- National Guard says there’s 60,000 people in the Superdome.
- One of the deaths at the Superdome: a person leaping to their death from the upper level.
- Biloxi apartment complex: 30 dead in collapse.
- Mobile Loaves and Fishes coming into act.
- $3 gas in Omaha.
- Logic Voice points to this Democracy Now item: Iraq war will play role in recovery. Much of the Louisiana National Guard’s equipment is in Iraq.
- Overview of Katrina’s economic effects.
- Behind the scenes at the National Hurricane Center.
- Times-Picayune: Latest update on neighborhoods. Seems that area near West Jefferson Hospital is dry, as is 1700 block of N. Turnbull St. Rumor now that water around Canal Blvd. does not seem to be rising. So perhaps we’ve reached the peak of the levee breach flooding.
- Missing Persons Number: 225-925-6626.
- WWL-TV blog: Confirmation that 60,000 people are in Superdome, Jefferson Parish saying that schools could reopen two months after Labor Day.