Hurricane Resources
Friday, September 23, 2005
Check this out!
A site that combines Google Maps with hurricane tracking data.(Click the map link for biggest wow factor.)
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a 1-5 rating based on the hurricane's present intensity. This is used to give an estimate of the potential property damage and flooding expected along the coast from a hurricane landfall. Wind speed is the determining factor in the scale.
Sunday, September 18, 2005
CyberJournalist.net - Aid for journalists affected by Hurricane Katrina
"...a list of relief funds set up for for journalists suffering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, as compiled by the Council of National Journalism Organizations."
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
More Katrina Related Maps
The University of Texas at Arlington’s library web site compiled a page of Katrina mapping and GIS resources; so did the Perry-Castañeda Library at UT Austin. (via The Map Room)
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
IWA Webcasters -Emergency Katrina Info center: IWA - International Webcasting Association provides "...Emergency Katrina Information center through live streaming media..."
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Katrina-related press releases
Want to see who said what and when?
Government Policy Newslinks links to the press-releases that about 90 public policy organizations have issued since the August 29 storm. It also links to over 100 other press releases and statements that have been issued by federal agencies and congressional offices.
Friday, September 09, 2005
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Free LexisNexis
LexisNexis is offering free access (username and password not required) to coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Story links from more than 4,000 sources, including TV transcripts. You can search by newspaper or by topic.
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Project for Excellence in Journalism- Journalism.org:
REPORTING KATRINA
Journalism.org has devoted the following pages to an "examination of how the story is being covered - from a collection of Katrina press criticism to web coverage of note."
* What's Getting Covered
* A compendium of press criticism
* Putting Technology to Work
* Extraordinary reportage
* Citizen Journalism
Suggested by Rich Read
The Interdictor
What may be "the only blog currently both written and hosted inside New Orleans." Blogger Mike Barnett advises that "This journal exists to share firsthand experience of Hurricane Katrina her aftermath with anyone interested." Obviously many are as it's receiving "nearly 3,000 visitors an hour."
Philanthropy News Digest: "Charitable organizations and corporations across the country are responding to the crisis unfolding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina that battered the Gulf Coast states. Included on this site are:
Related News
Organizations Providing Assistance
Foundation Contributions to Hurricane Relief Efforts
Corporate Contributions to Hurricane Relief Efforts "
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Washing Away, the 2002 investigation by the Times-Picayune's John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein.
-Also, I placed a downloaded copy (full text only) of the series in the Hurricane Katrina folder on Allshare.
Census - Fast Facts on Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina
Thematic maps, 2004 population estimatess, socioeconomic, business, industry and trade information.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2005
DMIS - Disaster Management Interoperability Services
A mega-site that links to definitive maps; road closures, aerial photos, affected airports, water status.
DigitalGlobe
Continually updates satellite images. Site includes media usage and attribution guidelines.
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Drowning New Orleans : October 2001 Scientific American article
This is a detailed scenario written from a civil engineering standpoint of a major hurricane striking New Orleans and flooding the city with 20 feet of water. Three infographics/satellite images are included.
They Saw It Coming
September 2, 2005 New York Times opinion article written by the author of the Scientific American scenario. "The deaths caused by Hurricane Katrina are heart-rending. The suffering of survivors is wrenching. Property destruction is shocking. But perhaps the most agonizing part is that much of what happened in New Orleans this week might have been avoided."
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Home Page
FAQs - Unwatering New Orleans; Progress on fixing levee breaches; and update on recovery efforts.
Friday, September 02, 2005
Mississippi Demographic and Social Data.
Use drop down menu to choose counties and cities. Upper right has a link to change states if you wish to toggle back to Louisiana.
Public Health
World Health Organization
-Cholera
-Typhiod
-Hepatitis A
Dept. of Health & Human Services - Disasters & Emergencies:Hurricanes
September 2nd New York Times Article by David Gonzalez -
The Victims: From Margins of Society to Center of the Tragedy
Thursday, September 01, 2005
FEMA Maps on Disaster Declaration Counties
Florida - Alabama - Louisiana - Mississippi
Note: click on the maps and they will download as PDF files
New Orleans Crime
Local homicides hit their peak in 1994, with 421 dead -- more per-capita than any other U.S. city that year. Within five years, the number was slashed to 159 as homicides plummeted nationally. But by last year, the number in New Orleans had crept back up to 265.
