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Hurricane Katrina Coverage
August-September 2005
...Devastation from New Orleans to Biloxi
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Chaos and anarchy descended on New Orleans in the wake of Katrina's devastating sweep along Louisiana and Mississippi's gulf coasts. (September 18)Covering Katrina Timeline
Journal reporters and photographers are on standby as Katrina bears down on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Forecasters spool out doomsday scenarios and a panicked mayor finally orders an evacuation of the Big Easy. (September 18)La Cienega Couple Opens Home to New Orleans Friends
As John Ibert swam through the toxic gumbo that covered the streets of New Orleans, he saw bloated bodies and people forced from their cars at gunpoint. (September 16)Among Burdens, Displaced Wonder Whether to Return
While Peruvian sisters Ceci Caminos and Maria Diaz have found a haven in Ventana Ranch with their younger sister, Jackie Zamora, they worry about their homes in the New Orleans area. (September 11)'Average' Family in Need of Jobs, House and School
Brandon Stockman made it crystal clear. (September 11)Feeling Lucky, With No Bike, No Family, No Phone
With nothing but the clothes on his back, hurricane survivor Bernell Haney was feeling lucky. (September 11)Family Still in La., But Duke City Home for Now
Life in the Big Easy wasn't particularly easy for Clarence Chambliss. The 43-year-old New Orleans native had been working a temporary job on a garbage collection crew. His wife is imprisoned at the New Orleans Parish Jail, doing a two-year stretch for selling drugs. His 21-year-old son "is locked up, too, but I don't know for what," he said. (September 11)Evacuee Laments Losing One Year's Progress
It sounds like the punch line to a bad joke, but of all the things New Orleans evacuee Patricia Morgan had to leave behind, she says she misses her mind the most. (September 11)Big Easy Evacuee Planning to Remain in Albuquerque
Willie Clark, 70, was spending the good years in New Orleans. A retired forklift operator, he was born and raised in Chicago, but moved to the Big Easy 14 years ago for the climate. (September 11)Shelter and Some Work Offer Promise of a New Life
Desiree Thompson looked tired. Talked tired. She was thinking about hot sausage, fresh catfish and her friends. "We all got together on Fridays for a ladies night out," she said wistfully. "We fixed food, danced and talked about everything from boyfriends to what we're going to do for the rest of the week. (September 11)Ancestral Home Ruined, Minister Eyes the Future
About a week before the hurricane slammed into the Gulf Coast, the Rev. Frederick Fields had finished the last of three photo albums. "Photos of the grandchildren, and all the way back to my days in the military," said Fields, 59. (September 11)Separation Not an Option For 12 Who Stayed Together
His New Orleans home might not be standing, but Keith Craft isn't sweating the details. He and 11 members of his immediate and extended family have been evacuated together, and that's what matters to him. (September 11)With Families Elsewhere, Men Watched Waters Rise
Walter Cooper, 66, and David Robinson, 49, lived across the street from each other in North Orleans' Seventh Ward. But it never occurred to the former neighbors that they would one day be roommates. (September 11)Last Evacuees Leave Albuquerque Center
The last of the New Orleans evacuees housed at the Albuquerque Convention Center left by day's end Friday. (September 11)Katrina Could Cost $300 Billion Damage May Equal Spending on 2 Wars
WASHINGTON— One storm could end up costing almost as much as two wars. (September 11)Surreal Landscape Alters Perspective
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: (September 11)FEMA to Stop Distributing Debit Cards
WASHINGTON— The federal government's relief agency said Friday it will discontinue its program to distribute debit cards worth up to $2,000 to hurricane victims, two days after hastily announcing the novel plan to provide quick relief. (September 10)Donors Urged to Keep On Giving
NEW YORK— Even with Congress earmarking billions of federal dollars for Hurricane Katrina relief, private charities are urging donors to keep on giving, contending their field operations remain crucial in meeting emergency needs and ensuring long-term aid to the worst-off victims. (September 10)Katrina Notebook
Fundraiser Joins Athletes, Car Wash (September 10)Guardsmen Return to Devastation
ALEXANDRIA, La.— Greeted by the blasts of water cannon, the first planeload of 100 Louisiana National Guardsmen returned home Friday from Iraq, leaving behind the carnage of warfare to find their families in their hurricane-ravaged state. (September 10)Geraldo Evacuee Report Criticized
The reporting of Geraldo Rivera, television's magnet for controversy, is under fire again. (September 10)N.M. Disaster Medical Assistance Team To Return Today
