Talk:Hurricane Katrina disaster relief
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[edit] Ambiguity
"More than 5 Army and Air National Guardsmen and 7,200 active-duty troops were stationed in the Gulf Coast region to assist with hurricane relief operations with some remaining several weeks." What exactly does "5 Army and Air National Guardsmen" mean? I imagine there should be digits after the 5. --204.52.215.71 06:44, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Suggestion to merge International response to the 2005 Hurricane Katrina into Relief response to Hurricane Katrina
I would vote no to that. It is good to have a summary in one article and a detailed list in another. Both articles will (most likely) be extensive; if merged, too much important information would be lost. --Tsaddik Dervish 21:31, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
No for reasons cited above. --Dpr 22:30, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
No for reasons cited by Tsaddik Dervish. --CFIF 22:32, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
No, two articles are taking shape. As can be seen, they are quite different. --Vsion 22:36, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
No, I agree with the statements above, however, there should be a clearer reference to the related articles in the seperate articles themselves. --Shadowfax0 0:44, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
No, sounded like an excellent idea, but looking at the articles shows that they are quite different. The correct title to the other article is Hurricane Katrina disaster relief. DDerby | Talk 02:51, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Move proposal
Suggest moving to Humanitarian response to Hurricane Katrina (like Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake). -- Ian ≡ talk 03:56, 3 September 2005 (UTC) Retracting proposal as I've rethought it through. -- Ian ≡ talk 04:15, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
- Disagree, 'humanitarian' doesn't distinguish between U.S. relief and non U.S. relief. It also doesn't distinguish between government and private aid. For many reasons those distinctions will be necessary. --Tsaddik Dervish 04:10, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Corporations
EMC was listed in the article as being a donor... but the provided link doesn't really say that. I couldn't find a source. Can someone provide a better link and put it back if it is correct?
--24.165.233.150 23:43, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
- I removed the corporations, there are thousands of corporations/companies that are contributing - it’s impossible (and not instructive) to try to make a verifiable list. --Tsaddik Dervish 01:40, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Disaster delcaration
I have clarified the disaster declaration by George Bush - the parishes designated on the 27th are shaded in this gif - [2], which I characterized as "inland." I gave counts for the counties in Mississippi and Alabama. Hipocrite - «Talk» 14:09, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] External Links
Devastating firsthand account: "Get Off the Fucking Freeway: The Sinking State Loots its Own Survivors," Guerilla News Network
[edit] Disaster Relief
Well i'm a Civil Air Patrol member n we havent gotten recinized to say we helped but no created? Why we did a good duty out there [Even though i wasent there] we scered for missing people n gathered food for the victoms............. Well if u didnt know well ask the members of C.A.P n well u'll see..... From Cadet Airmen 1st Class Wingfield
[edit] To those who are paying attention to this article...
This article is a mess. I'm just passing through to fix a link, but someone needs to take this one and do some major work. Pjbflynn 04:22, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
![[2]](http://www.fema.gov/graphics/diz05/t_dec_3212.gif){kind=link}