Blogs: Some of the most compelling reporting on Katrina

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<p>While almost all of the news so far has been from reporters in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and other places that escaped the worst, some of the most compelling reports are coming from bloggers on the scene. One of the most chilling I read was:

Back online. I got four hours of sleep. I turned the scanner off just before passing out. The last I remember, the cops all along the shore were calling in to report as the roads became inpassable. When I turned it on this morning, it was silent.

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<p>From the same blog:

I have had been listening to the emergency response all night . No sounds coming out of Ocean Springs.

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Destruction is everywhere and in many cases it is complete.
Looters/scavengers are walking the roads with bags of liquor and radios.
Our neighborhood bar used to be three or four doors north of the Gulf of Mexico. It would still be three or four doors if there were any doors left. The wall that used to separate it from the next place south was taken out. I could see the Gulf straight through the side of the place.
The local TV station was basically torn apart. Wind and trees sliced satellite dishes into shreds and power lines are hanging everywhere.
Martial law is in effect and the National Guard is about to roll through. They better get here soon or this nice southern town is going to rip itself apart.
Reports come through the scanner say hundreds of people trapped and bodies in sunken boats. As far as I know it is too early to start understanding how bad it is.

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<p>This blog is: <a href=“http://www.dancingwithkatrina.blogspot.com/[/url]”>http://www.dancingwithkatrina.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Others can be found via: <a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6409077/[/url]”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6409077/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I really fear what will be found along the coast when daylight comes tomorrow.</p>