Members of the New Mexico Disaster Medical Assistance Team plan to return today from their deployment in Louisiana, while the state's search and rescue task force arrived home Friday evening. (September 10)FEMA Boss Relieved Of Katrina Duty
WASHINGTON— Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, the principal target of harsh criticism of the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina, was relieved of his onsite command Friday. (September 10)N.M. Teams Aid Katrina Pet-Recovery Efforts
NEW ORLEANS— New Mexico rescuers slipped into a dark, reeking nightmare Friday to save three companions dear to one Hurricane Katrina victim: frightened Chihuahuas named Estelle, Pretty Face and Long Legs. (September 10)Deaths Likely Way Under 10,000
NEW ORLEANS— Alarming predictions of as many as 10,000 dead in New Orleans may have been greatly exaggerated, with authorities saying Friday that the first street-by-street sweep of the swamped city revealed far fewer corpses than feared. (September 10)3 FEMA Workers Arrested, Accused of Looting
BELLE CHASSE, La.— Three truck drivers hired by FEMA to help in hurricane relief efforts were in jail Thursday on charges of looting a discount store. (September 9)Sheriff's Team Goes Prepared
NEW ORLEANS— Fifteen squad cars, two command trucks, a refrigerated truck and a hazardous-materials trailer. (September 9)N.M. Deputies Ferry Holdouts To Safe Ground
NEW ORLEANS— Will and Tena Corley sat in a flat-bottomed boat at a Tulane Street intersection, looking small and exhausted as they bobbed in the waves made by their waterborne rescuers from the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department. (September 9)Sandia Pueblo Gives $1 Million
Sandia Pueblo joins the ranks of Intel, Honda and Oprah today, giving $1 million in cash to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina relief. (September 9)$51.8 Billion Relief Bill Passes Congress
WASHINGTON— Acting with extraordinary speed, Congress approved an additional $51.8 billion for relief and recovery from Hurricane Katrina on Thursday. (September 9)Around New Mexico
Doña Ana Officials Donating Salaries (September 9)Mosquitoes Add to Troubles, Could Spread Diseases
The incessant buzz is just beginning. (September 9)EPA Says Lake the Lesser of 2 Evils for Foul Water
WASHINGTON— The decision to pour heavily contaminated floodwaters from New Orleans streets into Lake Pontchartrain was a difficult one and could pose new environmental problems in the years ahead, the chief of the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. (September 9)Katrina Notebook
Red Cross Hands Out Debit Cards (September 9)Evacuees Begin Settling In City
It's a time of transition. (September 9)Families Get Their First Looks at Hurricane Damage
BELLE CHASSE, La.— Edsel and Sharman Beltran, along with their 10-year-old son Gavin, fled their home ahead of Hurricane Katrina with some provisions and about three days worth of clothing. (September 9)St. Pius Classmates Help One of Their Own
Karla Tyrpak, a displaced college student from Gulfport, Miss., arrived Monday night in Albuquerque with her daughter and their belongings. (September 9)Superdome's Future Remains Uncertain
BATON ROUGE, La.— In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Superdome became a symbol of relief efforts gone wrong, a scene of heartbreaking misery for thousands. (September 8)Police And Soldiers Coax Last Holdouts
NEW ORLEANS— Using the unmistakable threat of force, police and soldiers went house to house Wednesday to try to coax the last 10,000 or so stubborn holdouts to leave storm-shattered New Orleans because of the risk of disease from the putrid, sewage-laden floodwaters. (September 8)Gasoline Is Good As Gold
BILOXI, Miss.— Pamela Brooks had to have gasoline— even if it was only a few gallons and the price was ridiculous. On the hurricane-battered Mississippi coast, gasoline means getting around and surviving. (September 8)Troubles are Not Yet Over for Older People Who Suffered the Brunt of Katrina
When Katrina's fury bore down on the Gulf Coast, the old people were the least able to run. Some could barely walk. (September 8)Donation Information
Everyone is invited to "Hospitality Jam," a free musical concert from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the Civic Plaza. Albuquerqueans can meet and welcome evacuees. The New Mexico African American Alliance, the city of Albuquerque and several businesses are sponsoring the event. Cash donations for hurricane victims will be accepted. Call 275-0050 for more information. (September 8)N.M. Not Expecting More Evacuees
Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday that New Mexico might only get 500 evacuees from Hurricane Katrina. Red Cross officials, meanwhile, said they don't expect many more evacuees and plan to shut down the city's emergency shelter by the weekend. (September 8)Donations May Go to Site Soon
Some of the mountains of food and clothing New Mexicans have given to Hurricane Katrina victims may soon be moving to the stricken region. (September 8)Strangers Donate Airline Tickets, Place To Stay for a New Orleans Family in Need
