Riki Ott: An Open Letter to US EPA, Region 6

Riki Ott: An Open Letter to US EPA, Region 6: "Based on these documents, and more, we believe that dispersant spraying in inland and near shore waters across the Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana to the western Florida panhandle is occurring now and has continued unabated (before) and since July 19, the date that the seafood safety panel proclaimed was the last day dispersants were sprayed. Based on these documents, and more, we believe that the dispersant spraying in inland and near shore waters is being conducted for the sole purpose of sinking the visible oil, an activity that is supposedly illegal. According to the University of South Florida, dispersed oil micro-droplets have been documented throughout the Gulf water column and are likely to affect the entire ecosystem."

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Katrina - a timelilne of events.

from factcheck dot org, a timeline of events regarding Hurricane Katrinafrom right before landfall thru September 15, 2005.

Five Years

Katrina Radio Broadcasts

WWL radio - which was the only station broadcasting all thru the storm (that's what we listened to as we stayed for the storm) has offered links to the broadcasts before and during the storm at this link:  https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/weather/wwl-radio-coverage-of-hurricane-katrina-17-years-ago

Scroll down the page till you get to "Katrina Audio Archives" on the right hand side and click on any one of the

Also, check right above the Radio Archives section to "Katrina Movie Extra 1". This is a movie showing those horrendous hurricane winds outside the radio station's building, across from the Superdome. It's riveting.

Vince Vance's I am New Orleans

Katrina Videos from first hand perspectives

Local NBC affilate WDSU has a vast library of Katrina-related videos. If you're interested, check out the list.

Their special "At A Crossroads - 5 Years After Katrina" can be seen in the following links:

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four

Lakeview - then and now

Bicycling into the heart of the flood: A Hurricane Katrina remembrance

Katrina Memories

here's a link to what was going thru our minds in the first few weeks following the storm .

and here's my website documenting Katrina's wrath

Hopefully I caught all of the dead links.

Excellent Katrina Interactive

We were without electricity for a few weeks, so I missed quite a bit of what went on via the television and internet. I just found this fantastic interactive site from USA Today that has TONS of Katrina information from NOLA and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The power of Katrina's Winds

This is a picture of a billboard in Slidell, bent by the storm's winds.