“Two words: President Nero,” writes Real History Lisa in an e-mail tonight. “President Fiddle,” replies Other Lisa. Don’t miss ThinkProgress’s tragically snarky photo essay (“As Katrina Struck, Bush Vacationed”), sent by Man Eegee.
Crooks & Liars has the photo of Bush fiddlin’ on a guitar today, and KeithO’s Countdown Katrina Carnage video.
Now this from the NYT: “A day after New Orleans thought it had narrowly escaped the worst of Hurricane Katrina’s wrath, water broke through two levees on Tuesday and virtually submerged and isolated the city, causing incalculable destruction and rendering it uninhabitable for weeks to come.”
The situation was so dire that late in the day the Pentagon ordered five Navy ships and eight Navy maritime rescue teams to the Gulf Coast to bolster relief operations. It also planned to fly in Swift boat rescue teams from California. […]
A certain sense of relief that was felt on Monday afternoon, after the eye of the storm swept east of the city, proved cruelly illusory, as the authorities and residents woke up Tuesday to a more horrifying result than had been anticipated. […] [T]he mayor estimated that 80 percent of the city was submerged, with the waters running as deep as 20 feet in some places. New York Times [NOTE: The NYT credits 10 reporters with this story.]
–> When the comments section in “A New Round of Flooding” below gets unwieldy, move up here.
P.S. Some GOOD news: Limbaugh-Hannity have been cancelled on AM Radio in Minnesota due to LOW ratings.
BELOW: President Howard Dean addresses us.
Dear Susan:
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This week millions of Americans fled Hurricane Katrina. Across the South families abandoned their homes and businesses, not knowing what would be there when they returned.
Many stayed behind and suffered devastating loss and injuries — nearly a hundred have died that we know of, and hundreds of thousands need our help.
America is at its best when we realize that we are one community — that we’re all in this together. That means that each one of us has the responsibility to do what we can to help the relief effort.
The Red Cross is a great place to start:
http://www.redcross.org
They are already moving people and resources into the region to help. Donations will provide clean water, food, and shelter for disaster victims. The Red Cross web site also has important information for victims and their relatives across the country.
Many local Red Cross chapters are organizing volunteers to travel to affected areas — doctors and nurses to provide medical care, workers to build shelters, first responders to assist in rescue operations.
You can find your local chapter here to learn what you can do:
We are still learning the full story of the devastation, but there is no time to wait. Please do something now.
Thank you.
GovernorPRESIDENT Howard Dean, M.D.
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A girl can dream.