ARCADIA, Calif.— With his hometown underwater, 17-year-old Jamie Ferrande broke the door off a refrigerator and used it to float his four young cousins to safety. They languished for four days at a hotel where his aunt was a housekeeper, finally sleeping on the roof to escape the stench before a helicopter delivered them into the hordes of refugees trying to escape the city. (September 8)39 Who Fled Katrina Cram Into Pa. Home
LANCASTER, Pa.— Patricia Edwards' home is virtually bursting at the seams. (September 8)Dehydration a Concern for Guard
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: BELLE CHASSE, La.— Hurricane Katrina left a terrible mess. (September 8)Homes Cluttering a Louisiana Roadway Pushed Aside in Search for Bodies
DAVANT, La.— An advance team sent to search the demolished east bank of the Mississippi River here started shoving displaced houses and mobile homes off roadways Wednesday with heavy earth movers, clearing a path for other crews to search for cadavers. (September 8)N.M. Guardsmen Take River Tour
ABOARD A COAST GUARD RESPONSE BOAT ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER— For miles and miles, the shores are scarred with death. (September 7)N.M. Guardsmen Search For Bodies in Rural Parish
Journal staff writer Miguel Navrot and photographer Josh Stephenson are traveling with New Mexico National Guardsmen in southern Louisiana. (September 7)3,435 Calls to 311 Offer Help
The city's 311 system, launched eight weeks ago, handled more than 3,000 calls Monday, largely from residents seeking to help hurricane victims. (September 7)States Look to N.M. for Emergency Help
A team of New Mexicans at the state's Emergency Operations Center is coordinating requests for everything from firefighters to flat-bottomed air boats for hurricane relief efforts. (September 7)Rescue Workers Stuck In Atlanta
ATLANTA— Hundreds of firefighters who volunteered to help rescue victims of Hurricane Katrina have instead been playing cards, taking classes on FEMA's history and lounging at an Atlanta airport hotel for days while they await orders. (September 7)Fire Hydrants of No Use
NEW ORLEANS— Firefighters battling blazes caused by everything from natural gas leaks to candle accidents are paradoxically struggling with a shortage of usable water in the flood-ravaged city. (September 7)Stay-at-Homes Turn Down Offers of Rescue
NEW ORLEANS— John Ebanks spends his days sitting on a porch with his dog, watching the rescue boats go up and down his flooded street, passing up chances to leave. He's got plenty of supplies, lots of mosquito spray. (September 7)$40 Billion May Be Added to Relief
WASHINGTON— President Bush intends to seek as much as $40 billion to cover the next phase of relief and recovery from Hurricane Katrina, congressional officials said Tuesday as leading lawmakers and the White House pledged to investigate an initial federal response widely condemned as woefully inadequate. (September 7)N.M. Response Overwhelms Disaster-Response Workers
Some Hurricane Katrina evacuees will take a big step toward putting their lives back together when they leave the Albuquerque Convention Center for real homes today. (September 7)Insurance Industry Should Be Able to Handle Katrina
WASHINGTON— Hurricane Katrina seems likely to become the most expensive natural catastrophe in U.S. history, but unless insured damages go far higher than the current high-end estimate of $35 billion, the insurance industry should be able to pay the claims without threat to its own solvency, industry experts said Tuesday. (September 7)Bernalillo Deputies Join Rescue
More than 40 Bernalillo County deputies and firefighters are smelling death. (September 6)23 Evacuees Leave Albuquerque Center
An army of relief workers outnumbered hurricane survivors Monday at the Albuquerque Convention Center, as some of the evacuees were moved out to local hotels and homes. (September 6)A Barbershop and Salon in Albuquerque Gave Evacuees New Dos for Free
Louisiana evacuee David Robinson studied his neatly cropped hair in the barbershop mirror and smiled. (September 6)Refineries Close to Restarting; Producers Damaged In Hurricane
JACKSON, Miss.— As half of the Gulf Coast refineries damaged by Hurricane Katrina begin to ramp up production this week, industry experts have this message: Be patient. (September 6)Floodwaters Start To Recede Mayor Expects 10,000 Dead
NEW ORLEANS, La.— A week after Hurricane Katrina, the levee break that caused much of the area's flooding was repaired, floodwaters began to recede and the mayor made his direst prediction yet: as many as 10,000 deaths in his city alone. (September 6)How to Help
A partial list of national charitable and religious organizations accepting donations for victims of Hurricane Katrina. (September 6)2 Ex-Presidents Join Fundraising Effort
