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  • September 2008

    • Officials Worry About Staying Power in Gustav Tales

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Sep 4, 08 3:21 PM CDT

      Officials Worry About Staying Power in Gustav Tales

      (Newser) - As the thousands who rode out Hurricane Gustav in New Orleans boast about the hardy, and sometimes boozy, camaraderie to neighbors who paid in frustration for following evacuation orders, authorities are hoping those tales won’t keep residents from heeding warnings next time around, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “Some of those people will definitely say, ‘I'm not going to make that mistake again of leaving,’” one official said. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Hurricane Gustav  • culture  • human behavior

    • New Orleans Residents Head Home

      Washington Post  |  Sep 3, 08 6:25 PM CDT

      New Orleans Residents Head Home

      (Newser) - All Hurricane Gustav evacuees are being allowed back into New Orleans after Mayor Ray Nagin abandoned a more drawn-out reentry plan, the Washington Post reports. Those returning had trouble locating supplies, and officials warned power outages would add to difficulties. "We'd like to say welcome back, but it's not the way we'd like to do it," one local official said. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Louisiana  • Hurricane Gustav  • evacuation  • power outage  • hurricane recovery

    • Bush Surveys Gustav Aftermath

      Associated Press  |  Sep 3, 08 12:59 PM CDT

      Bush Surveys Gustav Aftermath

      (AP) - President Bush flew over flooded fields and downed trees today as he kept a close watch on the Hurricane Gustav recovery—in contrast to his administration's bungled response to Katrina 3 years ago. Aboard Air Force One, Bush received a briefing from FEMA director R. David Paulison, who said he believes the federal response to Gustav went "extremely well," but warned residents against returning to their homes before city services are up and running. More »

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      George W. Bush  • White House  • Hurricane Katrina  • disaster  • Hurricane Gustav  • severe weather  • relief

    • 5 GOP Convention Viewing Tips

      Politico  |  Sep 2, 08 4:44 PM CDT

      5 GOP Convention Viewing Tips

      (Newser) - With the Republicans set to turn on all the lights at their convention tonight, Martin Kady II of Politico runs down five things to watch for: Palin’s shadow: “The theme of tonight’s convention is ‘service,’” Kady notes, “and the trick for the GOP is to focus voters’ attention on the question ‘Who is John McCain?’ when everyone is still asking, ‘Who is Sarah Palin?’” More »

    • New Orleans Levees Held — but Still Flawed

      Associated Press  |  Sep 2, 08 2:50 AM CDT

      New Orleans Levees Held — but Still Flawed

      (Newser) - New Orleans' levee system withstood the power punch delivered yesterday by Hurricane Gustav, but also revealed its continuing vulnerabilities, reports AP. The Industrial Canal flood wall was swamped, flooding again an area devastated by Katrina. The Industrial Canal is considered the system's Achilles' heel. The Army Corps of Engineers is spending $700 million on a canal barrier, but it won't be in place until at least 2011. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Hurricane Gustav  • levees  • Gulf of Mexico

    • Gustav Makes Landfall Near New Orleans

      Associated Press  |  Sep 1, 08 10:25 AM CDT

      Gustav Makes Landfall Near New Orleans

      (AP) - Hurricane Gustav crashed into the all-but-deserted Louisiana coast this morning, and the eye landed southwest of New Orleans. Gustav brought punishing wind and sheets of rain but veered away from New Orleans, where only a few holdouts remained, the AP reports. Tens of thousands were without power in New Orleans and other low-lying parishes, but officials said backup generators were keeping city drainage pumps in service. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • storm  • Hurricane Gustav  • Gulf Coast  • property damage

    • Gustav: Risks, Rewards for GOP

      USA Today  |  Sep 1, 08 7:34 AM CDT

      Gustav: Risks, Rewards for GOP

      (Newser) - For Republicans, the challenge of Hurricane Gustav's disruption of the party convention is to use it to their advantage without looking like political opportunists, writes Susan Page in USA Today . The cancellation of today's events offers risks and rewards—on the one hand, the loss of an evening of prime-time television; on the other, the chance to position McCain as presidential and the party as compassionate. More »

