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Mon, 05 Sep 2005 02:54:24 GMT

Houston Chronicle: "New Orleans police killed four looters who had opened fire on them today."

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 02:52:50 GMT

Rex Hammock links to various Katrina people-finder databases.

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 02:06:40 GMT

The Charlotte Observer has RSS, and an OPML file organizing them.

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 01:42:56 GMT

Watching Larry King, seeing how helpless people are at finding out the fate of family members, it's pitiful that we information technologists have not marshalled the systems to distribute information about survivors of the aftermath of Katrina. Following up on Doc Searls's War On Error concept, below, we ought to solve this problem as quickly as we can for Katrina and then deploy systems that make this work much better for future disasters. It's 2005, we have mastered the technology, now let's deploy it, with the intent of competence and success.

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 01:37:35 GMT

Doc Searls: "In the War on Error, people will need to take the lead. Governments will need to follow or get out of the way."

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:59:50 GMT

The Day: "The hurricane that struck Louisiana was nicknamed Katrina by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global warming."

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:57:09 GMT

Times-Picayune: "The breach in the 17th Street Canal levee that had put the city of New Orleans underwater was essentially closed early Sunday evening."

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:50:01 GMT

Hi-rez satellite pics of post-Katrina New Orleans.

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 22:23:34 GMT

Pics: Monterey, Pebble Beach, Carmel.

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 17:59:46 GMT

Army Times: Troops begin combat operations in New Orleans.

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 17:51:50 GMT

Patrick wonders how he'd spend $1 billion if he had that much money.

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 16:55:53 GMT

Scoble models modern blogging attire.

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 15:48:15 GMT

According to Technorati, this blog is #1 for: RSS, podcasting, OPML.

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 16:28:57 GMT

But it isn't in the top 20 for Syndication. Huh?

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 15:38:31 GMT

NY Times: "The French Quarter has been spared the worst of Hurricane Katrina's winds and sitting high enough to have avoided the flooding."

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:53:52 GMT

Nola.com, the site run by the Times-Picayune, has messages about hundreds of people still trapped and dying in New Orleans.