HOUSTON— Former Presidents Bush and Clinton visited hundreds of hurricane victims in Houston's Astrodome and a nearby center Monday, sharing hugs, signing Bibles and listening to stories about the homes and lives that have been devastated. (September 6)Some Mississippians Want Out— All Want Help
BILOXI, Miss.— The people who have chosen to stay or are stuck in demolished communities along the Mississippi coast scavenge for basics each day, as convoys of soldiers and supplies pass them by, headed for the nearly empty city of New Orleans. (September 6)Owners Distraught Over Leaving Pets
ATLANTA— As Valerie Bennett was evacuated from a New Orleans hospital, rescuers told her there was no room in the boat for her dogs. (September 6)New Orleans Police Take Back the Night
NEW ORLEANS— Nights in New Orleans are hot, long and extremely dangerous. (September 6)N.M. Guard Helps Secure Flooded Parish
BELLE CHASSE, La.— Landing in a largely flooded, coastal parish with no working telephones and sparse electricity, more than 300 New Mexico National Guardsmen have encamped to help make the area safe again. (September 6)Food Donations Bring Need for Volunteers
On Thursday alone, Roadrunner Food Bank received 124,000 pounds— three semi truckloads worth— of canned food, water and paper goods for victims of Hurricane Katrina. (September 5)French Quarter Tribe Says in Chaos 'We Became More Civilized'
NEW ORLEANS— In the absence of information and outside assistance, groups of rich and poor banded together in the French Quarter, forming "tribes" and dividing up the labor. (September 5)States Open Doors to Hurricane Evacuees
HOUSTON— With a shattered New Orleans all but emptied out, an unprecedented evacuee crisis unfolded across the country Sunday, as governors and emergency officials rushed to feed, clothe and shelter more than a half-million people dispossessed by Hurricane Katrina. (September 5)Katrina evacuees
Snapshots of states taking in victims from Hurricane Katrina: (September 5)Police Inability to Help Citizens 'Stressful'
NEW ORLEANS— There may be no better way to explain the desperation on the city's ravaged streets than this: In the past few days, two police officers took their lives with their own weapons and dozens have turned in their badges. (September 5)Rice Defends Bush on Rescue Racism Allegations
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.— Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended President Bush on Sunday against charges that the government's sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina showed racial insensitivity. (September 5)Doctors Wait on Edge of Ruin; Katrina Health Concerns Growing
BATON ROUGE, La.— Volunteer physicians are pouring in to care for the sick, but red tape is keeping hundreds of others from caring for Hurricane Katrina survivors even as health officials worry about potential outbreaks. (September 5)Churches Seek Meaning; Funds Raised At Many Services
They talked of broken hearts and a shattered city. There were words of comfort. Indignation. Disbelief. (September 5)Crew Rescues Survivors From Flooded East New Orleans
Journal staff writer Jeff Proctor and photographer Jim Thompson are in New Orleans following the continuing response to Hurricane Katrina. (September 5)Thousands Taken Out of New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS— Thousands more bedraggled refugees were bused and airlifted to salvation Saturday, leaving the heart of New Orleans to the dead and dying, the elderly and frail stranded too many days without food, water or medical care. (September 4)Little Aid Reaches Rural Outposts
BOND, Miss.— This place isn't a town or a city, just a name on a green signpost along the highway that means little to people who don't live here. (September 4)Historic New Orleans Spots Faring OK
In New Orleans, winding streets where revelers meandered, listening to jazz in the sticky heat, are now flooded with murky water. Some businesses and landmarks are submerged or damaged; others escaped the water but were ravaged by looters. (September 4)How You Can Help
Many New Mexico groups are collecting donations of money and other items to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Here is a list of some of the groups collecting donations: (September 4)N.M. Will Accept Displaced Students
David Nisenbaum planned to begin his senior year at Tulane University this fall until he saw television images of kayakers paddling near his favorite New Orleans hangout. (September 4)Superdome Is Finally Empty
NEW ORLEANS— The last 300 refugees in the Superdome climbed aboard buses Saturday bound for new temporary shelter, leaving behind a darkened and stinking arena strewn with trash. (September 4)Parents of Displaced Youths Wonder When Children Might Return to School
JACKSON, Miss.— Thomas Brown is thankful that his family survived Katrina, that his 12-year-old son and his eight nieces and nephews lived to frolic at a shelter, racing toy trucks and sparring with plastic swords. (September 4)Katrina's Test Could Harm Bush's Legacy
