03 diaries;  
10/02-03/05: Thanks to musing graze, I've added Madman in the marketplace's 09/29 diary: "Layers of Protection," it's linked below, PLEASE, go read it, also people are still asking about the missing, despite evidence to the contrary, please see BarbinMD's and drummer55's 10/02 diaries;  
10/01/05:  pets, which people were forced to temporarily abandon, were shot in abdomen and left to die agonizing death, possibly shortly after the evacuation, see txyellowdog's and kinetic dissent's (9/30 diaires), added mandingo0865's 9/28 diary "Is it possible?" (Possible that the MS death toll is far higher than projected?);  
09/28-30/05:   Was away for a few days and have now updated through 9/29 (which includes adding 9/26-9/29 diary links);  
09/27/05:  See mbw's diary series (near bottom); link to Barbara's comment "The victims don't have time for more bullshit from ANY MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT…" (under other links below);  
09/26/05: Judge tells police to use force and take FEMA supplies if necessary & Brown is back at FEMA - see krazypuppy's & lost's 09/26 diaries;  
09/25/05: The underbelly of the Red Cross - see Nothing Without Hope's 9/25 diary: "LAT exposé: "The Red Cross money pit" - The TRUTH at last!!!", and added marthature's 09/10 diary: "New Orleans Disaster as seen by Black Bloggers;"  09/24/05 See skywriter's 9/24 diary: "Horrible Crime in Progress," and MeanBoneII's 9/23 diary: "Martial Law Declared in New Orleans; Journalists Ordered Out; Suicide in Dome; 'Looting;'"  
09/23/05: New Orleans flooded again. Also, See Seemabes' dairy, "Prisoners [including minor offenders, for the touchy on the subject] were left to drown....;"  
09/22/05: sign the Common Cause  "Demand an Independent Katrina Commission" petition    (click   link under "Other links" below);  
09/21/05: "Katrina's Lost Children Caseload Grows" (click, under "Other Links," below).
..Title change: former title: Pols Try To Bury Funeral Probe.
..Tracking of Diaries/Links pertaining to Katrina's Missing and the Dead (see at bottom).]
The reason for the [original] title I used will become evident below.
Bob Johnson's September 7th Diary, UPDATED: FEMA hires private contractor to collect bodies, asked the question who was the private contractor called in to assist in seeing to those who lost their lives during the last almost two weeks of hell for thousands.
In the last few days, that company, Kenyon International Emergency Services, was made known.
Source - Houston Chronicle, September 9, 2005 The body recovery process is expected to begin in earnest within a few days, with the Houston-based Kenyon International Emergency Services contracted to collect the corpses and help with identification.
Am I allowed to say - of course it's based in Texas?
Kenyon's parent company, Service Corporation Intl. (SCI), is the nation's largest chain of funeral homes and cemeteries (data source: a Federal Trade Commission notice "Service Corporation International Divests Roswell, New Mexico Funeral Home As Part of FTC Settlement"
Continuing through the results of a Google search for more data, I came up with the following gem, a March 1999 Texans For Public Justice Google link:
"Pols Try to Bury Funeral Probe
Austin -- It's enough to make customers of Houston-based Service Corp. International (SCI), the world's largest funeral chain, roll over in their graves. ...
www.tpj.org/Lobby_Watch/funeral.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages"
Some excerpts:
March 9, 1999
Pols Try To Bury Funeral Probe
*
Bush's Office [NOTE: Bush was Governor of Texas at this time
], Legislators Butt into Open Investigation of Funeral Giant SCI
* Agency Head Axed After Trying To Research Intriguing Political Money Trail
Austin -- It's enough to make customers of Houston-based Service Corp. International (SCI), the world's largest funeral chain, roll over in their graves.
In early 1998, Texas Funeral Service Commission (TFSC) began investigating complaints that SCI was entrusting stiffs to unlicensed embalming companies. Four months after an April 1998 raid of SCI properties for subpoenaed documents, a TFSC panel recommended a record $445,000 fine against SCI. The dispute is in mediation.
Last month, the TFSC fired its executive director, Eliza May, who had the audacity to check campaign contribution reports for clues about why so many politicians were intervening on SCI's behalf into an ongoing agency investigation.
