Wizbang: Hurricane Katrina Archives

Can they please shut up about Bobby Jindal now??

Posted by Cassy Fiano · Published: March 1, 2009 · Comments (28)

The idiotic left is trying to attack Bobby Jindal over Hurricane Katrina. What they're angry about is this statement from Governor Jindal, back when he was Congressman Jindal: During Katrina, I visited Sheriff Harry Lee, a Democrat and a good friend of mine. When I walked into his makeshift office... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (30 votes cast)

Double Standard on Katrina

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: February 19, 2009 · Comments (13)

Glenn Reynolds puts it best: It's as if all the Katrina concern was just political fakery. It sure looks that way: The economic stimulus signed by President Barack Obama will spread billions of dollars across the country to spruce up aging roads and bridges. But there's not a dime specifically... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (13 votes cast)

New Orleans Floodwalls Stuffed With Newspaper?

Posted by Kevin · Published: April 30, 2008 · Comments (42)

If you're under the mistaken belief that another Hurricane Katrina disaster won't happen again in New Orleans, this report from WWL-TV might make you reasses... A St. Bernard Parish resident reported seeing a Army Corps of Engineers contractor filling the expansion joint in a floodwall with newspaper. The Corps doesn't... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (7 votes cast)

Katrina Lawsuit Against Federal Gov't Dismissed

Posted by Jayson Javitz · Published: January 30, 2008 · Comments (51)

A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a key class action lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that was based on the levee breach that caused much of the flooding of New Orleans. The ruling relied on the Flood Control Act of 1928, which makes the federal government... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (4 votes cast)

Progress for New Orleans

Posted by Jayson Javitz · Published: December 21, 2007 · Comments (11)

N.O. City Council Moves Towards Redevelopment of Housing Blocs The New Orleans City Council on Thursday unanimously voted to raze public housing projects in blighted areas that were heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina and remain largely vacant today. The vote crossed racial lines, with the four white council members and... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (12 votes cast)

Obligatory K-Ville Post

Posted by Paul · Published: September 22, 2007 · Comments (18)

I've now had 3 Wizbang readers now ask me about K-Ville. I had to confess, I had not watched it. And I didn't because I knew before I even saw a single clip from it that it would be a lot like this. -- It looks like I was right... [Full Story]

Rating: 2/5 (21 votes cast)

Hurricanes, Florida Style

Posted by Cassy Fiano · Published: August 31, 2007 · Comments (62)

Today, John Hawkins has a new column up on Townhall called It's Time to Get Over Katrina Already. He makes an excellent point: Two years after Katrina, everywhere you turn, there are people carping, whining, and kvetching. Just why hasn't the pity party for the citizens of New Orleans run... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.8/5 (34 votes cast)

The Katrina Video Congress Didn't Want You To See II

Posted by Paul · Published: August 29, 2007 · Comments (66)

[Originally run 8/28/06, I figured it was worth running this year.] I'm going to warn you now. If you've only heard the news from the mainstream media, everything you think you know about Katrina flooding New Orleans is wrong. If you think you already know everything there is to know... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.2/5 (33 votes cast)

New Orleans, 2 Years Later

Posted by Paul · Published: August 29, 2007 · Comments (29)

I really am not in much of a mood to write about the Katrina "anniversary ." On one hand, there are so many words being written this week, what can I add? On the other hand, the national media is so freaking clueless it would take 3 days for me... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.6/5 (23 votes cast)

Corps Admits They Destroyed New Orleans - Take II

Posted by Paul · Published: March 27, 2007 · Comments (32)

Well the final, final, final report is in and the Army Corps of Engineers has accepted responsibility for destroying New Orleans.... Although it wouldn't be a Corps report after all if they didn't have a bit of disingenuous ass-covering mixed in. Corps' own report blames inadequate levees for flooding By... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (11 votes cast)

Corps Of Engineers Sued for Over $100 Billion

Posted by Paul · Published: March 2, 2007 · Comments (118)

Since the days after the Katrina, I've tried to explain that the Corps of Engineers would be sued for their negligence that destroyed New Orleans and that they'd be sued for billions. It started in earnest this week. Flood victims line up to sue corps Agency assigns extra people to... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.1/5 (21 votes cast)

Forecasters Nailed Tornado Forecast in New Orleans

Posted by Paul · Published: February 14, 2007 · Comments (4)

As an update to the story about tornadoes hitting New Orleans. We know much more now and some of it is pretty astounding... to me at least. First, as for the damages, hundreds of houses where damaged or destroyed, at least 34 people injured, some critical, and one person... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (16 votes cast)

Tornadoes Ravage New Orleans - Again

Posted by Paul · Published: February 13, 2007 · Comments (25)

