<< newer stories  60  more stories >>

Environmental Health Needs and Habitability Assessment CDC / EPA 2005-10-20 4:09 PM
This report discusses the colossal tasks facing government, citizens, and relief workers to rehabilitate the Gulf Coast region after Katrina / Rita. Notably, there is a discussion regarding methods that might be used to identify large swaths of land for demolition. The use of satellite imagery (one proposed method), "is significant because it will probably be the first attempt [historically] at quantifying the number of structures that will need to be demolished." (text/plain)

Fact Sheet: Flood Cleanup - Avoiding Indoor Air Quality Problems EPA 2005-10-20 3:50 PM
During a flood cleanup, the indoor air quality in your home or office may appear to be the least of your problems. However, failure to remove contaminated materials and to reduce moisture and humidity can present serious long-term health risks. Standing water and wet materials are a breeding ground for microorganisms, such as viruses, bacteria, and mold. They can cause disease, trigger allergic reactions, and continue to damage materials long after the flood. (text/plain)

EPA Hurricane Response Activity EPA 2005-10-20 3:44 PM
The EPA is publishing weekly activity updates on their Hurricane Response website. This includes up-to-date: Drinking Water Assessments, Wastewater information, Debris Assessment and Collection information (text/plain)

Repairing Your Flooded Home FEMA / Red Cross 2005-10-20 3:31 PM
This information is published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the American Red Cross to help flooded property owners. (text/plain)

Interview about public housing situation in New Orleans public housing advocate 2005-10-20 2:12 AM
This morning, a number of residents from public housing complexes in New Orleans attended a public meeting of the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) and expressed their anger at the mess HANO has made of public housing following the disaster. This interview is with Cynthia Wiggins, who administers one of the housing projects in New Orleans and, as a public housing landlord, has kept track of all her residents through the evacuation and hundreds of residents from other housing projects -- as an individual, she has been doing the job that the Housing Authority failed to do. (audio/mpeg + 5 comments)

THE NEW ORLEANS BOOKFAIR A Bookfair Woman 2005-10-19 5:42 PM

A celebration of independent publishing featuring small presses, zinesters, book artists, anarchists, rabblerousers, weirdos, and more! (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

EPA's Mold Remediation Guides Matt Collier 2005-10-19 2:48 PM
The citizens of New Orleans and relief workers should be made aware of the risk factors involved while doing indoor mold remediation. The EPA has published a number of guides that explain the risks and the types of safety equipment and procedures that should be used when performing mold remediation. (text/plain + 1 comment)

El Huracán Katrina: la disolución de la Historia y la miserabilidad de nuestras vidas Andrés Devesa 2005-10-19 4:35 AM
Análisis de las consecuencias del huracán Katrina (text/plain)

STOP THE ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS FROM NEW ORLEANS new orleans housing 2005-10-18 3:05 PM

As public housing residents and supporters in the New Orleans area, we demand that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) and landlords stop using alleged hurricane damage to public housing projects as a pretext for cutting off section 8 payments to its residents. Our association knows full well that the agencies in charge of these housing complexes are using allegations of storm damage to the complexes as a pretext for expelling working class African-Americans, in a very blatant attempt to coopt our homes and sell them to developers to build high-priced housing. In this way, they are taking HUD secretary Alfonso Jackson's statement that this disaster will result in a "whiter New Orleans" and turning it into a reality, and we say no to this ethnic cleansing. (image/jpeg + 8 comments)

Totally Bootleg: Cops and Jails in New Orleans Don A. 2005-10-17 10:04 PM
Until today, the New Orleans jail and courthouse were situated in a Greyhound bus station, the DA office was in a gift shop in the station lobby, and the cells were cages set up outside where the buses were once parked. According to police documents, over 1000 people were booked there following hurricane Katrina. (text/plain + 1 comment)

LCCR Katrina Letters to White House Arizona Disabled 2005-10-17 9:55 PM
In contrast, however, many of the reported proposals and initiatives being pursued would frustrate this promise to rebuild by taking advantage of Hurricane Katrina to promote an ideological policy agenda that is of limited value to hurricane survivors. We urge you to ensure that all federal efforts and expenditures related to Hurricane Katrina relief and reconstruction comply with existing federal laws that protect civil rights, worker protections, health and safety, and that the victims of Hurricane Katrina do not suffer any violations of their civil or individual rights. (text/plain)

Forest Park HUD apartments update forest park 2005-10-17 9:34 PM

The residents of Forest Park apartments in Algiers received a notice on their doors last Wednesday that they would have to vacate the premises by Oct. 17th (today). Concerned tenants called community organizations, media and congresspeople to come to a rally on Friday, and lawyers from Louisiana Legal Aid have now gotten involved on behalf of the residents of Forest Park. (image/jpeg)

Roadtrip for Relief tyler 2005-10-17 1:57 PM
The Common Ground Collective is organizing a mass mobilization of activists and allies to provide support to residents and returning evacuees.. (application/pdf + 5 comments)