WASHINGTON— After the Sept. 11 attacks, the newly elected President Bush needed to be seen as a strong leader. He gripped a bullhorn at ground zero in New York and bellowed to rescue workers: "I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you!" (September 4)Disbelief in the Ruins of Biloxi
BILOXI, Miss.— Along an eerie, empty street in Biloxi, a half-shattered, streetlamp-style clock shows that electricity to this Mississippi Gulf Coast town was knocked out at 5:58 a.m. Monday. (September 4)People Left Behind Find Ways To Survive
NEW ORLEANS— Donald Murray gently placed a spoon to 84-year-old Merdes Griffin's lips, feeding her a breakfast of grits in the dark, second-floor hallway of a looted-out Quality Hotel. (September 4)Katrina Survivors Find Refuge in Duke City
At 11:45 Saturday morning, a relieved cheer echoed through Beverly Ladmirault's Northeast Heights home, where 12 members of her extended family, displaced by Hurricane Katrina, are staying. (September 4)N.M. Group Works Out of Makeshift Hospital
The 35-member New Mexico Disaster Medical Assistance Team, which spent a harrowing two days as the only medical team in the battered Louisiana Superdome, is now treating hurricane victims at a makeshift hospital at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. (September 4)Gulf Coast Evacuees Could Come Here
Albuquerque could become the home of several thousand evacuees from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, officials said Saturday. (September 4)Disaster Areas Stun Bush
NEW ORLEANS— Slammed by criticism about sluggish federal help, President Bush acknowledged the government's failure to stop lawlessness and help desperate people in New Orleans. "The results are not acceptable," Bush said Friday in the face of mounting complaints from Republicans and Democrats alike. (September 3)Most in N.M. Delegation Reluctant To Criticize Storm Response
WASHINGTON— As Gulf Coast residents and public officials scorched the federal government with complaints about its response to Hurricane Katrina on Friday, New Mexico's congressional delegation's reaction was more muted. (September 3)Some Ask If Race A Factor in Crisis
Observers question whether storm response might have been more urgent if victims had been mainly white (September 3)Katrina Reignites Global Warming Debate
Hurricane Katrina's fury has reignited the scientific debate over whether global warming might be making hurricanes more ferocious. (September 3)Locals Offer to House La. Refugees
This line on Internet forum Craigslist said it all: "If you can get here, there's a futon with your name on it." (September 3)Ham Operators Ready To Pass Messages to Refugees
A crew of local amateur radio operators stands ready to deliver messages and help the American Red Cross connect separated relatives as shelters are established for hurricane refugees. (September 3)Guardsmen A Welcome Sight to City
NEW ORLEANS— To cries of "Thank you, Jesus!" and catcalls of "What took you so long?" a National Guard convoy packed with food, water and medicine rolled through axle-deep floodwaters Friday into what remained of New Orleans and descended into a maelstrom of fires and floating corpses. (September 3)N.M. Team Rolls Into Destruction
NEW ORLEANS— A New Mexico search and rescue team drove for more than two hours through urban devastation and horror to begin a search for victims Friday. (September 3)New Mexicans Go to Work for Relief Effort
Spurred by images of destruction and desperation from along the battered Gulf Coast, New Mexicans continue to pitch in with assistance for the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. (September 3)Conditions Worsen for Evacuees at Superdome
NEW ORLEANS— National Guardsmen helped evacuate the mass of storm evacuees from the Superdome on Friday, where thousands were stuck in knee-deep trash and blacked-out, putrid bathrooms. "This was the worst night of my life," one mother said. (September 3)Jerry Lewis To Ask For Storm Aid
Victims of Hurricane Katrina will get assistance from the annual Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day Telethon. (September 3)Firemen May Aid Katrina Effort
The call went out for help. Santa Fe County firefighters answered it. (September 3)Schools, Sheriff Raise Funds For Katrina Victims
The Rio Rancho and Bernalillo school districts are joining forces with the Sandoval County Sheriff's Department to help victims of hurricane Katrina. (September 3)Bush Gets Slow Start On Second Big Test
JOURNAL EDITORIAL: The White House chief of staff whispers word of the second plane hitting the World Trade Center in a Sept. 11, 2001, film clip taken of President Bush's visit to a Florida elementary classroom. For more than five minutes, the president sits looking shell-shocked— like most of the rest of America that day. (September 3)How You Can Help
Many New Mexico groups are collecting donations of money and other items to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. (September 3)Hurricane Katrina Patients May Be On Way to N.M.