    • 'Ghost Town' New Orleans Steels for Gustav

      Houston Chronicle  |  Sep 1, 08 2:29 AM CDT

      'Ghost Town' New Orleans Steels for Gustav

      (Newser) - The last bus out of New Orleans drove off at 3pm yesterday, leaving behind a virtual ghost town, reports the Houston Chronicle. An estimated 10,000 residents are left in the hurricane-threatened city, now subject to a strict dusk-to-dawn curfew. Some 1.9 million Louisianans have fled Hurricane Gustav—the biggest evacuation in state history. Three hospital patients died during the operation. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Louisiana  • Hurricane Gustav  • evacuation  • Mississippi River  • levees  • National Guard  • National Hurricane Center  • Ray Nagin  • Army Corps of Engineers

  • August 2008

    • McCain Cancels Most Events on RNC's Day 1

      CNN  |  Aug 31, 08 4:07 PM CDT

      McCain Cancels Most Events on RNC's Day 1

      (Newser) - As Hurricane Gustav bore down on the Gulf Coast today, John McCain announced a drastically curtailed schedule for the opening day of the convention that will anoint him his party's presidential nominee, CNN reports. But as organizers stripped a grandiose event down to the bare minimum, Politico reports that Republicans are looking for a silver lining in Gustav's ominous clouds—Katrina redemption. More »

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      John McCain  • Hurricane Katrina  • Republican National Convention  • New Orleans  • Hurricane Gustav  • RNC

    • Big Easy Not Ready for '100-Year Storm'

      Newsweek  |  Aug 31, 08 3:44 PM CDT

      Big Easy Not Ready for '100-Year Storm'

      (Newser) - With Hurricane Gustav set to thrash the Big Easy almost exactly 3 years after Katrina, Newsweek sits down with New Orleans Levee District executive director Stevan Spencer to find out what will change this time around. “We are better than before Katrina —we've raised the levees and strengthened or replaced the floodwalls,” he says. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Hurricane Gustav  • levees  • hurricanes

    • Some Can't, Won't Flee Gustav

      CNN  |  Aug 31, 08 10:19 AM CDT

      Some Can't, Won't Flee Gustav

      (Newser) - As Gustav roars toward the Gulf Coast, and New Orleans’ mayor calls it “the storm of the century,” there are some in the city who can’t—or simply won’t—evacuate. “Most people don’t have cars to leave, don’t have money for gas. Pay for a hotel for that long? I guess I’m gonna stay and work,” a 26-year-old dishwasher tells CNN. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Hurricane Gustav  • evacuation  • French Quarter

    • Gustav Throws GOP Convention Up In the Air

      Politico  |  Aug 31, 08 9:02 AM CDT

      Gustav Throws GOP Convention Up In the Air

      (Newser) - Hurricane Gustav will likely remove President Bush from the Republican National Convention and see John McCain delivering his acceptance speech from amid the rubble, if the “storm of the century” hits the Gulf Coast as hard as predicted. Convention officials have created a five-state working group to update and assist delegates from the hurricane zone, reports Politico, and McCain is scheduled to be in Jackson, Miss. today. More »

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      John McCain  • George W. Bush  • Hurricane Katrina  • Republican National Convention  • hurricane  • Hurricane Gustav

    • Category 4 Gustav Slams Cuba; La. Exodus Increases

      Associated Press  |  Aug 30, 08 1:05 PM CDT

      Category 4 Gustav Slams Cuba; La. Exodus Increases

      (Newser) - Gustav grew into a fierce Category 4 hurricane and slammed into Cuba this afternoon as the nation scrambled to evacuate its most populated areas, the AP reports. The storm, which had been upgraded to a Category 3 just hours earlier, now has 145mph winds and remains on path to hit the Gulf Coast on Monday. In New Orleans, lines at bus stations are growing, and highway traffic is thick. The city hasn't ordered a mandatory evacuation, but it's helping the elderly and most vulnerable get out. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • Cuba  • New Orleans  • hurricane  • Hurricane Gustav  • evacuation  • Gulf Coast

    • Lost Coffins Remain Part of Katrina's Legacy

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 30, 08 11:32 AM CDT

      Lost Coffins Remain Part of Katrina's Legacy

      (Newser) - Louisiana is still finding coffins displaced by Hurricane Katrina three years on, the Wall Street Journal reports. Katrina and Rita moved 1,500 bodies from their resting places in the state's swampy south, where floating coffins during floods have long been part of local folklore. Hundreds remain unidentified, and they are still turning up in woods and water. More »

