I got the following email in my box this morning. I won’t shame the guy by posting his name. Date: Aug 31, 2005 1:05 AM Subject: do you plan on writing anything about the hurricane? Not as important as voter…

Michelle Malkin has tons of links here, here, here, and here.

Instapundit has quite a few, as well.

Bob Owens has information on a prison riot in New Orleans.

AP has a bunch of links to stories here.

Michelle’s site has been an unbelievable clearinghouse of information. She’s a dynamo.

Looting and rioting and death have come to the Gulf Coast and it does not appear that the chaos will end anytime soon. Michelle Malkin has a link rich post compiling the various Katrina stories from New Orleans. And the water continues to rise.

If you are not currently fighting flooding, loss of power, looting, chaos, and picking through your neighborhood for your belongings and loved ones, you still will not go unaffected.

By now, I’m sure most of you have seen the footage of how devastated La. and Miss. are right now (click here for photos of the area – hat tip: Michelle Malkin). Those areas are going to need some major help – lots of it is coming, but they wil…

This is from ‘Chris’ who, I guess, is one of the emergency workers. Finally some info is trickling down. I’m quoting it in entirity since it’s pretty useful/interesti…

Michelle Malkin describes scenes akin to what happened in Asia with the Tsunami last year. The Mayor of Biloxi even calls it “our Tsunami.”

Remember how fast our country sprang into action to help those afflicted by the Asian Tsunami? I keep googl…

? Katrina blamed for 68 deaths, including 55 in Mississippi? Reports of bodies floating in water in

Some people just can’t help themselves:

With much of the city flooded by Hurricane Katrina, looters floated garbage cans filled with clothing and jewelry down the street in a dash to grab what they could.

It’s that time again, evidently. Those crazy kids over at the Democratic Underground are saying all kinds of weird things in the wake of Katrina:

derby378: Hurricane Katrina proves that Bush must be IMPEACHED, and NOW.
Just watch the FReepers howl:

My thoughts are with the victims of Katrina. Michelle Malkin and other bloggers I normally despise are doing good work keeping readers apprised of the news and, more importantly, how they can help. Here is the Red Cross page for

Hurricane Katrina has devastated New Orleans, and coastal Alabama. The Mayor of New Orleans said that 80% of his city is flooded. In some parts of the city water has reached up to the rooftops. Rescue workers have saved many people from their roofs. …

James Panero of The New Criterion writes that the New York Times is keeping their photo captions sleek, short and streamlined–less the actually properly label a photo of a looter wading through the aftermath of Katrina….

From Michelle Malkin (multiple links):
Chaos:

No power.

No drinkable water.

Martial law.

Dead bodies floating in the water.

Prisons, hospitals, the Superdome are being evacuated.

Looting in plain view of the police and the National Guar