Albuquerque has been put on notice that it might get up to 40 patients from out of state as part of the effort to treat Hurricane Katrina victims. (September 2)Havoc Preventing N.M. Rescuers From Helping
METAIRIE, La.— A frustrated Albert Longobardi spent Thursday afternoon on the outskirts of New Orleans, watching the rain and waiting for word that he and his team could enter the hurricane-ruined city to offer aid. (September 2)In a Hundred Ways, N.M. Residents are Doing What They Can for Katrina's Victims
It's more than 1,000 miles away, but you'd never know that from the way New Mexicans have responded to the destruction and suffering Hurricane Katrina left behind in Louisiana and Mississippi. (September 2)Survivors Desperately Try to Find a Way Out
NEW ORLEANS— New Orleans descended into anarchy Thursday, as corpses lay abandoned in street medians, fights and fires broke out and storm survivors battled for seats on the buses that would carry them away from the chaos. The tired and hungry seethed, saying they had been forsaken. (September 2)Congress Wants $10.5 Billion to Go to Victims
WASHINGTON— Congress rushed to provide a $10.5 billion down payment in relief aid for Gulf Coast victims of Hurricane Katrina on Thursday as President Bush ordered new action to minimize disruptions in the nation's energy supplies. (September 2)Damage May Total $50 Billion
NEW YORK— The damage from Hurricane Katrina could reach $50 billion, once damaged infrastructure is considered, according to a report from credit rating agency Standard & Poor's. (September 2)Looting Poses Ethical Dilemmas
As New Orleans has descended into chaos, desperate residents have stolen ramen noodles, loaves of bread, cases of soda— basic survival needs in a painfully empty city. Others have taken jewelry, TVs and even guns. (September 2)New Orleans Doctors Plead For Help at Hospitals
Doctors at two desperately crippled hospitals in New Orleans called The Associated Press on Thursday morning pleading for rescue, saying they were nearly out of food and power and had been forced to move patients to higher floors to escape looters. (September 2)Journal, KOAT Start Drive
The Albuquerque Journal and KOAT-TV are partnering with the Rio Grande Chapter of the American Red Cross for a two-day donation drive that will benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina. (September 2)Charities Report Donations Coming In at Record Pace
N.M. Groups Pitch In (September 2)Web Addresses on Relief Efforts
A partial list of Hurricane Katrina and disaster relief information available on the Web: (September 2)Jay-Z, Diddy Team Up For a $1 Million Donation
NEW YORK— Sean "Diddy" Combs and Jay-Z have pledged $1 million to the American Red Cross to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. (September 2)Meeting Long-Term Needs of Victims Will Be a Challenge
WASHINGTON— Charities reported Thursday that Americans are responding generously to help Hurricane Katrina's victims, but warned the need for relief could last longer and require helping thousands of displaced people resettle. (September 2)Sandoval Aiding In Katrina Recovery
Sandoval County wants to do its part to help the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricane Katrina. (September 2)Aggie Waits to Hear From Dad in New Orleans
It's difficult for New Mexico State wide receiver Anthony Lonon to think about football these days, with the images he's seeing on TV. (September 2)Ex-Lobo Housing Storm-Struck Family
A first-round NBA draft pick, a fat new contract and the pro basketball world as his oyster. These should be the very best of times for former University of New Mexico Lobo Danny Granger. (September 2)New Orleans Has Always Been Unique
JIM BELSHAW COLUMN: In this very newspaper on Thursday there appeared a list of the many fine agencies collecting money and other items to relieve the terrible suffering in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. One of them was PNM Resources, trying to raise $150,000 for American Red Cross. It will match up to $75,000 in contributions. (September 2)Gas Prices Up, Supplies Falling
Supplies ran out at a small but growing number of gas stations in the United States on Thursday as Gulf Coast refiners and pipelines remained hobbled by Hurricane Katrina and nervous motorists lined up to top off their tanks. (September 2)U.S. Dipping Into Petroleum Reserve
