Chicago breaking news, local news, Chicago sports, Chicago weather, business, jobs -- chicagotribune.com: "Gustav weakens to Category 2 storm
The hurricane is on track to hit west of New Orleans as the few remaining in the city watch nervously and hope levees only partly reinforced in the three years since Katrina will hold."
Monday, September 01, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Hurricane Gustav's clouds begin to roll in, and a fearful New Orleans becomes a ghost town
Hurricane Gustav's clouds begin to roll in, and a fearful New Orleans becomes a ghost town: "NEW ORLEANS - With Hurricane Gustav just a day away from a possible monster hit on New Orleans, the mayor Sunday pleaded with the last of its residents to get out, imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on those who stay and warned looters they will be sent directly to prison."
American Red Cross - Preparing Communities for an Emergency and Keeping People Safe - Preparedness
American Red Cross - Preparing Communities for an Emergency and Keeping People Safe - Preparedness: "As mandatory evacuations are issued in the Gulf Coast states, the American Red Cross is starting to receive evacuees in shelters throughout the Gulf Coast."
Main Page - Hurricane Gustav Wiki
Main Page - Hurricane Gustav Wiki: "Hurricane Gustav
This is the wiki for information relating to Hurricane Gustav and its approach to the northern Gulf coast. It's intended to be centralized site for links to information everywhere else on the web; please publicize it far and wee. Information will be moved here as time progresses from the similar wiki built during and after Hurricane Katrina's landfall 3 years ago. Please be polite and patient in working with the wiki and the community it attracts, to the extent that you can, and hopefully, everyone will get through this one in one piece.
As usual, the main page of the wiki is protected against general editing. If you have a link you think belongs here, please put it on the Discussion page, and we'll triage it up here as soon as possible. If you want to help out on the wiki or the transcription project, please at least scan over the entire front page; there's lots of good meta here.
Please do not start adding new pages yet. We are still implementing structure and establishing best practices."
This is the wiki for information relating to Hurricane Gustav and its approach to the northern Gulf coast. It's intended to be centralized site for links to information everywhere else on the web; please publicize it far and wee. Information will be moved here as time progresses from the similar wiki built during and after Hurricane Katrina's landfall 3 years ago. Please be polite and patient in working with the wiki and the community it attracts, to the extent that you can, and hopefully, everyone will get through this one in one piece.
As usual, the main page of the wiki is protected against general editing. If you have a link you think belongs here, please put it on the Discussion page, and we'll triage it up here as soon as possible. If you want to help out on the wiki or the transcription project, please at least scan over the entire front page; there's lots of good meta here.
Please do not start adding new pages yet. We are still implementing structure and establishing best practices."
PhilanTopic: Gulf Coast Recovery Three Years After Katrina
PhilanTopic: Gulf Coast Recovery Three Years After Katrina: "Gulf Coast Recovery Three Years After Katrina
It's hard to believe three years have passed since Hurricane Katrina delivered widespread devastation to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region -- or that another hurricane, Gustav, now a category 4 storm, has drawn a bead on southeastern Louisiana and could make landfall as early as Monday."
It's hard to believe three years have passed since Hurricane Katrina delivered widespread devastation to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region -- or that another hurricane, Gustav, now a category 4 storm, has drawn a bead on southeastern Louisiana and could make landfall as early as Monday."
Charities Brace for Hurricane Gustav - Philanthropy.com
Charities Brace for Hurricane Gustav - Philanthropy.com: "Charities Brace for Hurricane Gustav
By Peter Panepento
Charities are preparing for a major disaster recovery effort as Hurricane Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast for a predicted Monday afternoon landfall.
The American Red Cross and the Salvation Army are dispatching swarms of employees and volunteers to help those who are being evacuated for the storm and to be ready for what could be a relief effort on par with the effort that followed Hurricane Katrina three years ago. (Read The Chronicle’s most recent update on how nonprofit leaders are rebuilding the city and listen to audio excerpts from people who moved to the city to help with the recovery.)"
By Peter Panepento
Charities are preparing for a major disaster recovery effort as Hurricane Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast for a predicted Monday afternoon landfall.
