Category Archives: Katrina

After Storms, Red Cross Takes Loans – New York Times

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Confronted with unprecedented needs that emerged after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the American Red Cross has been forced for the first time in its 124-year history to borrow a large sum of money to complete its disaster relief work. The Red Cross set a $2.3 billion fund-raising goal in the aftermath of the two hurricanes, more than twice the amount it raised after the Sept. 11 attacks, but so far, the organization has raised just $1.3 billion. It says an additional $500 million or so is still on the way.

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What Was in the Mailbox Thursday, 10.27.2005

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Thursday, the mailbox contained:

* November 4, 2005 issue of [Sporting News](http://www.sportingnews.com) (College Football @ The Half)
* [Make](http://www.makezine.com) Vol. 04 (9 DIY Music Projects)
* October 10, 2005 issue of [Oncology Times](http://www.oncology-times.com) (Hurricane Katrina: How the Cancer Community Coped with the Immediate Crisis)
* An advertisement from [Saturn of Roanoke Valley](http://www.saturnofroanoke.com/en_US/)
* A subscription offer from [Sports Illustrated](http://www.si.com
* A brochure about employment opportunities at [Yuma Regional Medical Center](http://www.yumaregional.org)
* A book – Poets of World War II (American Poets Project)

Aide Says FEMA Ignored Warnings

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For 16 critical hours, Federal Emergency Management Agency officials, including former director Michael D. Brown, dismissed urgent eyewitness accounts by FEMA’s only staffer in New Orleans that Hurricane Katrina had broken the city’s levee system the morning of Aug. 29 and was causing catastrophic flooding.

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What Was in the Mailbox Saturday, 10.22.2005

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Saturday, the mailbox contained:

* Fall 2005 issue of [Tin House](http://www.tinhouse.com) (Dorothy Allison, William T. Vollmann, and Billy Collins Work It Out)
* November 2005 issue of [Harper’s](http://www.harpers.org) (Don’t Watch The News)
* November 2005 issue of [Smithsonian](http://www.smithsonianmag.com) (35 Who Made a Difference)
* November 2005 issue of [Wired](http://www.wired.com) (You Call This The Phone of the Future?)
* November 2005 issue of [World Radio](http://www.wr6wr.com) (MARS Members Respond to Katrina Emergency)
* October 2005 issue of [JDJ](http://jdj.sys-con.com) (Extreme Makeover: Architecture Edition)
* November 2005 issue of [Maxim](http://www.maximonline.com) (The 10 Cars That Make Gas Still Worth Buying!)
* An offer from [Verizon](http://www.verizon.com) for DSL