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      Texas  • Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Louisiana  • Hurricane Gustav  • Mississippi  • Katrina aftermath  • cemetery  • Hurricane Rita  • coffin

    • New Orleans Honors Katrina Victims, Keeps Eye on Gustav

      Reuters  |  Aug 29, 08 2:14 PM CDT

      New Orleans Honors Katrina Victims, Keeps Eye on Gustav

      (Newser) - New Orleans didn’t have long to commemorate the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina today as it kept a wary eye on another deadly storm. The city could get an evacuation order as early as this evening, Reuters reports, as Tropical Storm Gustav—nearing hurricane strength—churns in the Caribbean. Today, President Bush declared a state emergency to clear the way for federal support. But residents still took a break from preparations to hold an abbreviated memorial service for unidentified Katrina victims. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Hurricane Gustav  • hurricane season

    • Gustav May Delay GOP Convention

      Washington Post  |  Aug 29, 08 1:53 AM CDT

      Gustav May Delay GOP Convention

      (Newser) - Republicans are considering delaying the start of next week's convention in Minneapolis if deadly Hurricane Gustav hits big, reports the Washington Post . The storm is on course to nail the Gulf Coast with full force early next week, and party officials don’t want America thinking about President Bush’s bungled Katrina response when McCain takes center stage. The White House may also yank Bush from the convention line-up. He's now scheduled for Monday's opening. More »

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      John McCain  • George W. Bush  • McCain 2008  • Hurricane Katrina  • Republican National Convention  • FEMA  • Katrina aftermath  • hurricane season

    • New Orleans Eyes Gustav, Readies Evacuation Plans

      Shreveport Times  |  Aug 27, 08 5:22 PM CDT

      New Orleans Eyes Gustav, Readies Evacuation Plans

      (Newser) - New Orleans has a wary eye on Tropical Storm Gustav and may begin evacuations as early as Friday—the third anniversary of Katrina. The storm's path could yet spare the city, but if it hits this weekend, Gov. Bobby Jindal said he wants to be ready, the Shreveport Times reports. He's put Louisiana's National Guard on alert and declared a state of emergency that would make 700 buses available for the most needy. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Hurricane Gustav  • Caribbean  • Jamaica  • Gulf of Mexico  • Bobby Jindal

    • Trouble the Water Vividly Mixes Katrina, Race

      Salon  |  Aug 21, 08 5:50 PM CDT

      Trouble the Water Vividly Mixes Katrina, Race

      (Newser) - Trouble the Water , a new documentary, is ostensibly about Hurricane Katrina, centered around home-video footage shot during the disaster by a resident of New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. But the film, which frames Kimberly Roberts’ footage within a larger context, transcends that one event to put forth a peerless discussion of race in America, Andrew O’Hehir writes in Salon. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • race  • New Orleans  • racism  • African Americans  • America  • African-Americans

    • Judge Clears New Orleans Cops in Katrina Shootings

      Associated Press  |  Aug 13, 08 9:48 PM CDT

      Judge Clears New Orleans Cops in Katrina Shootings

      (AP) - A judge threw out murder and attempted murder charges today against seven New Orleans police officers accused of gunning down two men on a bridge in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In quashing the indictments, District Judge Raymond Bigelow agreed with defense arguments that prosecutors violated state law by divulging secret grand jury testimony to a police officer who was a witness in the case. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • police  • New Orleans  • Katrina aftermath

    • Lover Joined Edwards on Tour to Announce Prez Race

      Washington Post  |  Aug 12, 08 4:59 AM CDT

      Lover Joined Edwards on Tour to Announce Prez Race

      (Newser) - John Edwards brought former mistress Rielle Hunter on his campaign plane during his four-day presidential announcement tour, reports the Washington Post. Edwards' wife, Elizabeth, did not accompany her husband. A technology blogger invited along on the 2006 trip has published photographs of Hunter, who was working as a videographer for the campaign. Another photo in the National Enquirer shows Edwards and Hunter exchanging enthusiastic smiles on the trip. More »

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      John Edwards  • presidential campaign  • Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Elizabeth Edwards  • Rielle Hunter  • Flickr

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