I wrote "excerpts" above, but on second thought, I think one is enough.
For a more detailed analysis, see: Funeralgate, and Funeral-gate Timeline, both courtesy of Zeke L,
and FEMA outsources Katrina body count to firm implicated in bodydumping scam, courtesy of Meteor Blades.
Other Links:
http://www.hereinreality.com/funeralgate.htm, courtesy of slidell.
US: No-Bid Contracts Win Katrina Work and In Katrina's wake, a gold rush for some (Allbaugh highlighted), courtesy of Meteor Blades.
Niles family will soon see justice in crematory scandal, courtesy of healing one
Firm hired for body retrieval implicated in body dumping, courtesy of Scorpio Rising
images one, and images two, courtesy of Cryptome,via t v d (caution, not for the faint)
God's Country: Katrina Sows Uncertainty In The Eye of The Storm , courtesy of theneoprogressive
Katrina's 'Lost' Children Caseload Grows, courtesy of Wee Mama
Ice Meant For Gulf Coast Ends Up In Bay State (MA), courtesy of mem from somerville
…officials said they expected a sharply escalating body count even as the overall death toll passed 1,000. (09/21/05), Police made their storm misery worse, The Shame of Blaming the Victims, By Amanda Marcotte, Media Hurricane, by Russ Baker, The Deadly Bigotry of Low Expectations?
Did the rumor mill help kill Katrina victims?, by Matt Welch, Racially Just Responses to Katrina, by Michelle Billies, and After Blocking the Bridge, Gretna Circles the Wagons,    links courtesy of mrsrony (much better to click her 09/21 diary link below and visit the links as she speaks to them and names them)
Demand an Independent Katrina Commission, Join Campaign and Sign Petition, courtesy of Murshed Z
New Orleans: Prisoners Abandoned to Floodwaters, courtesy of Seemabes
WHY DOES MISSISSIPPI HATE AMERICA? (image), courtesy of Al Rodgers [and his Sunday ‘Service’]
Investigation finds Red Cross agreed to withhold Orleans aid, operates in tandem with Homeland Security, (Raw Story link), courtesy of scorpiorising
County CEO Asks Red Cross to Leave, and REBUILDING
THE RED CROSS MONEY PIT (LAT 09/25/05), courtesy of Nothing Without Hope
(Audio link) Broussard/United Radio Project nightly reports 8 pm and 11 pm usually (URB continues to take call-ins 24/7), courtesy of fran kubelik
Aaron Broussard/Russert/MTP - 09/25/05, courtesy of Pirate Smile
Aaron Broussard/Russert/MTP 09/04/05 (Windows Media Player), and (.mov file), courtesy of bobinson
In New Orleans it's really the reverse, that water flows away from money, "What I wouldn't pay to hear a Fox anchor ask, 'Say, Bob, why are these African-Americans so poor to begin with?” (via Negrophile web bLog), and Katrina Exposes Dire Consequences of Poverty, courtesy of joguldi
CBS News says Michael Brown rehired as FEMA consultant courtesy of Raw Story
Rumors of deaths greatly exaggerated
Widely reported attacks false or unsubstantiated,( NOLA.com/Times-Picayune 9/26), courtesy of SamCDC
A louder drumbeat for independent Katrina probe (CSMoniter), courtesy of muledriver
The victims don't have time for more bullshit from ANY MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT…, this linked comment due to the courage of Barbara (THANK YOU BARBARA)
Bush may find it hard to resist Katrina commission (Reuters), courtesy of mmuskratt
Hurricanes Rain on Bush’s Tax Cut Parade, courtesy of El barragas
Katrina survivor stories, courtesy of dkospedia/ GN1927
Some Blues
The scene at the San Gabriel morgue, stopover for Katrina's dead (Village Voice 09/28), courtesy of Madman in the marketplace
WWOZ 90.7 (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Station), help WWOZ rebuild , Missing New Orleans Musicians [via WWOZ], and, Musicians who are safe [via WWOZ], courtesy of Eddie Haskell
In Louisiana, Katrina's final toll put at 964 - Mississippi's death toll remained at 221.[final???] (AP 10/04), courtesy of kfred
Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, courtesy of mbair
And Then I Saw These [images] (images by Alan Chin/Gamma on bagnewsnotes.com), courtesy of Septic Tank
"Whoever from Slaughters office...," comment courtesy of Barbara
Timeline @ 09/30/05, azureblue’s excellent post on dakrle’s 09/30/05 diary (linked below), brought to attention by Halycon.
