ON KATRINA

Kelpie Wilson | America's Tsunami
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083105I.shtml
The scientific record shows that hurricanes come in cycles and scientists say
you can't tell whether a particular hurricane is the result of global warming,
although higher temperatures are a definite cause of more intense and violent
storms.


Floods Ravage New Orleans
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083105K.shtml
Two levees burst Tuesday, flooding the city of New Orleans in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina, which had already leveled much of the Gulf Coast from
Louisiana to Alabama in one of the nation's worst natural disasters.


Crude Oil Rises to Record after Hurricane Damages Platforms
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083105N.shtml
Crude oil rose to a record for a second day after Hurricane Katrina shut about
92 percent of production in the Gulf of Mexico.