http://projectkatrina.com Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:03:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) visited an oil rig just off the coast of Louisiana in order “to highlight his support for increased domestic offshore drilling.” On Fox Noise this morning Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) promoted McCain’s oil rig visit. In the interview Jindal oddly “emphasize that drilling alone is ... http://projectkatrina.com/2008/08/19/mccains-oil-rig-photoop/ National Geographic News reports: There are now more than 400 known dead zones in coastal waters worldwide, compared to 305 in the 1990s, according to study author Robert Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science [....] Earth's largest dead zone, in the Baltic Sea, experiences oxygen deprivation year-round, the press release said. ... http://projectkatrina.com/2008/08/16/coastal-dead-zones-are-growing/ Our Traditional Media has done a terrible job covering the real reason behind the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. But Harry Shearer, via the Huffington Post, has done his best to explain that the flood never had to happen. It was the direct fault of the Federal Government and specifically the ... http://projectkatrina.com/2008/08/10/why-the-army-corp-cant-be-trust-yet-again/ This is a story written around the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina that I found while researching a story I am writing on the third anniversary. It is well worth a read, although sad on many different levels. More than a week after Hurricane Katrina nearly leveled this city, workers newly ... http://projectkatrina.com/2008/08/07/tracing-the-path-of-a-corpse/ Things are grim for many Hurricane Katrina evacuees, as funds are either drying up or are tangled in bureaucracy and never ending red tap. Trailer parks provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are closing, and contracts for workers are expiring. "I know we're behind the eight ball," Paul ... http://projectkatrina.com/2008/08/06/funding-for-hurricane-katrina-evacuees-dries-up/ Folks just can't seem to catch much of a break: With the closure of another FEMA trailer park where Hurricane Katrina victims had been living, there are new concerns over a lack of available housing. While some of the people who were living in FEMA trailers have found rental apartments, or been ... http://projectkatrina.com/2008/08/04/hurricane-katrina-victims-struggling-to-recover/ After Katrina hit and the levees failed more than 378,000 people were displaced. Based on U.S. Postal Service data collected by the Brookings Institution and reported in USA Today: The re-population of New Orleans three years after Hurricane Katrina slowed drastically last year and may be hitting a plateau, a study ... http://projectkatrina.com/2008/08/04/nola-population-may-have-hit-plateau/ After Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in August 2005 the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) purchased more than $85M worth of basic supplies for storm victims. For more than two years, until last month FEMA let the supplies sit in warehouses at a cost of $1M/year. During that two ... http://projectkatrina.com/2008/08/03/bushed-more-details-on-femas-latest-scandal/ I am all for folks willing to take a stand for something they believe in, even if it is just symbolic. But this is just laugh out loud funny. It makes the Republican look both stupid and petty at the same time. I mean why didn't they do something like ... http://projectkatrina.com/2008/08/01/lets-act-like-nine-year-olds/ Well this is fairly good news. In a new bill being promoted by Senate Democrats: A new $24 billion economic stimulus and disaster assistance package unveiled Thursday by Senate Democrats would provide $3 billion for continued Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts, financing that was left out of the emergency spending bill enacted ... http://projectkatrina.com/2008/08/01/stimulus-bill-has-3b-in-katrina-aid/