Floodwall Overtopping May Not Be to Blame, courtesy of AndyFarquhar
FEMA call-center workers say paychecks fall way short Dallas: Some working for agency contractor got no money at all, courtesy of Yankee TX Yellow Dog
USA: Hundreds of thousands still homeless as US leaders fight over storm response, by Jim Watson, ReliefWeb, 09/28/05
Music for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Composer - Stirling Newberry, who is giving his/her? share of the proceeds of an upcoming (October) CD, to charity
The Discrepancy Between Missing People And Confirmed Fatalities In Mississippi, by Dr. Ben Marble (via news.com), courtesy of flo58
New Orleans without its children a lonely place, Times Picayune, 10/09/05
A lot to rebut, azureblue’s excellent rebuttal to the 10/09/05 diary, “Reverse Racism in New Orleans” (the diary is linked below)
New Orleans Police Beating Caught on Tape, AP, 10/09/05, Rodney King stuff again [.New Orleans police caught attacking suspect], CTV.ca (Canada), 10/09/05, And still another troubling episode that warrants an investigation. [NEW ORLEANS A man listed as one of Katrina's victims in New Orleans was actually shot by police], KATC3 (LA), and New Orleans cops accused of swiping cars from dealership, Chicago Suntimes, 10/09/05, courtesy of blksista
Missing Links:
Missing Children, courtesy of Wee Mama
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children , courtesy of catullus
American Red Cross (ARC) link to locate someone missing or for the ‘missing person’ to register their contact data/whereabouts.
The Intl. Red Cross (IRC). This data is reportedly being transferred to the ARC (above) on a daily basis, with a disclaimer as to responsibility for the data being transferred intact. Also, the possibility for a ‘missed person’ to register on the ICRC site will be de-activated on October 19th at 12am GMT (October 18th 7:00PM Eastern Standard Time).
MissingKatrina.com (NBC/TextAmerica, and SafeKatrina.com (NBC/TextAmerica), courtesy of RedDan
Other locater lists ( an ARC web page)
Louisiana hospital patient or employee, Life List, and New Orlean’s Missing, courtesy of shanikka
Craigs List, Locater (and other Katrina assistance) page
missing pets locater
Other related Diaries (thank goodness for Jotter):
September 3rd, 2005:
..by - Ranting Roland’s Wife, A Rant From A Registered Nurse (First person)
..by - Chance the gardener, Nursing Homes Underwater
September 5th, 2005:
..by - eugene at MLW, Poor, Black, and Left Behind
September 6th, 2005:
..by - Chance the gardener, Nursing Home Update
September 8th, 2005:
..by - Chance the gardener, Action Item: Our Elders Need Your Help
September 9th, 2005:
..by - CanYouBeAngryAndStillDream, More BushCo Lies and Deceit Coming?
September 10th, 2005:
..by - Barcelona, Reuters: Firms with Bush Ties Snag Katrina Deals
..by - sandnsea, Bush Cronyism Extends To The Dead
..by - Bob Johnson, Reuters: 'Rescuers collect dead, Cheney sounds upbeat' [this one is humerous on surface, but underneath, serious as a heart attack]
..by - mlkisler, Help Volunteer Mortician Get To NOLA
..by - marthature, New Orleans Disaster as seen by Black Bloggers
September 11th, 2005:
..by - otis704, Death Count Being Suppressed?
..by - blksista, "Gatemouth" Brown latest Katrina casualty--with list of other musician survivors
..by - els, When a victim is just a Dead Guy
September 12th, 2005:
..by - ilona, Death Toll in the 1,000's: Statements by Officials Last Week
..by - SensibleShoes, Let Them Count the Dead Their Way
..by - ohwilleke, How many are missing
September 13th, 2005:
..by - Freddy, Body Count Manipulation
..by - Irfo, La. Nursing Home Owner Arrests For Negligent Homicide -- Implications?
