New Orleans News: My friend Andras writes in, "...I've found most news reports really frustrating to listen to - reworded official statements and the same general, uninspired comments repeated over and over. I've found two amazing sources of online first-hand info:

-- BBC Online's "Talking Point" reader's blog:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4193244.stm

-- Postings to a hurricane blog maintained by Times-Picayune reporters
inside a generator-equipped 'hurricane bunker' in the paper's offices
http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/
http://www.nola.com/weblogs/nola/

Update: And go read Chris Mooney's prophetic piece from The American Prospect a few months ago, subheadline, "What would happen if a Category 5 hurricane were to hit New Orleans?"

Posted by Laura at August 29, 2005 10:11 AM