Month August 2005

WDSU New Orleans/Jackson MS

Experts have warned about New Orleans’ vulnerability for years, chiefly because Louisiana has lost more than a million acres of coastal wetlands in the past seven decades. The vast patchwork of swamps and bayous south of the city serves as…

The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, which handles about 11 percent of U.S. imports, closed yesterday. Katrina is one of the most powerful storms ever to enter the Gulf, source of about 30 percent of U.S. oil production and 24 percent…

From the Weather Channel blog, by Stu Ostro, Senior Meteorologist What makes this hurricane truly mind-boggling is that not only is it one of the most intense hurricanes in recorded history, it is huge in size. I sort of feel…

He is accused of receiving millions of dollars from various corporations in Israel and overseas, for his father’s campaign in the 1999 primaries for the Likud leadership, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz. And what of his dear old dad,…