September 14th, 2005:
..by - madbernie, Well Done Michael (Witness to bodies)
..by - Dem In VA, South of New Orleans - NOAA overflight pics
..by - RobertInWisconsin, AMERICAN SHAME: The Edgar Hollingsworth Story
..by - DavidNYC, Senate Republicans Kill Independent Katrina Response Investigation
..by - STOP George, UPDATE: Fixing Death Toll with Barbed-Wire in Mississippi? Sat Image
..by - Nordic, what's wrong with this photo?
..by - badtux, There's somethin' happenin' here...
..by - Richard Cranium, From Blitzer Today: Hiding the Bodies, Part 2
..by – gazingoffsouthward, Missing Children--send in the FBI
..by - thor, Bush knows buddies are Hiding the Dead!
September 15th, 2005:
..by - baldandy, Black voices on Katrina
..by - Bob Brigham, NOLA: Boots on the ground - we need more bloggers
..by - Wee Mama, "...we're never, never going to know how many people died"
..by - Meteor Blades, Reconstruction Redux: Looters with Lawyers (and a poll)
September 16th, 2005:
..by - ilona, Katrina by the Numbers: Week 3
..by - Hootenanny, FEMA Makes Doc Stop In The Middle Of Chest Compressions
..by - bink, Turning Katrina into a Wealth Shift That Will Change America Forever
..by - mitch2k2, Mississippi Abandoned
..by - Paul in Berkeley, FEMA Official Discusses Failure to Respond, on NPR
..by - Silentspring, "They encouraged the Guard to shoot people"
September 17th, 2005:
..by - healing one, Image control is complete. The Iron Curtain has descended.
..by - Tinuviel, Many areas still have no help
..by - redtravelmaster, Katrina Aftermath from the Front Lines, Part III (some reasons people don't
evacuate)
..by - NeuvoLiberal, Katrina Aftermath: Democrats, please SPEAK NOW,
..by - Street Kid, Funding for NOLA Evacuation Diverted
..by - Barbara, URGENT FROM BOGALUSA...PEOPLE ARE F**KING DYING
..by - lilorphant, Down and Out in Bay St. Louis (dkos’ own missing)
September 18th, 2005:
..by - route66, Can FEMA be fixed? Updated w/ Newsweek link (expose - where $ goes vs preventing loss of life)
..by - Vyan, The Truth of Being Poor
September 19th, 2005:
..by - murfmom, News Bush Wants Kept Quiet: Katrina Death Toll Way Up
..by - AHiddenSaint, A city justifies the death of BLACK PEOPLE
..by - vulcangrrl, Death Toll Double Standard: 9/11 vs Katrina
..by - DuctapeFatwa, "All of a sudden we don't see white people"
September 20th, 2005:
..by - smintheus, FEMA 'thwarted' rescue of patients in NOLA
..by - willowby, rest in peace Edgar Hollingsworth
..by - Barbara, NEWS FROM SLIDEL-Human suffering...will it ever end for the victims
..by - wilderness wench, Waveland, MS Cafe & Relief Center: Help Still Needed
..by - catullus, Katrina Death Toll Reaches Almost 1,000
..by - biotecchie, First hand report from New Orleans
September 21st, 2005:
..by - Barbara, Exhaustion and a sense of Helplessness Sets In
..by - Murshed Z, ACTION ALERT!: Demand an Independent Nonpartisan Katrina Commission Today
..by - dlcox1958, Another Katrina casualty: MSM reporting of the death toll
..by - MikeCapone, FDA to INCINERATE ~400,000 food rations donated by UK for Katrina victims (related because there are still starving victims being reported.)
..by - mrsrony, It could of been me
September 22nd, 2005:
..by - redtravelmaster, Katrina Aftermath from the Front Lines - How To Help
..by - RobertInWisconsin, Deja Vu: Houston Chronicle Blog sounding like Times-Picayune (What do the next few days hold in store?)
..by - NathanNewman, The 20-Year Wage War in Louisiana
..by - Bob Johnson, Bush to Houston: 'Swear to God, we won't fuck up as bad this time' (A Bleak Humor break)
..by - Hollowdweller, The Beginning of the Right Wing Katrina Spam Email Campaign
..by - blksista, New Orleans levees may not hold in Rita's wake
..by - mlkisler, Here We Go Again - Poor Stuck In Houston!
