"All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth." - Chief Seattle

Thursday, September 01, 2005

cries for help spread across New Orleans

from MSNBC.

NEW ORLEANS - Fights and fires broke out, corpses lay out in the open, and rescue helicopters and law enforcement officers were shot at as flood-stricken New Orleans slipped toward anarchy Thursday.

“This is a desperate SOS,” the mayor said. More...

tags: humanitarian crisis, rescue, superdome, hurricane Katrina