It has been almost a month since Hurricane Katrina and nearly as long since I posted the article, “Financial Assistance for Katrina Victims is… sent by mail?”. Since then I have received numerous responses to my article from displaced Katrina victims who are having all sorts of problems with FEMA and emergency assistance. I want to share one of the responses with you that I received this morning. ———— To whom it may concern: On September 6th, 2005 I applied...

Ok, I’m reading the news about how everyone (I’ve only included one example but there are more) is questioning Under Secretary Michael Brown’s background and ability to lead FEMA. Apparently his biography posted on the FEMA web site is, well… skewed to look good. Now, I don’t want to get into a political battle here but I have one very important question. Why didn’t this come out during the Senate Nomination Hearing? Isn’t that what they are for? You can...

In the Reuters article this morning “White House faces new questions on Katrina relief” they discuss the much debated FEMA Debit Card program. This article suggests, or states I guess, that FEMA has suspended this program and will now issue the $2000 in emergency disaster relief by direct deposit or CHECKS SENT BY MAIL!?!?! Present day, an over crowded disaster relief station in Louisiana filled with people who have nothing but the clothes on their back, in a strange city, tired, hungry...

Ok, at least 3 times today I’ve had someone come up to me and say “Did you see where gas was up to $6.00 / gallon in Atlanta GA?” While I did see a brief news story on this last week I also know the Governor of Georgia stepped in and throttled the prices. I believe it happened the same day even. The interesting thing to me is how it took a week for this story to trickle into the gossip chain. Never the less on all three occasions today I pointed them to this site: AtlantaGasPrices.com....

Ok, I’m not trying to dupe Slashdot here but it is some very interesting stuff. Google Maps has posted updated (August 31st) aerial photos of the New Orleans area post hurricane Katrina. The NOAA has also posted a set of very detailed aerial shots. I suggest you check out both sets but if you want some really detailed views of the damage spend your time with the NOAA shots. You can view the new google aerial shots here or you can go to maps.google.com and search for New Orleans then click the...