Links to blogs & such about the mess in New Orleans

Some links I've found about New Orleans.

I will post more as I find them.

My prayers are with all of the people that got stuck there through no fault of their own. I've been watching too much CNN I think. What seems to be & not be happening is just SO sad & gut wrenching. I am SO thankful that I have no family or loved ones there personally. I am ALSO thankful that our board member Sabrina got out with her children & that the board is pulling together to help her out. I cannot even begin to imagine what must be going through her mind.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/

http://neworleans.metblogs.com/

I saw this on New Orleans met blogs...
"I don't want to see anybody do anymore goddamn press conferences. Put a moratorium on press conferences. Don't do another press conference until the resources are in this city. And then come down to this city and stand with us when there are military trucks and troops that we can't even count."
:Mayor nagin on WWL Radio
I won't say I was ever a huge Ray Nagin fan. He's done a good job and all. But when I heard this, I instantly became his biggest fan. I think his anger and frustration speaks the minds of many Louisiana Residents. People will say he's lost composure but I disagree. I think his comments are exactly what needed to be said and I applaud him for saying it. I especially like his acknowledgement of the drug problem and its impact on this situation that no one wants to talk about. Thanks for putting the smackdown on 'em for us- they cearly needed it.
Link to the transcript on cnn.com:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/nagin.transcript/index.html

There's a link to an audio file on the front page of cnn. If you have a broadband connection and speakers it's well worth listening to.
Happily, as I started this entry, cnn was showing the arrival of exactly what Mayor Nagin asked for this morning

http://metroblogging.com/

http://www.truthlaidbear.com/

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/29/katrina_approaches_n.html

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/29/katrina_approaches_n.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/

http://www.foxnews.com/

http://www.cnn.com/