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[cleolinda]

It's funny--some of y'all seemed worried about me, but collecting all the news hasn't burnt me out emotionally at all. I think I'm sort of in a state of emotional disconnect at this point (again, because it cannot be said too many times: not watching the disaster on TV helps a lot), and I'm pretty sanguine about everything. It may even be that

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[sigma7]

Okay, I'm convinced, you're a mighty li'l trooper. I'm impressed. And more links, if you're so interested....

Journalists in Baton Rouge need places to crash. And some journos in the area are missing.

Wisconsin paper says don't use "looting" (third letter down).

N'awlins paper still printing. Damn.

AP weighs in on the "looting"/"taking" wank.

Coach of the U of N'awlins accuses other schools of trying to "loot" his players. Insert wank joke here....

[particle_person]

Wow, the Times-Picayune people are amazing. Let no one say that the Brits are the only ones who can keep a stiff upper lip. They're still distributing to "inhabited and accessible" areas:

Some 50,000 copies of the newspaper were printed overnight. The Times-Picayune said they were to be distributed in parts of the New Orleans metropolitan area "that are now inhabited and accessible, including western St. Tammany Parish, and the east and west River Parishes."

[takarakanashi]

Thank you so much for posting this. I agree with the article about Algiers. Why didn't they move all these people to Algiers? It's directly across the river, and they'd be safe. I used to live 5 minutes from there... there are plenty of places where they'd be comfortable!

I just don't get it.

[potatofishy]

Hey Cleo. I live in West Virginia, and a whole bunch of the stereotypes are true--many people have bad grammar, bad mullets, bad teeth--but here's a great one: West Virginians are kindly, welcoming people with big hearts who just want to help. Our governor, Joe Manchin, just issued an open invitation to NOLA refugees to come stay here. They're being flown up on military transports and housed in a base, where they'll go through a sort of triage and get plenty of food, water, clothes, and hot showers. They first wave of people is coming now--about 80. Our local news says they expect maybe 500, all told. That's not many of the thousands and thousands displaced--but it was enough to make me cry (I'm a big baby). As far as I've heard, Manchin's the first governor of a state not immediately in the area to open it up like this. I hope more follow.

I got most of this from my local news; I couldn't really find an online news resource. I did manage to find Manchin's statement, though

[potatofishy]

Oh. I forgot. They're also asking that any West Virginians with spare rooms open their homes to refugees. I can guarantee that people will. West Virginia really does have a big heart.

[sigma7]

Is it sad my first thought after hearing about Rehnquist is "We're screwed" and not "Rest in peace/poor man"?

And how much you wanna bet that in the wake of post-Katrina criticism the White House will look to defuse criticism by way of Chief Justice Clarence Thomas?

[lafemmezilla]

Thanks for posting all this stuff, Cleo. I think you're doing a great job pulling in all the different sources, they're certainly links I wouldn't even know of otherwise.

[edda]

And I hate to be flip during a crisis, but...your icon gave me a MUCH-needed giggle.