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Pleasant day in New Orleans
New Orleans is still feeling the effects of hurricane Ike, as winds gust occasionally to 20 mph, knocking a nearly-empty plastic cup of iced green tea onto the deck of a coffeehouse at Magazine and... Haiti Struggles After Violent Storm Season
As Ike hits Texas, it leaves Haiti in its wake, the fourth major storm this season to do so. Haiti is one of the world's poorest nations, and is ill-equipped to deal with this level of destruction on its own....
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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1447 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
One week of rest, now Ike...but we can rest some more
Hurricane Ike set to become Gulf storm, giving New Orleans about a week of rest since returning from Gustav. Looks like landfall near New Orleans on Friday, September 12. 9/6/08, 17:34, Ike is now... install electric lines once vs again, again, again, etc
Buried wires fare better in storm, but costly by Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune Tuesday September 09, 2008, 9:20 PM Hurricane Gustav's winds had barely started blowing when the power went out at Kathleen Young's River Ridge home. The lights were out by 7 a.m. on the... Food stamps, day two...still learning by doing
The state secretary of Social Services took the blame this morning as confusion began to ease over getting emergency food stamps to tens of thousands of victims of Hurricane Gustav. Department of Social Services... 70 abandoned vessels pound flood walls during Gustav
The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday concluded that Southern Scrap was responsible for every one of about 70 vessels that got loose in the Industrial Canal during Hurricane Gustav and began a formal investigation into... New Orleans foodstamps run short in hot sun
The food stamp distribution centers in Marrero, New Orleans and St. Tammany Parish were overwhelmed by applicants this morning and have stopped allowing new people to join the lines. The applicants turned away... Hurricane Gustav Cat 4, Come and Gone
See South Louisiana photos during and after Gustav on Times-Picayune.Hurricane Gustav Cat 4, his Cuba. See NowPublic Hurricane coverage, will be offline for a while after this evening.Gun sales up in New... Power coming online, New Orleans returns
Looks like the electric company is getting its act together. http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2008/09/power_should_be_restored_in_gr.html Story says that within days all power will be... Gustav down, Ike to go
Phrases deserving junking include "dodging a bullet." Taking metaphorical liberty, does anybody assume a shooter has a single-shot gun? At least three more Atlantic storms are either near the Gulf... Beautiful live oaks butchered by power crews, post-Gustav
It's very apparent the crews repairing the electric lines in New Orleans after Gustav blew through have no landscape architecture training. One area in the Seabrook neighborhood in Gentilly, along Franklin... Fidel Castro says Gustav like atomic bomb on Cuba
" 2008-09-03 18:45:03 - HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro likened Hurricane Gustav's destruction in Cuba to an atomic explosion, saying Wednesday it could mean billions of dollars in losses for the communist... New Orleans kinda ready to re-open for Gustav evacuees
Some areas of the city are open and ready for returning evacuees of Gustav. At least 10,000 in New Orleans never evacuated and are finding few gas stations open and few grocery stores ready for business. My neighborhood is without power, but all other utilities... Haiti Hurricane Recovery Effort at Ti Goave
The news for the Haitian people is not encouraging as there are 3 tropical storms that could affect Haiti in coming days. Gustav took the lives of 77 Haitians, while Hanna has cost 11 lives since...
created by Albert Milliron | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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1811 views | 16 recommendations | 3 comments
Gustav leaves a difficult trail in its wake with others hot on its heels
Frustrated New Orleans residents who tried to return to their homes yesterday were turned away and told the city was not ready. People became stranded in parking lots or at roadblocks with nowhere else to go and...Top Members Today
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