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Louisiana looks for ‘smoking gun’ to link Isaac tar balls to Gulf oil disaster
Louisiana is investigating whether tar balls deposited on Gulf of Mexico beaches by Hurricane Isaac were relics of the 2010 BP oil disaster. Government agencies and environmental groups this week reported weathered oil in areas which took the brunt of last week’s hurricane – and which were also heavily damaged…
Hurricane Isaac storm surge reversed flow of Mississippi River
Hurricane Isaac storm surge reversed flow of Mississippi River As hurricane Isaac reached southeastern Louisiana as a Category 1 storm earlier this week, it did something unusual to the Mississippi River: It threw the river into reverse. For nearly 24 hours, according to the US Geological Survey, Isaac’s storm surge…
Families face grim wait in the dark as Isaac grinds on
BELLE CHASSE, Louisiana — Storm-weary residents hunkered down for a hot, wet and windy wait on Wednesday as Hurricane Isaac slowed to storm force but looked set to linger over southern Louisiana. Officials urged residents to stay indoors and warned it would be at least a day before winds calmed…
Obama vows full support for Isaac victims
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — US President Barack Obama said Wednesday his government was doing everything it could to help victims of Hurricane Isaac, which caused widespread damage and flooding. “Our thoughts are with you. Our prayers are with you,” Obama said in a message to the people of the Gulf Coast…
Hurricane Isaac floods breach levee south of New Orleans
Rising waters from Hurricane Isaac have spilled over a levee south of New Orleans and inundated a residential area, a local official said Wednesday, as the storm bore down on the city seven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the “Big Easy”, killing hundreds along the US Gulf Coast. Isaac, which…
Why the 2012 campaign ‘optics’ really don’t look good
Are there any bits of American campaign jargon more annoying than the word “optics”? It’s inescapable this week, thanks to hurricane Isaac: Republicans in Tampa are worried about how it will look if television pictures show them partying while the storm wreaks destruction on Gulf Coast communities. But wait! Did…
Flashbacks and fear in New Orleans as hurricane strikes
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — As rain pounded at her windows Tuesday, Dorothy Ellis couldn’t stop thinking about the two days she spent clinging to a tree after her New Orleans home was swallowed by floodwaters. “It was bad, real bad,” 60-year-old Ellis said, as she flipped through photographs of what…
Pat Robertson’s CBN suggests God moved hurricane to protect Republicans
The religious lifestyle show hosted by televangelist Pat Robertson on Monday suggested that Christians in Florida had convinced God to move soon-to-be Hurricane Isaac away from Tampa, Florida to protect Republicans. During a segment about how Isaac forced the first day of Republican National Convention to be cancelled, Christian Broadcasting…
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