Links related to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

• TBO.com- Tampa Tribune and WFLA TV of Tampa
  • Hurricane Katrina - Katrina's Path - complete coverage of Katrina
• The Times-Picayune
  • Mental Health crisis calls showing storm's grim effects
  • Proposal: Let residents decide
  • Levee design flaw still elusive
  • Katrina Archive Stories
  • Katrina Photo Galleries
  • Katrina Photos from readers of the Times-Picayune
• 1 dead in attic a book of the post Katrina stories of New Orleans which appeared in the Times-Picayune written by Chris Rose at www.chrisrosebooks.com
  • Charles Varley: a photojournalist whose coverage of New Orleans post Katrina was included in Chris Rose's book www.varleypix.com 
  • Tipitina's Foundation: rebuilding the musical culture of New Orleans  www.tipitinasfoundation.org which is recipient of funds from Chris Rose's book
  • ArtDocs:provides grants to help artists rebuild studios, replace lost materials, and return to New Orleans www.artdocs.com
• Channel 4 WWLTV of New Orleans
  • Four Months Later and Children Still Missing
  • Another Katrina Victim Body Found in Lower 9th Ward Today December 23, 2005
  • Katrina or not, bonfires will guide Papa Noel to Louisiana bayous this Christmas
• Channel 26 WWNO TV of New Orleans
  • Six part series of rebuilding of St. Bernard Parish
  • A Jazzman Returns to New Orleans to Rebuild Home and Musical Tradition
  • Bush Visits Gulf Coast
  • Hurricane Katrina Gallery of pictures from beginning of storm to present
• CNN.com
  • Special Reports - Hurricane Katrina
• My Year of Hurricanes - An ongoing series from a writer who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. By Blake Bailey
  • I lost everything in Katrina. posted Sept. 2, 2005
  • Going back to work after losing everything posted Sept. 8, 2005

  • Three weeks after Katrina: missing cats, Wal-Mart, and a search for day care posted Sept. 16, 2005.

  • The dramatic rescue of our lost cat from New Orleans posted Sept. 22, 2005.

  • Starting over with $2,000 from FEMA posted Sept. 30, 2005.

  • Returning to New Orleans for the first time posted Oct. 7, 2005.

  • A return to moldy New Orleans, and an unexpected death posted Oct. 21, 2005.

  • Calculating the good things that came out of Katrina posted Oct. 28, 2005.

  • A trip to the devastated Lower Ninth Ward posted  Nov. 4, 2005.

  • How a poet and a resurrected dead man saved a Katrina evacuee posted Nov. 22, 2005.

  • Life After Katrina - Our first Christmas as displaced persons  posted Jan. 16, 2006

• Christian Science Monitor
  • For 13 evacuees, a hard trip down memory lane
  • Christmas in New Orleans: somber but hopeful

  • Worker shortage besets a buzzing New Orleans

  • Goodwill of volunteers adds up

• Yahoo

  • Hurricane Katrina Full Coverage on Yahoo! News

• American Red Cross:
  • American Red Cross - Preparing Communities for an Emergency and Keeping People Safe - Preparedness
  • American Red Cross-Tampa Bay Chapter
• Reports from Gulf Coast Region on the Hurricanes Aftermath
  • http://photos.plaqueminesparish.com - Hurricane Katrina Aftermath 2005
  • http://photos.plaqueminesparish.com - Hurricane Rita Aftermath 2005
  • Hurricane Katrina Disaster Response from the US Geological Service Survey
  • New Orleans post Katrina - a photoset on Flickr
• First Hand Reports on the Storms of Katrina and Rita
  • Ultimate Chase views of Storm Surges of Katrina and Rita
  • Eye of Tropic Storm Reports on Katrina
• Timeline of Government Response to Katrina by USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review
  • Katrina_Timeline

Hurricane Katrina Aftermath Resources:

• Hurricane Katrina- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/emergency/hurricane.html
   
• Hurricane Katrina Resources and Crisis Center Updates - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/disaster/
   
• Hurricane Katrina Information - Federal Emergency Management Administration http://www.fema.gov/press/2005/katrinaemergency.shtm
   
• Matrix: Disaster Readiness & Response Professional Resources for Service Providers During Disasters - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.samhsa.gov/Matrix/professional_disaster.aspx
   
• Mental Health Needs - After the emergency is over: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Youth
  Emergency Medical Services for Children http://www.ems-c.org/downloads/pdf/ptstress.pdf
   
• Coping with Hurricane Katrina - National Mental Health Association http://www.nmha.org/
   
• Disaster Response: Resources for Gulf Coast Families and Clinicians - American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  http://www.aacap.org/publications/DisasterResponse/index.htm
   

• In the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Addressing Emergent Psychological Needs - American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
  http://www.aaets.org/index.html

• Managing Traumatic Stress: After Hurricane Katrina - American Psychological Association http://www.apahelpcenter.org/articles/article.php?id=107
   

• Mental Health Intervention for Disasters - National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/facts/disasters/fs_treatment_disaster.html
   
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center - Suicide prevention information geared for specific groups: AOD counselors, clergy, college students, first responders, law enforcement personnel, media, nurses, primary care physicians, school health and mental health counselors, survivors, teachers, and teens. http://www.sprc.org/whatweoffer/audience/index.asp