Resource: Katrina-Related Links

Wired News:

By Cyrus Farivar
12:58 PM Sep. 01, 2005 PT

With most of New Orleans underwater, certain online resources have emerged as crucial access points for news, housing information and live community updates. Wired News has compiled a list of some of the best.

Sites of note:

Michael Barnett’s LiveJournal: Barnett, (previously covered on Wired News), the de facto crisis manager of DirectNIC, a New Orleans-based hosting company, is blogging from inside the city. Updated very frequently.

Lousiana State National Guard Radio Scanner: While the origin of this stream is unknown, it seems that this is a radio scanner monitoring Guard radio traffic up to an online audio stream. The IP address points to a domain owned by one Paul Brooten of Cameron, Wisconsin.

New Orleans Times-Picayune Breaking News Blog (RSS): The Times-Picayune has been doing a great job of providing news as it breaks.

It was the worst of times.

NYT:

Several residents said they had heard of children being raped [in the Superdome], though it was not clear whether anyone reported such incidents to the authorities, and no officials could be found who could confirm the accounts.

Darcel Monroe, 21, a bakery cashier, stammered hysterically as she recounted seeing two young girls being raped in one of the women’s bathrooms. “A lot of people saw it but they were afraid to do anything,” she said. “He ran out past all of us.”

Interdictor:

It’s raining now and I guess that’s a relief from the heat. It’s hot as hell down there in the sun. Crime is absolutely rampant: rapes, murders, rape-murder combinations.

I have really cut back answering IMs. Not enough time. I apologize people.

In case anyone in national security is reading this, get the word to President Bush that we need the military in here NOW. The Active Duty Armed Forces. Mr. President, we are losing this city. I don’t care what you’re hearing on the news. The city is being lost. It is the law of the jungle down here. The command and control structure here is barely functioning. I’m not sure it’s anyone’s fault — I’m not sure it could be any other way at this point. We need the kind of logistical support and infrastructure only the Active Duty military can provide. The hospitals are in dire straights. The police barely have any capabilities at this point. The National Guard is doing their best, but the situation is not being contained. I’m here to help in anyway I can, but my capabilities are limited and dropping. Please get the military here to maintain order before this city is lost.