September 23rd, 2005:
..by - dmsilev, FEMA subcontracting and the buses of New Orleans
..by - kishik, Taped Conversations Released to NPR of Pre-planning and After Requests for Help: Katrina
..by - MeanBoneII, Martial Law Declared in New Orleans; Journalists Ordered Out; Suicide in Dome; 'Looting'
..by - Barbara, [Update] STORIES of my LAST day in Bogalusa....Residents CANNOT get weather info
..by - DarkSyde, 2 PM EDT UPDATE: RITA CAT 3: NOLA FLOODING!
..by - soonergrunt, BREAKING: NOLA Levee overtopped and/or breached
..by - sweettp2063, Conservative propaganda about Katrina-How do I respond?
..by - PNHP Nick , Bush Uses Medicaid Waiver Extortion on Hurricane Victims
..by - egrass, Bush's Refusal To 'Blame Game' Is Proving Deadly
..by - its simple IF you ignore the complexity, Rove is on the job!
..by - Seemabes, In NO Govt Let People Drown Who They Knew Could Be Saved
..by - wilderness wench, Update: Waveland, MS Cafe & Relief Center
..by - gring0242, Landstar No Bid Contracts (Re: Evacuee bussing)
..by - etherapy, Despair among some Katrina survivors
..by - luaptifer, Cronyism and Lobbies: Who gets to drive the rescue bus?
September 24th, 2005:
..by - krazypuppy, Texas KOS check in - Everybody ok? (Re: Rita)
..by - redtravelmaster, Life after Katrina... Day 26(Firsthand from MS)
..by - Madman in the marketplace, They'll use this to push even more of their evil ...
September 25th, 2005:
..by - skywriter, Horrible Crime in Progress (regarding missing children)
..by - DowneastDem, Broussard on MTP: Get out of my face, Russert!
..by - Nothing Without Hope, LAT exposé: "The Red Cross money pit" - The TRUTH at last!!!
..by -NOdiaspora, South La -- 5 levee breaches in south Terrebonne Parish (small Cajun towns underwater) (Re: Rita)
..by - joguldi, Where to find sustained outrage, post-Katrina
..by - sarahnity, Abolish the Red Cross?
..by - muledriver, NYT: Public Must Demand True Katrina Inquiry
September 26th, 2005:
..by - The Bulldog Manifesto, From FEMA to the Military, A Prelude to Martial Law? Operation Garden Plot
..by - Jules Siegel, Final body count: 'Dome 6, Convention Center 4; no foul play
..by - MaximusNYC, Best place to send Katrina donations?..
..by - SamCDC,
This is too important to let scroll off the page ...
..by - vulcangrrl, Rita Coverup - What You're NOT Seeing
..by - someguyindc, Operation Offset = Republicans kill poor, elderly, Big Bird
..by - krazypuppy, Update: Judge: Use FORCE & take supplies from FEMA!!! Rita Wrap Up: Why You should be upset about
..by - lost, Guess Who's a New FEMA Consultant
..by - orphanpower, Racism at the Red Cross- needs news coverage
..by - EZ writer, FEMA to reimburse faith groups for aid!!!
September 27th, 2005:
..by - xyz, Will the media now correct the false rumors in New Orleans?
..by - roseeriter, Katrina & Rita-The Beginning of Weather Warfare?
..by - davidkc, FEMA's All-White Leadership Plagued by Discrimination Complaints
..by - baldandy, When bad things happen to great cities
..by - FoundingFreedoms com, Bush And This Administration Now Wants To Use The Military Option On American Citizens.
..by - slinkerwink, Katrina/Brown Hearings Open Thread
..by - up2date, So what was so wrong with the Katrina response?
..by - ZanderOC, Extreme Makeover: Bush Edition (Laura Bush relief effort)
..by - krazypuppy, FEMA FAILED again: East TEXAS needs your HELP NOW.
