FEMA

September 2, 2005 - Director of Homeland "Security" Chertoff said in a press conference this afternoon that the relief effort was going great, supplies were pouring in, FEMA and the National Guard were on the scene, yada yada yada.

September 1, 2005 - By R. Neal Anderson Cooper of CNN is on the scene and interviewing Sen. Mary Landrieu remotely. He asked about the response, etc. She started praising the President and the federal government's response, naming off the list of agencies, etc.

January 1, 2004 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 32, "Acts of God." Find more from that issue here.