New app aims to help Gustav victims through SMS

This is quite smart. "Please send this to anyone in areas affected by Gustav who is NOT familiar with "social media." PLEASE DON'T JUST BLOG ABOUT IT! Many people have already left their Internet connections. Try to SMS a summary of this information to them, or call them. If...

Breaking News - FEMA issues flooding warning for N.O. - Levees May Overtop du...

"NEW ORLEANS - As Hurricane Gustav steamed toward the Louisiana coast early Monday, a top FEMA official warned that the surge will likely overtop levees and at least partially flood the city that was hit hard by...

Hurricane devastates Cuba's tobacco industry

HAVANA - As Hurricane Gustav hits the American coast, Cuba is already counting its losses, as the storm has laid-waste to huge areas of the island's tobacco industry."Winds of 140mph crashed into the western edge...

Obama: I can raise volunteers for hurricane relief

Barack Obama is promising to mobilize a huge army of his campaign volunteers to aid in hurricane relief. He's been in touch with Department of Homeland Security officials and is trying to determine whether his...

Police Scanner for New Orleans

Want to follow what's happening with emergency personnel?  Here is a link to a police scanner in the area:"Mount Point /nola.mp3 M3UXSPF Stream Title: Hurricane Gustav Communications - New Orleans Stream Description: State of Louisiana P25 Emergency Management...

Hurricane Gustav Digital Support Brigade on Facebook

If you want to help out please visit this group on Facebook:" This group is primarily just a billboard to direct you to volunteer activities taking place online regarding Hurricane Gustav. Please visit the following links, where the volunteer activities are taking place."

Live Webcam from Hurricane's path

I've been trying to find live reports from the area about to be hit by Gustav.  The most popular seems to be the one here.These guys seem to be having a pretty good time in spite of their perilous...

Terrorist Attack- GO TO WAR- Hurricane Attack - Flee & Run !.

The International Institute of Nonviolence News&Opinion By Rev. Jermano   Ok all you patriotic junkies whip out your big American flags and prop them up in the back of your pickup trucks in support for...

Republican National Convention to Run Abbreviated Program

Update: here's the RNC convention schedule.The Republican National Convention will go ahead, but with an abbreviated program, according to RNC chairman Mike Duncan. Rick Davis, John McCain's campaign manager, is...

New Orleans Silent as Curfew Falls

Update: as traffic queues make their way out of New Orleans, the streets are dark and silent; see the webcam link added in the comments below. Meanwhile, buses and planes carrying evacuees from threatened...

Canadian military assisting with New Orleans evacuation

The Canadian military is lending planes to the US to help evacuate hospital patients from New Orleans in advance of Hurricane Gustav.  http://tinyurl.com/5db7qw

not going to be CNN junkie

I'm going to work as if at home, developing the course I will teach online next spring concerning resolving water resource conflicts.  It's tempting to just sit in front of the tube, watching the same stories, quarter hour by quarter hour...Mayor Nagin urging people to...

Mandatory Evacuation Order Issued in New Orleans

Moments ago, officials in New Orleans issued a mandatory evacuation order in advance of the expected arrival of Hurricane Gustav, a Category 4 storm at the moment, as early as Monday morning.The information...

Gustav Preparations - More than 75 % of Gulf Oil production Turned off (price...

" By ALAN SAYRE AP Business Writer NEW ORLEANS — More than three-quarters of the Gulf of Mexico's offshore oil production had been cut off Saturday as energy companies evacuated petroleum platforms in the face of Hurricane Gustav. The federal Minerals Management...

Gustav drove me to central Alabama

Rather than the 12 hours it took me to get to central Alabama in advance of Katrina, I got to the same area in 6.5.  I swear that at least a half hour back up was due to rubber necking a car turned upside...

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