..by - Yankee TX Yellow Dog, American Red Cross Endorses Theocracy: Constitution Not as Important as $
..by - BurningRiver, Disaster Relief T-Shirt Fundraiser: No Longer Forgotten (Proceeds to Habitat for Humanity)
..by - sfluke, NY Times: New Orleans Police Supt. Announces His Resignation
..by - SulaymanF, Muslim Aid for Katrina relief
..by - mmuskratt, 4 of 5 Americans want an independent inquiry
..by - vinifera, Prisoners abandoned and drowned in New Orleans
..by - Hunter, Defunding the Levees: "Lives Very Likely Will Be Lost"
..by - enough, $2,000 for food, clothing, transportation, and rental housing??
..by - verplanck, Analysis of EPA's Sampling of Katrina's "Toxic Soup"
September 28th, 2005:
..by - Markg8, FEMA and Bush left out the southern LA counties in their disaster declarations
..by - Rhonda, Republican's Sneaking School Voucher Program Into Katrina Aid Bill
..by - khultman, Map of Bush's disaster relief declaration
..by - YucatanMan, Clueless First Lady Halts Victims' Medical Treatment
..by - devadatta, Faith-based emergency response
..by - mandingo0865, Is it possible!
..by - DuctapeFatwa, Insurgent Cleansees: A True Story of Katrina Survivors and Surprise
..by - joejoejoe, Bush blocks Medicaid for victims requested by LA, MS Govs.
..by - eugene at MLW, 25 Questions about the Murder of New Orleans
September 29th, 2005:
..by - Armando, Murray: Katrina Victims "Inert Women Doing Nothing For Their Children"
..by - emartin, Rapes, Shooting at Helicopters in N.O. Exaggerated or Untrue
..by - Madman in the marketplace, Layers of Protection
..by - blksista, Efforts underway to track Dome-Convention Center rape victims (with poll)
..by - joejoejoe, Bush, McCain block healthcare for Katrina victims (and how to fight back)
September 30th, 2005:
..by - apin, HUD Chief: Rebuilt New Orleans Will 'Not Be As Black'
..by - PoliSigh, They Shoot Dogs Don't They? Pet Policy Needed!
..by - txyellowdog, $10K Reward for dog killers
..by - kineticdissent, Why won't the Red Cross let the media into shelters?
..by - dakrle, Rep. Spam Help Debunk
..by - Barbara, HURRICANE? WHAT HURRICANE? Remembering Slidell - Photos
October 1st, 2005:
..by -Sherlock Google, FEMA Wasted Nearly $100 million on Ice for Katrina Victims
..by - CathiefromCanada, The racist mindset
..by - bronte17, NOLAs Wolfman returns with hope and the blues
October 2nd, 2005:
..by - David Boyle, Jewish Katrina victims attempt to celebrate High Holidays
..by - Lode Runner, 1/4 of Americans say Hurricanes are ACT OF GOD
..by - Barbara, Slidell-A Quick Update
..by - rosel, Katrina HEROES--Steal this meme
..by - das monde, FEMA the insane
..by - BarbinMD, How much more can Katrina victims take?
..by - drummer55, Katrina's missing people--the elephant in the room.
October 3rd, 2005:
..by - LynnS, Gretna Mayor Responds to Angry Email
..by - EdwardsRaysOfSunshine, Bungled Katrina and Bungled Iraq planning linked!
..by - Buffalo Girl, Pentagon Report links Katrina, Iraq problems
..by - sunflight, Katrina Journal, Part I
..by - OtherDoug, [Please recommend!] My Trip To Slidell - Your Help Is Needed!
October 4th, 2005:
..by - BarbinMD, Suspending Affirmative Action
October 5th, 2005:
..by - curtadams, Bush gag orders National Weather Service
..by - blksista, 24 Questions about the Murder of the Big Easy
..by - catullus, Katrina Death Toll Now 1,209. Hundreds Still Missing.
..by - nmjardine, They can smell the dead
..by - drummer55, Trust me --- all the bodies have been found call the search off. right........
October 6th, 2005:
..by - Barbara, THE POWER OF ONE- HELPING SLIDELL HIGH [Please Recommend]
..by - MFL, FEMA Sells Katrina lists to Marketers
..by - sunflight, Katrina Journal, Part II
..by - SensibleShoes, Hurricane Season Death Toll.
