Too many things to link to, but here are some interesting articles:

• Note From Inside New Orleans
• Disjointed thoughts on the socio-economics of disaster
• On How Cuba Handles Hurricanes. (p.s. I visited Cuba in 1996, and I’m not at all surprised.)
• Lots of things about the US become easier to understand if you consider it as a very rich third world country
• Everything has gone according to plan.
• Cuba offers to send 1,100 doctors but we don’t want them.
• Staging relief efforts for TV consumption.
• Health concerns offered by Laurie Garrett (author of The Coming Plauge, I highly recommend it!)
• Maybe it’s time for criminal charges to be pressed in regards to FEMA’s non-performance.
• Being poor