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Katrina Refugees
Who would ever think photos such as this could be taken in the U.S (from the BBC website)? For a while the media got everyone confused, what continent was all this footage coming from? How could this ever be possible?
Disturbing photo gallery by the Washington Post here.
Time Magazine has a good quote:
"This is mass chaos. To tell you the truth, I'd rather be in Iraq."
JASON DEFESS, a National Guard sergeant and Iraq war veteran, on the abysmal hurricane shelter at the New Orleans Superdome.
And Michal Moore was faster than the aid and wrote an interesting letter to President Bush that has been circulating in emails around the globe.
Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted. Where on earth could you have misplaced all our military choppers? Do you need help finding them? I once lost my car in a Sears parking lot. Man, was that a drag. (the whole letter here)
Abram Himelstein keeps the blog "In Exile", hosted by the Houston Chronicle, a good first hand insight into the tragedy and all the events that followed. Vividly recommended.