So many diaries have been posted about NOLA this week, but the ones which have the biggest impact on me are those that quote first-hand accounts of Katrina survivors and rescue volunteers. The same goes for the media reports - it is the interviews, the raw unvarnished accounts of those who are living through this which are most powerful (and probably hardest for the wingnuts to refute).
Some of the reporting on this disaster and its aftermath have been exceptional, the truth is getting past the spin machine. Will it continue? I don't know - but I hope we can preserve this eye witness history, even emailed stories which were posted here and have since scrolled down into the archives.
Has anyone set up a central clearinghouse for stories like this? A few links below the break, if you know of others please post in the comments.
http://neworleans.metblogs.com/
http://www.nola.com/weblogs/nola/
http://www.livejournal.com/users/insomnia/599039.html