FEMA no longer releasing names to family members John Pomfret 2005-10-17 12:37 AM
FEMA now not allowing loved ones to know if family members are in their shelters. Secrecy of BushCo unchanged, even in a disaster. (text/plain)

Men beaten, shot with pellet bags in Greyhound jail new orleans legal action workers 2005-10-16 5:19 PM

These two interviews are with two cousins who were arrested last night on a public street for 'trespassing'. it was their first night back in new orleans, they came back from houston to move their things out. after being arrested, one of the men was beaten in the interrogation room, and had dredlocks torn out of his head. (image/jpeg + 3 comments)

jenka's journal: new orleans crosspost for jenka 2005-10-15 7:13 PM
Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 11:45 pm report from new orleans 7 october 2005 new orleans, louisiana people keep asking me when i will be sending an update, when i will write my next journal.....i can't promise to write too much right now, but i want to at least ease everyone's fears a bit and share some info. (text/plain)

HartfordFNB in New Orleans update 5: Day 38 crosspost 2005-10-15 5:59 PM
HartfordFNB in New Orleans update 5: Day 38 of mutual aid in NOLA (text/plain + 1 comment)

Residents of New Orleans' 9th Ward Need Your Help Common Ground Collective 2005-10-15 1:05 AM
Volunteers are needed to visit evacuation centers in their area and encourage evacuated residents of New Orleans’ 9th Ward to return to their homes. The city is discouraging residents to return to 9th Ward neighborhoods in an effort to gentrify the area. (text/plain + 4 comments)

Points for Visiting Activists to Consider Sean, Camilla, Miss Claire, Simon 2005-10-15 12:39 AM
As residents of New Orleans, we offer a few suggestions for people who have come to help us rebuild our city on how you can better stand behind the concept “Solidarity not Charity.” (text/plain + 12 comments)

See Full New Orleans Police Beating Video Just Released AP 2005-10-14 12:42 PM
The full version of the video runs just over five minutes (text/plain + 1 comment)

Before and After Pictures Lea Anne Gothard 2005-10-14 11:12 AM
This is before an after pictures from a home in the Lakeview area. (text/plain)

Bombs, not Katrina Destroyed some Levees Farhat Maquami 2005-10-14 4:18 AM
Louis Farrakhan has revealed an E mail that traces of two explosives were found in an 8 feet crater in one levee and residents reported sound of explosion. The fact that some white Americans do not like Farrakhan should not prevent an investigation before like the 911 all traces of explosive to be shipped out of the country. Bush administration claims that it has already spend 60 billions dollars in New Orleans and residents do not have neither housing or schooling , Where is the money going to Bechtel, Shaw and KBR!! as it is no going to the black and poor white who were the real victims of Hurricane. (text/plain + 4 comments)

pictures of FEMA and national guard in new orleans dd 2005-10-14 2:46 AM

here are some pictures from new orleans of FEMA camps and the 'hospital' at the convention center (image/jpeg + 6 comments)

pictures from new orleans - 10/12 splash 2005-10-14 2:21 AM

here are some pictures of new orleans.....six weeks after katrina...... (image/jpeg)

Call to Action: Bringing New Orleans Home Simon 2005-10-13 9:33 PM
If you have a car please help out to bring New Orleans Home.. (text/plain)

Forest Park Housing Project Residents speak out! forest park 2005-10-13 8:34 PM
Listen to this audio interview with Ms. Charlestine Jones, who is organizing in the Forest Park Apartment Complex against the forced removal of tenants from their homes, scheduled to happen this weekend. (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

Labor and civil rights groups: We demand jobs, justice in Gulf Tim Wheeler 2005-10-13 7:55 PM
Labor and civil rights groups: We demand jobs, justice in Gulf. Oct. 29 rally in Baton Rouge to demand a ‘new direction’ for U.S. (text/plain)

Who Willl Take Out the Garbage? - Starhawk on the cleanup in New Orleans Starhawk 2005-10-13 4:01 PM
Volunteers from Common Ground help clean up the Bywater neighborhood in the upper Ninth Ward. (text/html)

9th Ward, Nagin: residents can visit homes only in daytime.Free tetanus & cleanup kits. Reclaim 9th Ward. Not for developers & Nagin. 2005-10-13 1:51 PM
Nagin announced that 9th Ward residents can visit their homes. All streets on the south side of North Claiborne Avenue to the Mississippi River are open for "Look and Leave" visitation, only between the hours of 8am and 6pm. No one will be permitted to remain after dark. Why should residents be banned from staying in their own homes? See safety advice. Contact www.commongroundrelief.org and Mama Dee in Algiers. They know all about how you can clean your homes in a way that is "green" and environmentally friendly. Common Ground provides collective health advice and services. New Orleans residents, reclaim your homes. (text/plain)

Interview with Rita Victim in Dulac, LA tyler 2005-10-13 12:57 AM
Interview with Rita Victim in Dulac, LA.. (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

<< newer stories  60  more stories >>