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...BUSH-CLINTON KATRINA FUND 212-348-0132 bushclintonkatrinafund.org Ex-Presidents Bush and Clinton have already helped raise more than $80 million, which will be disbursed to special funds set up by the Governors of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi...
Even now, New Orleans has little power and undrinkable tap water, so supplies (generators, meals ready to eat, Doral cigarettes) must be delivered to the Corps each day--as often as several times a day--from a staging area 80 miles up the Mississippi. When I traveled with Thursday morning's eight-vehicle convoy, we started two hours late because the Corps workers each had to get tetanus and hepatitis shots before re-entering the suppurating city. Once under way, we had to stop twice: once to wait for a flatbed with a fan boat to join the convoy...
...Mississippi River...
DRYING OUT The highest point in New Orleans is the levee along the Mississippi River. The lowest parts are closest to Lake Pontchartrain. As more pumps come online, the water will recede toward the northern parts of the city...
...their eaves. Bush, more fidgety than usual, was hearing a jumble of conflicting reports about the number of refugees in the Convention Center and the whereabouts of two trucks and trailers loaded with water and food. Furious, he interrupted and glared at the camera transmitting his image back to Mississippi. "I know y'all are trying as hard as you can, but it ain't cuttin' it," the Commander in Chief barked. "I wanna know why. We gotta do better...