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News -09-01-05 Crisis in New Orleans (BBC News) "Thousands of people have congregated in the New Orleans convention centre - a spacious, largely dry building, where they have been told buses will arrive to take them out of the city." "Most are short of food and water and there is little sign of any organisation, let alone supplies to help those waiting to leave." 9-05 -09-01-05 Governor Sends SOS (BBC News) "New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has issued a 'desperate SOS' for thousands of people stranded with no food or water at the city's convention centre." "Up to 25,000 people are at the centre, in addition to tens of thousands more still trapped by the flood waters unleashed by Hurricane Katrina." 9-05 08-28-05 New Orleans Braces for Katrina (CNN News) "A solemn New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered mandatory evacuations Sunday as his city faced its worst fear -- the threat of a direct hit from a major hurricane that could swamp the low-lying city." "By mid-morning Sunday, Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 175 mph. It was expected to make landfall Monday morning. Category 5 is the most intense category on the Saffir-Simpson scale of intensity." 8-05 08-30-05 Two Levees Break to Deepen New Orleans Crisis (MSNBC News) "Two levees broke and sent water coursing into the streets of the Big Easy a full day after New Orleans appeared to have escaped widespread destruction from Hurricane Katrina. An estimated 80 percent of the below-sea-level city was under water, up to 20 feet deep in places, with miles and miles of homes swamped." 8-05 08-31-05 FEMA Wants Homeland Security Volunteers (Fox News) "The Federal Emergency Management Agency (search) is seeking 2,000 Homeland Security Department workers to spend two weeks carrying out duties in the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina (search)." 8-05 08-31-05 Health Emergency Declared (CNN News) "The Bush administration declared a public health emergency for the entire Gulf Coast on Wednesday in an effort to stop the spread of disease in the wake of Hurricane Katrina." " 'We are gravely concerned about the potential for cholera, typhoid and dehydrating diseases that could come as a result of the stagnant water and the conditions,' Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said Wednesday after announcing the emergency." 8-05 09-01-05 Bush to Ask Congress for 10.5 Billion in Aid (Bloomberg.com) "U.S. President George W. Bush will ask Congress to approve $10.5 billion in emergency spending to help pay for cleanup costs associated with Hurricane Katrina, Republicans familiar with the plan said." "Bush may send his proposal to Congress as early as Friday as lawmakers cut short their recess and return to Washington, the officials said." 9-05