More post-hurricane coverage
Tonight was the first time in a week or more since I've looked at any Katrina coverage -- on TV, online, anything. I've avoided it, tried to live my life. Honestly, I've just been so busy and exhausted. Of course, I've heard bits and pieces, mostly through my family.
A couple of things I want to share:
http://www.katrinatribute.info
Flash movie -- has images from New Orleans AND the MS Gulf Coast, unlike most other media presentations. Warning: some images are graphic and/or potentially disturbing.
(thanks to persuasive)
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Pictures from Long Beach, Gulfport, and Biloxi: http://www.gulfcoastnews.com/KatrinaPhotosMain.htm
(thanks to angelpiewas)
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From the excellent Dancing with Katrina blog:
"I’ve been collecting water samples from Harrison and Jackson county beaches and inland waterways all day. I moved from west to east and finished by dropping them off at a lab in Mobile.
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I am amazed at the look of the six different sample sites I went to today. Every one of them smelled completely rancid in its own special way. Some of the water near residential areas smelled like sewage and rot, while the Gulf water smelled mainly of rot. I went to a few industrial sites that smelled of chemicals and petroleum. They all had amazing amounts of debris in them. There was a whole bed in the Mississippi Sound.
The last place was a bayou that is home to MS Phosphates, a Chevron refinery and a couple of big ship builders. I had to lie down to reach the water and had some thorns from dead submerged vegetation stick into my arm a little bit. Almost immediately, the very light wound inflamed and made my lower right arm slightly numb. Glad I got a tetnus shot. Ummm, industrial chemicals. Delicious." (link)
Plus the links I posted earlier. Click here to see all my hurricane-related posts from the last couple of weeks.
One more thing -- someone had asked me if the fort on Ship Island made it through the storm. See for yourself.
A couple of things I want to share:
http://www.katrinatribute.info
Flash movie -- has images from New Orleans AND the MS Gulf Coast, unlike most other media presentations. Warning: some images are graphic and/or potentially disturbing.
(thanks to persuasive)
---
Pictures from Long Beach, Gulfport, and Biloxi: http://www.gulfcoastnews.com/KatrinaPhotosMain.htm
(thanks to angelpiewas)
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From the excellent Dancing with Katrina blog:
"I’ve been collecting water samples from Harrison and Jackson county beaches and inland waterways all day. I moved from west to east and finished by dropping them off at a lab in Mobile.
[...]
I am amazed at the look of the six different sample sites I went to today. Every one of them smelled completely rancid in its own special way. Some of the water near residential areas smelled like sewage and rot, while the Gulf water smelled mainly of rot. I went to a few industrial sites that smelled of chemicals and petroleum. They all had amazing amounts of debris in them. There was a whole bed in the Mississippi Sound.
The last place was a bayou that is home to MS Phosphates, a Chevron refinery and a couple of big ship builders. I had to lie down to reach the water and had some thorns from dead submerged vegetation stick into my arm a little bit. Almost immediately, the very light wound inflamed and made my lower right arm slightly numb. Glad I got a tetnus shot. Ummm, industrial chemicals. Delicious." (link)
Plus the links I posted earlier. Click here to see all my hurricane-related posts from the last couple of weeks.
One more thing -- someone had asked me if the fort on Ship Island made it through the storm. See for yourself.