October 7th, 2005:
..by - Lode Runner, Feds Hampering Autopsies, So Says NO's Head Coroner
..by - joguldi, After Katrina, how can America still claim to be a moral nation?
..by - Dire Radiant, Pay to Come Along
..by - blksista, What's happened to Latino and Asian Americans post-Katrina (with an update on AfAms)
..by - vawolf, Katrina: Bush working to kill healthcare for victims
..by - jillian, News the EPA doesn't want you to know about
October 8th, 2005:
..by - tonydimarzio, Does the media just make death tolls up?
..by - Turkana, Rebuilding the N.O. levees- as they were???
..by - Tug, New Orleans Katrina death toll breaks 1,000
..by - chichagof, Learned Helplessness and the new New Deal
..by - Yankee TX Yellow Dog, FEMA Contractors In Texas Not Paying Workers
October 9th, 2005:***
..by - AngelinNC, Reverse Racism in New Orleans (Please see azureblue’s excellent rebuttal to this “A lot to rebut” (diary comment #10), under “Other Links” above)
..by - esherard8, Hurricane Expose' in the Miami Herald
..by - Patriot for Al Gore, Is Hurricane Katrina Forgotten?
..by - Hot Throbbing Okra, Barbour & GOP post-Katrina cronyism
..by - blksista, New Orleans police: Business as usual after Katrina?
*** Further updates after reviewing jotter's : 'Weekend High Impact Diaries' diary.
Jotter is on a weeks vacation and will be sorely missed by many! So, unfortunately I'll be relying on the awful search function for updates and any items anyone posts on this diary.
Note: If you can, please assist jotter, who is on a vigil for an onsite search page [one that is actually worth something].
See also:
By Al Rodgers:
Sun Sep 4th - Sunday Talk
Sun Sep 11th - Sunday Talk - Dereliction of Duty
Sun Sep 18th - Sunday Talk - The Bush Devastation
..(Note: Al uses incredible imagery (lots of space needed); if you use dial-up, try deleting all temp files first (but not the dkos cookie file) and disable scripting. I do this as a matter of course with my dial-up, and while, it takes a bit for the images to download, it works for me. I’m glad, because Al has become one of my personal favorites, along with RubDMC, and Jotter.)
Bill in Portland Maine’s series: Hurricane Katrina Hall of Shame
Wed Sep 7th - The Hall of Shame
Sat Sep 10th - Adding a New Wing to the Hall of Shame
Sat Sep 17th - Hurricane Katrina Hall of Shame, Part III
mbw's series:
MBW is looking for hurricane relief brainstorming: “to recap previous diaries on the subject, we are in possession of a mobile satellite dish with DSL-speed internet and VoIP capability. We have 1000 amp hours of battery to run it, as well as a generator to replenish the battery power.”
Sun Sep 4th - Do we want better news coverage? Then do it ourselves.
Mon Sep 5th - Generator needed, then we take the VSAT south
Thu Sep 8th - Update on our VSAT plans
Fri Sep 9th - It is time for form anew CCC, and here's its first project
Tue Sep 27th - Our FEMA clearance letter arrived today...
Some Google searches regarding the missing:
To search the news: Katrina Missing - News Search
To search the web: Katrina Missing - Web Search
For Google Bombers: (Updated 10/07/05 w/better link and name recognition (added "Kenyon").
Go into your “User Preferences”, on your “My Profile” tab, and add the following (or any other truth baring html link you find to SCI/Kenyon) to your “comments signature”:
<a href="http://www.hereinreality.com/funeralgate.htm">SCI/Kenyon</a>
The body of a Hurricane Katrina victim lies under a sheet on the front porch of her home Tuesday, Sept. 6 2005 in New Orleans, La. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Updated photo description, courtesy of 09/28/05 Village Voice piece (see "Some Blues" link, (courtesy of Madman in the marketplace) under "Other Links" above):
For 13 days in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the body of Alcede Jackson lay on a porch at 4732 Laurel St., wrapped in a plastic bag and covered in a blanket beneath a sign quoting the evangelist John and commending Jackson to "the loving arms of Jesus." —Michelle Krupa, The Times-Picayune, September 13.
(Yes, I know the picture link isn't working; but it seems apropos to leave that little red x there.)