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4 Antworten zu „Links zu New Orleans“

1. Tanja

   04.09.2005

   Richtig, sehr.

   Danke vielmal für den Sound und für den Hinweis auf die Link-Sammlung. Ich rege mich so unglaublich unendlich unsäglich auf. Über Kommentatoren (also nicht über den verlinkten Artikel, für den bin ich sehr dankbar), über die unterlassene Hilfeleistung (das ist vielleicht besonders schweizerisch, aber ich könnte den ganzen Tag nur kotzen deswegen, pardon l’expression), über die masslose Ignoranz der Welt vor der Armut… Vielleicht hilft ja bloggen wirklich, jedenfalls einem selber.

2. Herr Rau

   05.09.2005

   Lesenswertes Blog:
   http://mainstusa.blogspot.com/2005/09/operation-photo-op-laura-bush-edition_04.html
   …und die Einträge zuvor und danach…

3. Herr Rau

   06.09.2005

   Nachtrag: Louisiana 1927 in der Wikipedia. Lesen und vergleichen, mit dem Lied und mit der jetzigen Situation.

   Außerdem: Telepolis-Artikel zu Blogs als Kommunikationsmittel bei der Katastrophe.

4. Herr Rau

   06.09.2005

   Zum Vergleich die Reaktion beim Erdbeben von San Francisco 1906:

   The earthquake struck at 5:13 AM.

   By 7 AM federal troops had reported to the mayor.

   By 8 AM they were patrolling the entire downtown area and searching for survivors.

   The second quake struck at 8:14 AM.

   By 10:05 AM the USS Chicago was on its way from San Diego to San Francisco; by 10:30 the USS Preble had landed a medical team and set up an emergency hospital.

   By 11 AM large parts of the city were on fire; troops continued to arrive throughout the day, evacuating people from the areas threatened by fire to emergency shelters and Golden Gate Park.

   St. Mary’s hospital was destroyed by the fire at 1 PM, with no loss of life, the staff and patients having already been evacuated across the bay to Oakland.

   By 3 PM troops had shot several looters, and dynamited buildings to make a firebreak; by five they had buried dozens of corpses, the morgue and the police pistol range being unable to hold any more.

   At 8:40 PM General Funston requested emergency housing – tents and shelters – from the War Department in Washington; all of the tents in the U.S. Army were on their way to San Francisco by 4:55 AM the next morning.

   Prisoners were evacuated to Alcatraz, and by April 20 (two days after the earthquake) the USS Chicago had reached San Francisco, where it evacuated 20,000 refugees.

   (Ausführlicher bei: The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco, 1906 Earthquake exhibition. Kurzfassung aus einem Forum.)