The American Red Cross and the Salvation Army are dispatching swarms of employees and volunteers to help those who are being evacuated for the storm and to be ready for what could be a relief effort on par with the effort that followed Hurricane Katrina three years ago. (Read The Chronicle’s most recent update on how nonprofit leaders are rebuilding the city and listen to audio excerpts from people who moved to the city to help with the recovery.)"
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms on Yahoo! News
We are posting a variety of informational links Re Hurricane Gustav. Standard Disclaimers apply.
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms on Yahoo! News: "NEW ORLEANS - With Hurricane Gustav just a day away from a possible monster hit on New Orleans, the mayor Sunday pleaded with the last of its residents to get out, imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on those who stay and warned looters they will be sent directly to prison."
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms on Yahoo! News: "NEW ORLEANS - With Hurricane Gustav just a day away from a possible monster hit on New Orleans, the mayor Sunday pleaded with the last of its residents to get out, imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on those who stay and warned looters they will be sent directly to prison."
Direct outreach to the (non-geek) folks in the disaster zone. - Gustav Information Center
Direct outreach to the (non-geek) folks in the disaster zone. - Gustav Information Center: "For those who want to apply social media skills to provide direct assistance to the storm victims/survivors and volunteers - and we're talking our non-geek citizens at the shelters, churches, agencies, etc - here is a repost from my 2005 Hurricane Disaster Direct Relief blog of how I did it for Katrina. This simple effort was breathtakingly successful, well beyond our expectations as described in this NY Times piece)
What we did and could do again (I can assist in this effort):"
What we did and could do again (I can assist in this effort):"
Friday, August 29, 2008
Foundation Center - Focus on Gulf Coast Hurricane Giving
Material from the Foundation Center Focusing on Gulf Coast 3rd Anniversary.
Foundation Center - Focus on Gulf Coast Hurricane Giving: "Special Interactive Feature
We are pleased to launch the first in a special, regularly recurring series designed to give you fast facts, visual snapshots, and related news and research about current news events or timely topical issues. Our first feature relates to the third anniversary of the Gulf Coast hurricanes."
Foundation Center - Focus on Gulf Coast Hurricane Giving: "Special Interactive Feature
We are pleased to launch the first in a special, regularly recurring series designed to give you fast facts, visual snapshots, and related news and research about current news events or timely topical issues. Our first feature relates to the third anniversary of the Gulf Coast hurricanes."
A variety of postings today on Katrina 3rd Anniversary
Elsewhere on this blog you will find some stories about Katrina and the 3rd Anniversary and also about Gustav. Particularly as it relates to fundraising.
Philanthropy Front and Center-San Francisco: Mapping Foundation Response to the Gulf Coast Hurricanes
Philanthropy Front and Center-San Francisco: Mapping Foundation Response to the Gulf Coast Hurricanes: "As the third anniversary of the devastation caused by the Gulf Coast hurricanes is upon us those of us working in the nonprofit sector might find ourselves pausing and reflecting on the great need the hurricanes left in their wake and the subsequent outpouring of philanthropic support."
Greencastle Banner-Graphic: Story: Red Cross concludes fundraising
Greencastle Banner-Graphic: Story: Red Cross concludes fundraising: "Red Cross concludes fundraising
Friday, August 29, 2008
By MARIBETH WARD, Staff Writer
The American Red Cross recently announced they have received sufficient funds and pledges to cover the costs of their response to the recent flood disaster in the Wabash Valley.
The massive Red Cross relief operation, the largest in Indiana in 70 years, is expected to cost between $4.5 and $5 million. The Wabash Valley's piece of that cost is expected to be in excess of $480,000."
Friday, August 29, 2008
By MARIBETH WARD, Staff Writer
The American Red Cross recently announced they have received sufficient funds and pledges to cover the costs of their response to the recent flood disaster in the Wabash Valley.
The massive Red Cross relief operation, the largest in Indiana in 70 years, is expected to cost between $4.5 and $5 million. The Wabash Valley's piece of that cost is expected to be in excess of $480,000."
