07 September, 2005

More On Katrina Aftermath

I was at a small confab earlier this morning and I was made part of the super-emergency computer tech swat team for the folks downstairs helping to coordinate the relocation of evacuees from down south to here in Wisconsin. Some 900 folks are going to the Milwaukee area and I was told that a couple dozen will be coming here to Madison. My dream of more Southern cooking in this town may yet come true! Then again, I suspect that when winter arrives, these folks will be asking to be sent somewhere warmer.

In other related news, multi-millionaire Barbara Bush has declared the refugee camp that is the Houston Astrodome to be a step up for the people who fled flood-ravaged areas.

"Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this, this is working very well for them," Mrs. Bush told American Public Media's "Marketplace" program, before returning to her multi-million dollar Houston home.

Keith Olbermann of MSNBC lays into the Dubya Administration and politicos generally is a recent editorial. Watch it here.

And don't forget to check out the disaster coverage of America's Finest News Source, The Onion.

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