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September 06, 2005
Katrina aftermath, cont.
• A report on the efforts to drain water from New Orleans.
• In Saint Gabriel, Lousiana, a huge morgue is being set up to receive and process the bodies, which are expected to number in the thousands.
• Brains and Eggs blog has some posts on real-time conditions inside the Houston Astrodome.
• E. coli has been detected in the water, which isn't surprising under the circumstances. A large fire is raging in the Garden District, and since there is no running water, firefighters have not been able to get it under control.
• CNN is showing footage of helicopters dropping water from big buckets to try and put out the fires.
• Trent Lott is angry with FEMA and with Mississippi's own EMA, since red tape is stopping the delivery of 20,000 trailers meant to help disaster victims.
Posted by jnfr at September 6, 2005 01:11 PM