rm ([personal profile] rm) wrote2005-09-08 05:11 pm

and yet more on the clusterfuck

This one really resonated with me, just because of the surreal quality of the reports assembled in it. It rings very true to the sorts of "nothing makes any sense" stories I heard from war reporters during my AP days.

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/08/katrina_account_from.html

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[identity profile] vondow.livejournal.com 2005-09-08 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Since you have the current disaster stories covered, here is an older story from 1906 to see how the country we used to be handled a disaster.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/08/opinion/08winchester.html