- Chicago Tribune: “First it was Hurricane Katrina chasing them away. Now it’s the fans of the Miami Hurricanes. Hundreds of storm refugees are being evicted from Tallahassee hotels to accommodate fans coming to Tallahassee for the Miami-Florida State game Monday night. ‘There is absolutely no compassion here whatsoever,’ Lynne Bernard wrote on a Web bulletin board of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans.”
- Katrina causes environmental debate in Germany.
- Factoid that needs to be followed up: Bush Administration cut New Orleans flood control by 44% to pay for Iraq.
- Fats Domino is missing.
- More reports of unrest at the Superdome.
- New Orleans police quadrupled.
- In the Lower 9th Ward, bodies are being pushed back. Rumors of rape and murder.
- From WWL blog: New Orleans Homeland Security Chief Terry Ebbert calls FEMA response an embarassment.
- Town of Waveland, MI completely washed away.
- Reports on museums.
- TMFTML puts insensitive Gothamist in its place.
- Scott points to this item of Condi taking the town while this disaster’s going down.
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If I was the President of the United States presentede with a disaster of biblical proportion like the thging called Kartrina, I would decamp immediately for Memphis or Atlanta and set up mobile White House and start meeting with people who are allegedly responsible for emergency relief.
Our war president apparently thinks gestures like a fly over and a bloodless speech are the extent of his responsibities
I’m betting if Ronald Reagan (if he were told about it ) would have done more.
This is an extraordinary situation that shines a bright white light on how much less than ordinary George Bush is.
The NYT editorial is only the beginning:
George W. Bush gave one of the worst speeches of his life Wednesday, especially given the level of national distress and the need for words of consolation and wisdom.
Birnbaum: Funny enough, I said the exact same thing about Reagan to someone the other day.
Perhaps while he is using gas to fly over he could “lower himself” just a bit and “pick someone up”. What an idiot this guy is.