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NewsHour: "The editor of Scientific American magazine explains how the levees broke and what crews can do to plug the holes."  Don Park has before-and-after sattelite pictures of New Orleans.  Here's my answer to Dan Conover's question.   BBC: "New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has issued a 'desperate SOS' for thousands of people stranded with no food or water at the city's convention centre."  Brendan Greely: "Since Sunday, hundreds of evacuees from New Orleans have arrived in Lake Providence and the surrounding area."  NPR's podcast directory. Looking for the OPML... 
It's not as if California can afford to look the other way, either.   The president is going to the wrong place tomorrow. New Orleans is where the problem started. Yes, there are still people there who need help, desperately, but the help they need is to be removed from New Orleans. Now Mr President, where will they be moved to? After they move, they won't be going back to New Orleans anytime soon. No planning is possible there. Touring New Orleans is looking in the wrong direction, back in time. That's just plain dumb. Go to Houston, go to Atlanta, Jackson, go to places that are habitable, and start working on getting these Americans, most of whom voted for you (how different from NYC) into homes befitting Americans. We need to figure out how we're going to house over a million homeless US citizens. I think now you have to very seriously consider removing our troops from Iraq, and bringing them home to the US, where they can build housing for the people of the United States. I don't think the dwindling support for the war will last through the next few weeks, as the dire state of our country sinks in with the populace.   Dan Conover asks a question that's much on my mind too.  CNN: Americans opening spare rooms to evacuees.  Today is move-in day for me in Berkeley. I have a bright shiny new place to live, with a great view and great plentiful food nearby. I feel very lucky.   Rex Hammock: "Nashville is becoming a destination for people leaving those areas. There are lots of folks here opening their homes to friends and relatives." 
NY Times: "The president appeared a day later than he was needed." 
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