Our webmaster has scoured the web for the latest links to the disaster that is unfolding as Hurrican Katrina — a category 5 monster with 250km/h winds — heads closer to New Orleans, a city that has been forced to evacuate.
That’s more than a million people heading out of town and many are unlikely to make it to safety before Katrina makes landfall.
As it happens (1)
As it happens (2)
The Wikipedia analysis
Hurricane Katrina Web Resources (many via this list on ResourceShelf)
News aggregators
Topix.net search of “Katrina” articles
Google news search of “Katrina”
Articles, photos, links tagged “katrina”
Video/Audio
Live TV Coverage from WDSU-TV, New Orleans, LA
Live TV Coverage from WWL-TV, New Orleans, LA
Live TV Coverage from WPMI, Mobile, AL
Police Scanner, Mobile, AL Police Department
Various Webcams In and Around New Orleans
NWS Weather Radio, New Orleans, LA
Various hurricane resources
Louisiana Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness
Current Observations, (via LSU Hurricane Center)
National Weather Service Forecast Office, New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
National Buoy Data Center–Latest Observations near Hurricane Katrina
All Current U.S. Weather Warnings
The Most Intense Hurricanes in the United States 1851-2004
Costliest U.S. Hurricanes 1900-2004 (unadjusted)
The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492-1996
The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States Tropical Cyclones From 1851 to 2004
U.S. Mainland Hurricane Strikes by State, 1851-2004
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