CHICAGO— The government said Wednesday that it would tap the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to make up for shortages caused by Hurricane Katrina, but analysts said more crude oil now will do little to lower gasoline prices. (September 1)Economist: Tomorrow's Gas Paid for Today
Those instantaneous price increases at local gasoline pumps have a perfectly simple explanation, a University of New Mexico economist said Wednesday. (September 1)Price of Gasoline Takes Big Leap Overnight
Some New Mexico gas prices spiked to near $3 a gallon and set new records around the state again on Wednesday as the industry reacted to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (September 1)Bush: Katrina Recovery Will Take Years
WASHINGTON— President Bush pledged Wednesday to do "all in our power" to save lives and provide sustenance to uncounted victims of Hurricane Katrina but cautioned that recovery of the Gulf Coast will take years. (September 1)Cost to Put New Orleans Back Together: Billions
An astonishing phenomenon— the drowning of New Orleans— leads to a mind-boggling question: How to rebuild a city? Some are already considering the challenge. (September 1)Companies Giving Millions to Relief Efforts
Pharmaceutical companies rounded up much-needed medicine, water suppliers loaded trucks with thirst-quenching cargo and companies from petroleum giants to beer makers pitched in millions in cash and products Wednesday to help communities battered by Hurricane Katrina. (September 1)Health Threats Growing
As a public health catastrophe unfolded Wednesday in New Orleans, hospitals in the Crescent City sank further into disaster, airlifting babies without their parents to other states and struggling with more sick people appearing at their doors. (September 1)N.M. Disaster Medical Team at Superdome
BATON ROUGE— Byron Piatt and the rest of the 35-member New Mexico Disaster Medical Assistance Team are on an island— the battered Louisiana Superdome in hurricane-destroyed New Orleans. (September 1)Local Guardsmen, Copters Leave Today To Rescue Survivors
New Mexico emergency crews continued to head to the Gulf Coast on Wednesday. (September 1)Fleet of Small Boats Saves the Stranded
NEW ORLEANS— Set down on dry land for the first time in three days, 83-year-old Camille Fletcher stumbled a few feet to a brick wall and collapsed. She and two of her children had made it through Hurricane Katrina alive, but her Glendalyn with the long, beautiful black hair was gone. (September 1)Why Did Residents Stay?
BILOXI, Miss.— When Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on the Gulf Coast, authorities were emphatic about their evacuation orders: Leave now, they said, this is one deadly storm. (September 1)Storm's Survivors Just Want to Go Home
HATTIESBURG, Miss.— The refugees of Hurricane Katrina, scattered in every kind of motel from tawdry to Best Western, just want to go home. (September 1)Food Supply Dwindling for Storm Survivors
BILOXI, Miss.— For the Mississippians who survived Hurricane Katrina, the aftermath has been a long wait for little help. (September 1)Copters Dump Refugees On Interstate 10
METAIRIE, La.— Waves of military helicopters landed and then clawed back into the sky from the green grass just off Interstate 10 on Wednesday, delivering load after load of refugees from the flooded heart of New Orleans. (September 1)How You Can Help
Many New Mexico groups are collecting donations of money and other items to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. (September 1)Hundreds From N.M. Rush To Aid of Hurricane Victims
Hundreds of New Mexicans are heading to the Gulf Coast to help rescue stranded survivors, treat injuries, provide ice and restring power lines in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. (August 31)Hurricane Notebook
Military Will Supply Aircraft (August 31)Mother of All Relief Efforts Comes Now
JOURNAL EDITORIAL: The mother of all storms battered Louisiana and Mississippi gulf coast cities Monday, leaving a wake of destruction that defies comprehension. (August 31)N.M. Team Is On Disaster Stand-By
Thirty-five members of a New Mexico medical assistance team were on stand-by in Houston on Sunday, waiting for deployment to an area in need of aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (August 29)