Coast hooks up with Jerry's telethon - Health & Fitness - SunHerald.com
Coast hooks up with Jerry's telethon - Health & Fitness - SunHerald.com: "For 15 years WLOX-13 has broadcast the international MDA Labor Day Telethon, adding a local touch with its own on-air personalities and interviews with regional families affected by muscular dystrophy. One other TV station in Mississippi, Fox affiliate WUFX in Jackson, broadcasts the telethon, but the coastal region brings in the most donations.
The first year after Hurricane Katrina the fundraising was put on hold because it was to be a week after the storm, and in 2007 a lower gaol was set by the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Mississippi and WLOX. They were surprised at the response and last year's record-breaking contributions."
The first year after Hurricane Katrina the fundraising was put on hold because it was to be a week after the storm, and in 2007 a lower gaol was set by the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Mississippi and WLOX. They were surprised at the response and last year's record-breaking contributions."
Lakelanders return from cyclone relief effort (From The Westmorland Gazette)
Lakelanders return from cyclone relief effort (From The Westmorland Gazette): "WO Lakeland men returned from a relief operation in the cyclone-devastated region of Burma this week.
Hamish Wilson and Rupert Miller travelled to Burma immediately after Cyclone Nargis struck the west coast of Myanmar on May 2 effecting over 2.5 million people."
Hamish Wilson and Rupert Miller travelled to Burma immediately after Cyclone Nargis struck the west coast of Myanmar on May 2 effecting over 2.5 million people."
Editorial - Not Ready for Gustav - Editorial - NYTimes.com
Editorial - Not Ready for Gustav - Editorial - NYTimes.com: "Three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, residents there are nervously watching the progress of Tropical Storm-threatening-to-be-Hurricane Gustav. No less nerve-wracking is the knowledge that federal emergency planners have failed to come up with a new strategy for providing housing to disaster victims."
FEMA official: Gustav 'potentially the largest' storm since Katrina - On Deadline - USATODAY.com
FEMA official: Gustav 'potentially the largest' storm since Katrina - On Deadline - USATODAY.com: "A top FEMA official described Tropical Storm Gustav as 'potentially the largest' hurricane to make landfall since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, according to USA TODAY's Donna Leinwand."
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Gustav Online Newsroom
Gustav Online Newsroom: "Be Red Cross Ready. This checklist can help you prepare:"
Hands-on care, from the ER to Myanmar's borders - MLive.com
Hands-on care, from the ER to Myanmar's borders - MLive.com: "The catastrophic cyclone that struck Myanmar in early May, killing at least 130,000 people, was a tragedy that captured world attention.
In the months since, Susan Klimist has been stuffing a backyard shed with medical, cleaning and relief supplies for the cyclone's victims."
In the months since, Susan Klimist has been stuffing a backyard shed with medical, cleaning and relief supplies for the cyclone's victims."
Charities Started After Katrina Contemplate a New Role - Philanthropy.com
Charities Started After Katrina Contemplate a New Role - Philanthropy.com: "Charities Started After Katrina Contemplate a New Role
Some of the charities created in the Gulf Coast to provide recovery aid to victims of Hurricane Katrina will cease operations or merge with others in coming months and years because competition for money has grown more intense, reports New Orleans City Business."
Some of the charities created in the Gulf Coast to provide recovery aid to victims of Hurricane Katrina will cease operations or merge with others in coming months and years because competition for money has grown more intense, reports New Orleans City Business."
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Warm Welcome Gulf Coast
Warm Welcome Gulf Coast: "Warm Welcome Gulf Coast, an initiative of Back Bay Mission, is an outreach campaign to position affordable housing as critical to rebuilding the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Warm Welcome seeks to build upon the Coast’s rich tradition ofdiversity by promoting high-quality and well-maintained affordable housing. The development ofdiverse housing opportunities benefits local economies,improves neighborhoods, and supports working and senior homeowners and renters. Warm Welcomeand its supporters believe that the Mississippi Coast must foster a welcoming environment for affordable housing, because hospitality is more than just a slogan."
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