Gulf Coast

September 17, 2008 - by Louisiana Family Recovery Corps Guest Contributor The Louisiana Family Recovery Corps is strongly encouraging local, state and federal leaders to focus on the realities of long-term human recovery as they plan and implement human service efforts around Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and continue efforts on the Katrina and Rita recovery.

September 15, 2008 - The Galveston County Daily News reports that health conditions on Galveston Island are deteriorating in the wake of Hurricane Ike.

September 15, 2008 - While the post-Ike news coverage has focused largely on the destruction wrought in Galveston and Houston, the storm also caused extensive damage to the coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama -- even into the panhandle of Florida.  

September 14, 2008 - I cross-posed our piece at DailyKos yesterday on the Galveston County jail's decision to not evacuate 1,000 inmates despite a mandatory evacuation order for the city and warnings that those who remained in the

September 12, 2008 - As Facing South reported earlier this week, deportation concerns rank high amongst immigrants evacuating this latest round of Gulf Coast hurricanes.

September 12, 2008 - Communities across coastal Louisiana are facing serious environmental contamination in the wake of Hurricane Gustav, according to an assessment released this week by the Louisiana Environmental Action Network.

September 12, 2008 - Updates continually added ... keep sending them in! Travel across any area that's about to get hit by, or has already suffered a blow from, a hurricane, and you'll find signs of an under-appreciated literary genre: Storm Poetry.