Katrina
Wow! I can’t believe what I’m reading on ajc.com today. Hurricane Katrina may have been the largest natural disaster in this country since the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. Thousands of people may be dead, and 10s of thousands are now stuck in a city that is calling for a mandatory evacuation. Over a million people are without electricity.
Georgia is experiencing a gas shortage, and prices have climbed above $3 a gallon. Of course, this isn’t the worst part of the storm. It’s almost hard to believe that we experienced all the devastation we did.
AJC: Gas getting even costlier; lines reported
We really need to be praying for the relief efforts in Mississippi and Louisiana.
NYT:
Bus Convoy to Move Thousands From Superdome to Astrodome
AJC: Mayor: Katrina May Have Killed Thousands
update – 9/1
New Orleans is in near anarchy. I can’t believe the looters! They had to stop the emergency evacuation from the Superdome yesterday because of gunfire.
NYT: Officials Struggle to Reverse a Growing Sense of Anarchy – this one has a graphic image associated with the article
from the article:
Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Louisiana said that the death toll from Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath would be in the “thousands,” based on reports that she was receiving from officials throughout the state, The Associated Press said.