I'm beginning to think we ticked somebody off.... First the Corps of Engineers destroyed 85% of the city - with an assist going to Katrina in the box score. Then we had The Fires... Then came the Tornadoes ripping up things all over town. All that was followed by KILLER... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (7 votes cast)

Some Good News Out of New Orleans

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: January 16, 2007 · Comments (10)

Amazing. COVINGTON, La., Jan. 16 -- Rescued from a great flood while he was a frozen embryo, a baby boy entered the world Tuesday and was named after the most famous flood survivor of them all: Noah. Noah Benton Markham -- 8 pounds 6 1/2 ounces -- was born to... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Oh Give Us a Break.... Now Killer Bees are in New Orleans?!?!

Posted by Paul · Published: January 8, 2007 · Comments (26)

First the Corps of Engineers destroyed 85% of the city. (with an assist going to Katrina in the box score) Then we had The Fires... Then came the Tornadoes ripping up things all over town... Now we get Killer Bees? KILLER BEES?!?!? Give me a freaking break.... Tests confirm killer... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Violent Crime in New Orleans is Spinning Out of Control

Posted by Kim Priestap · Published: January 6, 2007 · Comments (19)

Gateway Pundit has all the details, including the stats that show that New Orleans' murder rate in 2006 was higher than Iraq's. ... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Katrina One Year Later

Posted by DJ Drummond · Published: August 29, 2006 · Comments (10)

So it's the one-year anniversary of hurricane Katrina. We usually prefer to celebrate happy occasions, like birthdays and anniversaries, not recall the devastation of several states and the death of more than eighteen hundred people. But we must remember Katrina, for so many reasons, not the least being that we... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (2 votes cast)

The Katrina Video Congress Didn't Want You To See

Posted by Paul · Published: August 28, 2006 · Comments (193)

I'm going to warn you now. If you've only heard the news from the mainstream media, everything you think you know about Katrina flooding New Orleans is wrong. If you think you already know everything there is to know about Katrina, then you can safely ignore this post. - If... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (9 votes cast)

Nagin vs. Rudy

Posted by Paul · Published: August 25, 2006 · Comments (68)

I've see a lot of stories lately about how wonderful Rudy Giuliani handled the aftermath of 9/11 vs Nagin rebuilding New Orleans. Lorie blogged about it below. I have to wonder if these people have any understanding of proportions. (sorry Lorie) Let's look at the two events. In New York,... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Cold Cash Congressman To Lead Katrina Tours

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: August 22, 2006 · Comments (15)

That is Jake Tapper's headline, not mine (but I wish it were). The story is for real, too. I would have sworn it was a Rush Limbaugh parody, but not so. The Louisiana Democratic Congressman caught on FBI surveillance tapes taking $90,000 in cash has been selected by the Democratic... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Will Spike Lee's Katrina Documentary Do The Right Thing?

Posted by Kevin · Published: August 13, 2006 · Comments (40)

Newsweek profiles the coming four hour HBO documentary by Spike Lee, "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts." While it is theoretically possible the Lee has made an outstanding documentary, a look at some of the story doesn't give one much hope... Lee visited the Gulf Coast region... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

Will the Corps of Engineers Kill Again?

Posted by Paul · Published: July 19, 2006 · Comments (13)

You would think that after the Army Corps of Engineers killed over 1000 people and destroyed roughly 200 billion dollars in property in New Orleans that they would treat potential catastrophic failures in other areas with increased caution. You would think that. I'd expect angry denials, obfuscation and lies. I'd... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (1 votes cast)

Diversity in the Liberal World

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: July 14, 2006 · Comments (41)

Newsbusters posted the excerpt below from an HBO press release on the new Spike Lee movie about Katrina. Bayou Buzz has the story of the August 16 premiere which will take place in New Orleans.Lee and his team selected nearly 100 people from diverse backgrounds, representing a wide range of... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

It Depends On what Your Definition of "Boom" Is.

Posted by Paul · Published: July 9, 2006 · Comments (9)

The New York Times has declared the New Orleans housing market to be "booming." And they have all kinds of quotes that supposedly back that up. But let's forget the chatter and get to the numbers: Investors Lead Home Sale Boom in New Orleans ... Across the nine-parish region that... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

The Right Way to Handle Looters

Posted by Paul · Published: June 29, 2006 · Comments (15)

This is only the first of many. Katrina looters get 15 years in prison KENNER, Louisiana (AP) -- Three people convicted of hauling away liquor, wine and beer from a grocery store after Hurricane Katrina were sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison. The judge said he wanted to send... [Full Story]

Rating: 0/5 (0 votes cast)

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