Finally the New Orleans Superdome has been evacuated! And the drainage of the city will take approximately 80 days! Katrina's toll may rival or even surpass that of the Sept. 11, 2001! Letters, faxes and emails have been sent! Mother Nature can create a disaster, but it is man who makes a catastrophe. Rev. Michael Bresciani from New Orleans wrote from his personal experience of Katrina, his website.

Another storm possible in Gulf Coast region - Hurricane Maria (jpg @ national hurricane center) becomes the 5th of the season. Apparently it doesn't pose a threat to land but to shipping interests.

Nola.com - New Orleans news, information and all you need to know about New Orleans...

Singer Macy Gray Volunteers at Astrodome - helping to hand out clothes and toiletries.

Police kill at least 5 in New Orleans - Army Corps of Engineers says the victims were contractors fixing a canal

Updated: 6:14 p.m. ET Sept. 4, 2005
NEW ORLEANS - Police shot eight people carrying guns on a New Orleans bridge Sunday, killing five or six, a deputy chief said. A spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers said the victims were contractors on their way to repair a canal...

links were taken from: crooks and liars:
- Criminal negligence and Katrina
- The Potemkin President