While the national average stood at six murders per 100,000, New Orleans averaged 87.
Finding a way to restore the faith of the people of New Orleans in the criminal justice system
....It's an understatement to say that violent crime has gotten out of hand in New Orleans.....
January 20, 2003 Louisiana Weekly article on the appointment of New Orlean's city's first African-American district attorney.
New Orleans Economy
Reinventing New Orleans
Business article on the city working to attract new businesses and technologies.
The Fast Company site is the work of two former Harvard Business Review editors.
Unemployment Rate: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area, Louisiana (1988 through July, 2005)
New Orleans Culture
New Orleans: The Birthplace of Jazz
As Danny Barker remarked, in New Orleans there has always been "a whole lot of integrating going on."
Established by France in 1718, in the midst of a mosquito-infested swamp 90 miles north of the Mississippi's mouth, it was briefly ruled by Spain, reclaimed by France, visited by ships from everywhere, then more or less peacefully invaded by American flatboatmen whom the city's French-speaking citizens derided as "Kaintucks," and finally sold to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
From this unprecedented blend of voices from everywhere on earth would eventually come America's most distinctive music.
Primarily excerpted from PBS's Jazz: A History of America's Music
Cities Of The Dead
New Orleans has a unique way of honoring their dead and burying them...building tombs above ground. A visiting writer in the mid-1800s labeled these cemeteries “cities of the dead."
LA Census Data & Demographics
Louisiana Social and Economic Profiles
Choose from categories such as Housing - Ancestry - Disability - Education - Poverty - Employment (and more).
Next select the geographic area to profile. For example: Metropolitan Statistical Area. Create the final table by selecting "New Orleans".
New Orleans: Employment Status by Race, by Hispanic/Latino, by Sex
Louisiana Census 2000, Summary File 3, Area Name: New Orleans, LA MSAArea Type: 106th Congressional District (Summary Level 390) State: LA 106th Congressional District: 0028553
Louisiana - Demographic Themed Maps
Population 65 & Older - Household Income - Children in Poverty - Percent Mobile Homes - includes 25 color coded demographic maps!
Biloxi Population/Census Articles
Mississippi Sees Percentage Living in Poverty Rise to 20 Percent of Population
The Sun Herald
27 September 2003, 499 words
By Stefanie Murray
Hispanic population on the rise Census shows rapid growth in Mississippi
Associated Press
30 September 2002, 890 words
By Deborah Bulkeley
Census 2000: The Aging Coast. Diversity Growing With Asian Population; Coast Embracing Cultural Variety
The Sun Herald
23 May 2001, 677 words
By Mark Seghers
Mississippi Casinos Are Epicenters For Growth Population Spurts Near Gambling, Census Shows
The Commercial Appeal
9 March 2001, 714 words
By Bartholomew Sullivan
Census figures show Mississippi's casino counties and areas around Jackson with largest population increase
Associated Press
8 March 2001, 876 words
By John Porretto
New Orleans Population/Census Articles 2005-2000
La. population grows at a crawl; Movement out of state is cause for concern.
Times-Picayine
August 12, 2005, 710 words.
By Mark Schleifstein
Child poverty in La. grows, study says; State's statistics worsen in 8 of 10 categories
Times-Picayune
July 27, 2005, 984 words.
By Gwen Filosa
THE DISAPPEARING MAN; In New Orleans, as in other parts of America, black men are dying off long before their time, leaving whole communities bereft of fathers, brothers, husbands.
Times-Picayune
May 4, 2005, 2386 words.
By Jonathan Tilove, Newhouse News Service
African influences in N.O. explored; Gumbo, jazz part of culture, customs. Times-Picayune, March 25, 2005, 897 words. By Coleman Warner
N.O. has highest ratio of black citizens; Academics sort out stat's significance.
Times-Picayune
September 19, 2003, 731 words.
