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Since spellbound mentioned he doesn’t have cable TV and, as a result, hasn’t gotten any news on Katrina’s aftermath, I’ll point you guys to the sources of news I’ve been using. I don’t have a TV at all — it stopped working Sunday night — so I have been relying on the local coverage.

• The Times-Picayune’s Breaking News Weblog — The paper for the New Orleans metro area. Permalinks don’t quite work there — I’ve been adding a “#” whenever I link to a story.


• The Advocate — Baton Rouge’s local paper.


• The Advocate Weblog — on blogspot.com, no less!


• WWL TV Breaking News Weblog — The latest news.


• WDSU — Local TV Station Headlines. Also has a video feed.

I don’t bother with the national or cable networks. I want to know what the people who live there are thinking.

… dialng *67 (Disable Caller ID) before the area code and phone number might makes things easier to get a connection … and others tips.

This Frostop restaurant was a delicious place to get your grease fix. Looks like it has survived. Tulane Student Info (the source of the photo) says that the area was knee-deep in water after the flooding. So, hope abounds that my (old) house survived.

“I‘ve wanted to come here for 10 years. I thought [New Orleans] was a sophisticated city. I guess not.” — Denise Bollinger, Philly housewife

Uh, yeah… Judge the city based on the worst element at the worst possible time.

I thought the US was a freedom-loving country, but, you know, there was that slavery thing.