A Day in Paradise

CNN.com - Spindly bush saves police officers - Sep 1, 2005

No, not that Bush… he was still on vacation, this was a useful bush which 14 police officers clung to while Katrina raged around them.

While 14 of the officers, dispatchers and other workers held onto the bush, the rest were being swept away until they were able to grab onto the station and climb up to the roof or onto trucks where they waited for the water to recede.

http://eyeball-series.org/kat01/katrina-01.htm

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Press awe at Katrina aftermath

The American meteorological service provided real-time precise information but the leadership failed in preparing for the anger of the weather…What is scary after Katrina is to see the biggest superpower in the world helpless, even if temporarily

Lot’s of other interesting views form the global media.