By Mark Schleifstein
More exit N.O. area than enter; But St. Tammany posts an increase.
Times-Picayune
August 6, 2003 Wednesday, 815 words
By Matt Scallan
Minority income gap narrowing, census shows; But there's still a long way to go in N.O. area to reach white levels.
Times-Picayune
September 24, 2002, 1199 words,
By Coleman Warner; and Matt Scallan
'Who Dat?' en Espanol
New Orleans CityBusiness
July 15, 2002, 773 words.
By Keith Pandolfi
TRANSIT TROUBLES; Though public-transportation ridership increased nationally in the past seven years, fewer people are taking the bus and the streetcar in Jefferson and Orleans parishes. Local officials blame demographics, economics and road construction for their declines.
Times-Picayune
July 1, 2002, 1652 words, By Matt Scallan
French heritage in La. eroding, Census shows *** Scholar: Phrasing of question likely skewed figures.
State-Times/Morning Advocate
May 25, 2002, 863 words.
By Brett Martel
The 2000 census reveals plenty of local curiosities from the city to the swamps. The data, which will be released slowly during the next couple of years, will feed the demands of sociologists, political consultants and trivia buffs alike.
Times-Picayune
September 3, 2001, 976 words.
By Coleman Warner; and Matt Scallan
Louisiana natives reluctant to leave home; census shows high percent of native-born residents.
Associated Press
August 29, 2001, 86 words.
By Brett Martel
Gay community contributes to New Orleans' economy.
New Orleans City Business
August 13, 2001 Monday, 1109 words.
By Peter Reichard
NEIGHBORHOODS WIN, LOSE IN '90s; More black families in eastern N.O. is one trend spotted.
Times-Picayune
July 4, 2001, 1456 words.
By Coleman Warner
French Quarter's residential base holding on; Population growth is first since the '70s.
Times-Picayune
July 4, 2001, 775 words,
By Coleman Warner
YOUTH MOVEMENT; New Orleans is famous for many things; good food, the French Quarter and conventions, to name a few. But that doesn't appear to prevent the increasing migration of 25- to 34-year-olds, who are leaving the city to find their futures elsewhere.
Times-Picayune
June 25, 2001 Monday, 1330 words, By Coleman Warner
New Orleans losing residents And perhaps flavor, as tourism transforms French Quarter.
USA TODAY
February 12, 2001, 864 words.
By Larry Copeland
TOOTING NEW ORLEANS' HORN: As population dwindles, city pushes to reclaim middle-class people who fled in high-crime years.
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
December 3, 2000, 1578 words,
By Cassandra Lane
CITY'S BLACK HERITAGE WOVEN INTO UNIQUE TAPESTRY; New Orleans' African History Focus of Cultural Tour.
Times-Picayune
August 23, 1998, 2461 words,
By JAMES GAFFNEY Special Sections staff writer
Home is Where the Flood is:
Times-Picayune, 2003, study results say "1 in 3 stay put in big hurricane"
"Proclamation: To the People of New Orleans," (1803)
A Glossary of terms used in New Orleans -- otherwise known as "yatspeak" y'all!
Hurricane Katrina Resources (originally posted on Oregonian Research Blog)
IRE/NICAR Resources - include tip sheets from reporters who have previously covered hurricanes.
BLOGS
* New Orleans Times-Picayune - Breaking news
* New Orleans Times-Picayune Hurricane Bunker Blog
* DailyKos Blogging from the EyeWall a round-up of blogs reporting directly from Katrina Central.
* Eyes on Katrina Blog
* Metroblogging New Orleans
* Hattie's Blog
* The Irish Trojan's Blog
From IRE and Jules Siegel on the CARR-l listserv.
Imagery of Louisiana and Mississippi (originally posted on Oregonian Research Blog)
Interactive mapping tool from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
MARIS (Mississippi Automated Resource Information System)
Satellite and aerial imagery included.
Living with the threat of disaster
The Advocate (Science) 4/21/2002 "Louisiana Board of Regents recently approved a $3.7 million grant for the five-year study. The money comes from the state's share of the national tobacco lawsuit settlement."
