hurricane

Hurricane Katrina victims take note. Michael Brown is safe.
A series of wind-whipped wildfires north of Boulder, Colo., have forced the evacuation of more than 11,500 residents — including Brown, the vilified ex-Federal Emergency Management Agency head.

Sen. Barack Obama is tapping his sizable political cell phone network to help Hurricane Gustav relief. On Monday, he issued a personal plea via text message to his supporters:
Barack asks that you give to the Red Cross…
The short message encouraged supporters to give money online, by calling an 800 number, or, in a first for [...]

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Sarah Palin Introductory Tour continued through the weekend with stops at a pair of independent-league ballparks in Washington, Pa., a small city 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, and the St. Louis exurb of O’Fallon, Mo. The former rally was essentially a replay of the event in Dayton where Sen. John [...]

At the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Americans are talking about the number of lessons to be learned from the tragedy of that storm and the failure of response by the U.S. government that followed.