(From After the Deluge graphic arts book)
And for those who would take the time:
Eye of the Storm: TP photographers remember Katrina
(This video was made two years after the Federal Flood. The Times-Picayune is sort of the New York Times of New Orleans and the NOLA bloggers do a damned good job of taking them to task when they start pulling the stenography bit. But this video is an amazing call to remembrance, by the photographers from the T-P who were in New Orleans when Katrina hit, what was going through their minds, and the pictures they took.)
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Hurricane Katrina changed Daily Kos. It brought a lot of folks to the site and many stayed on to become great Kossacks. wmtriallawyer called for Kossaks to write about their experiences and he was not disappointed. Markos read this diary and it ended up going on the front page.
The result of this effort is Katrina Blog Project.
It's worth checking out on this upcoming fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
From Bill in Portland Maine, The Hurricane Katrina Hall of Shame - let us remember Jonah Goldberg, who said this on August 30, 2005 -- mark that date, August 30, 2005::
"The destruction from Katrina vanden Heuvel is expected to be massive.... The poor and disabled are particularly likely to suffer from the effects of Katrina vanden Heuvel... Coming up: How to explain Katrina vanden Heuvel to your children..."
--National Review Editor Jonah Goldberg (link no longer operating)
This kind of rhetoric has morphed into the crazy mob talk we see today at teabagger events and from clowns carrying guns to town hall meetings. It's gone mainstream. Isn't that special.
I have to ask a question -- how many of you Kossaks came to Daily Kos because of Katrina? I recall getting most of my news from this blog during that terrible time. I knew I could trust the first-hand accounts by Kossaks and the news analysis. And the stories, just pick any one of the diaries in the Katrina Blog Project -- you won't find better writing anywhere in the world on what happened, more soulful, more heartfelt. And so many folks swearing never to forget.
Let us keep that oath and never forget.
See here's the thing -- if President Obama went to New Orleans to commemorate the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, he'd be giving so much - but he'd be receiving so much, too. If he went there, heard some of the brass bands, talked to some of the people, heck wouldn't it be amazing if he'd talk to some of the NOLA bloggers, lol ... eat some of the great food, just take it in, and it would be a gift to him as well, it would be a gift and it would give him strength for the struggles ahead. I believe this without reservation.
We need to remember. If we remember, we will desire to right this wrong, this national disgrace, we will want to heal this wound. And it will give us strength, this remembrance, it will give us strength to fight the battles ahead.