Brian Gongol
(9.1.2005)
Hurricane Causes Incredible Diaspora
Cities on the perimeter of the refugee diaspora: Waco, TX, Branson, MO, St. Louis, MO, Lexington, KY, Chattanooga, TN, Jacksonville, FL. Nashville, TN has hundreds, and Memphis, TN is hosting 2,000 displaced medical patients. And it's already being asked: Will it even make sense to rebuild New Orleans? House Speaker Dennis Hastert at least temporarily had the presence of mind to question rebuilding in the same place and in the same way. The de facto resettlement map is a real eye-opener.
(9.1.2005)
Library of Classic Advertising
(9.1.2005)
GAO Report That Said Amtrak is a Waste of Tax Dollars
Lots of other people think they can make a profit from rail service, including MegaRail, which thinks it can offer intercity rail service using trains with rubber tires in enclosed tracks, and SkyTran, which thinks magnetic levitation could make 100 mph intercity rail travel possible and profitable. Intercity rail used to turn a dime.
(9.1.2005)
Only One Radio Station Still Able to Broadcast in New Orleans
With much of the phone system out, many parts are down to whatever they can service via the Internet. Gunmen fired on an evacuation convoy from a hospital, in a new low of lows. CNN reports that the New Orleans Convention Center is in anarchy. Fats Domino is missing and feared dead. Other nations are offering emergency aid, but one of the biggest problems is that there's no place to stay anywhere close to the damage. A couple of computer pros at DirectNIC are keeping up a LiveJournal site with updates from 650 Poydras Street, less than a mile from the Superdome, the Convention Center, and Bourbon Street, and about half a mile from the downtown Quality Inn. They're feeding a live video stream and posting photos of the looting.
(9.1.2005)
Methods of Mass Evacuation
Compares mass evacuation by bus, airplane, rail, and ship. It's going to have to happen again, so we'd better start thinking about our options now.
(9.1.2005)
New Orleans Still Out of Control
Houston could get 25,000 refugees
(9.1.2005)
India Decides "No Negotiation" With Terrorists Means They'll Shoot Down Hijacked Airliners
(9.1.2005)
25th Anniversary of Solidarity Movement
They helped end the Cold War
(9.1.2005)
Britain, France Blacklisting Airlines
(9.1.2005)
Aviation Analysts Think Airports Could Be Shut Down By Jet Fuel Shortages
(9.1.2005)
Oil Prices Likely to Put Delta into Bankruptcy
(9.1.2005)
"Sheer Luck" Held Off Air Collision