The Granddad's Blog

Garden of Seven Sorrows
Originally uploaded by TheGrandDad.

Located on the grounds of Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat House in Sierra Madre, CA.

Milk Bar in New Orleans
Originally uploaded by SteveSchaaf.

New Orleans under water. Read what people are saying about the flood by clicking this picture and moving to the bottom of the next picture.

Houston Astrodome Katrina Disaster
Originally uploaded by Houstonian.


"Hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all
And sweetest in the gale is heard."

Emily Dickinson


Check out more pictures on Flicker about Katrina

Sept 5 (Irish Examiner) Europe ‘ready’ as US asks for help

Sept 4 (LA Times) — Depite warnings, Washington Failed to Fund Levee Projects

Sept 3 (CNN) — At a New Orleans street corner, Lt. Gen. Russel Honore directed the deployment of National Guard troops
His staff calls him the ragin cajun.

Sept 3 (CNN) — New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin calls Lt. Gen. Russel Honore a “John Wayne dude” who can “get some stuff done.”

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2005 – President Bush announced today the deployment of 7,000 more active-duty forces to support hurricane relief operations along the Gulf Coast.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2005– As National Guard vehicles forded floodwaters in downtown New Orleans today delivering critical relief supplies and helping law enforcement officials restore order, workers from the Army Corps of Engineers were focused on draining the city and repairing gaps in its levee system.

Sept 1 (DOD) Special Defense Department Briefing with Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina
DOD Briefing