2. september 2005

Flood Waters Can't Sink Net Link. New Orleans may be underwater, but one internet company in a downtown high-rise has been able to keep the lights on. It's even publishing live, on-the-street reports. By Joel Johnson.Plus: Resource: Katrina-Related Links [Wired News] 3:43:22 PM    comment [] On last NewsNight yesterday, Aaron Brown corrected President Bush who claimed that no one could have foreseen the collapse of the levees in New Orleans. Brown said that two reporters at the New Orleans Times-Picayune had foreseen it. I'm sure that's true, but it didn't stop there. CBS 60 Minutes had a segment on the issue, not sure when it aired, but it was some time back. It featured a federal bureaucrat in New Orleans, a very colorful guy, who explained eloquently how precarious the situation was. I saw the show and it made a very clear impression. That's why I was covering Katrina from the New Orleans perspective long before it was a national story. It looked like the scenario that 60 Minutes warned of, and in the end what happened was exactly what they predicted would. I've tried to find the piece, but haven't found it yet. If you can, please send me a pointer. We need to find this guy. [Scripting News] 3:41:53 PM    comment [] Katrina Rescuers Improvise Communications (AP). AP - When the phones don't work, improvise. That's what emergency responders and civilians were forced to do in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which trashed the telephone system on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 3:39:58 PM    comment []

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