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(pdf) #4 from pittsburgh to new orleans
by vincent / blast furnace radio
Thursday, Oct. 06, 2005 at 4:49 PM
eirene@telerama.com 1-888-NOTOWAR
great little booklet
download PDF (298.0 kibibytes)
also see >>> http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/5779.php
audio and text
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin announced that about 3000 "non-essential" city employees would be put on unpaid leave because the city does not have the funds to continue payroll processing. The mayor also announced that FEMA trailers will be moved onto public city land for use as temporary housing. This, as search operations for corpses left behind in the wake of Hurricane Katrina ended this week. Just under one thousand bodies were discovered in house-to-house searches in the Crecent City - less than initial estimates. Although some private schools have re-opened and the Port of New Orleans is expected to receive ships in the coming days, many parts of the city still lack electricity, gas, and water and the levees remain in a fragile state. For FSRN, I'm Matt Toups in New Orleans.
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