• US Senate staff interview of Gen. Matthew E. Broderick, the former head of the
  Homeland Security Operations Center   [471KB PDF]
• Aug 30 White House email to Homeland Security expressing concern about
  situational awareness   [517KB PDF]
• White House Sept 1. email complaining that Homeland Security is
  sending old information   [485KB PDF]
• Transcript of Federal-La. State Video-teleconference Sept. 4, 2005   [1.2MB PDF]
• Transcript of Federal-La. State Video-teleconference Sept. 2, 2005   [3.2MB PDF]
• Transcript of Federal-La. State Video-teleconference Sept. 1, 2005   [2.1MB PDF]
• Transcript of Federal-La. State Video-teleconference Aug 30, 2005   [3.7MB PDF]
• Transcript of Federal-La. State Video-teleconference Aug 29, 2005   [5MB PDF]
• Transcript of Federal-La. State Video-teleconference Aug 28, 2005   [2.5MB PDF]
• DHS Inspector General Report Criticizing FEMA response to 2004 Florida Hurricanes   [1.4MB PDF]
• A Disaster Medical Assistance Team assesses the Hurricane Katrina response   [117KB PDF]
• Critique of the Katrina Response by Association of Contingency Planners   [219KB PDF]
• Texas Governor's report on the chaotic Hurricane Rita evacuation   [3.5MB PDF]
• GAO report on whether FEMA should remain in Homeland Security   [250KB PDF]
• How Terrorists Might Exploit a Hurricane   [247KB PDF]
• First internal DHS-FEMA assessment of went wrong during Katrina   [623KB PDF]
• White House report on the federal response to Hurricane Katrina   [2.9MB PDF]

• Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs: Hurricane Katrina Full Report
  (Exhaustive report from the folks who invented the Department of Homeland Security)
• The Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
  (Surprisingly unflinching account of what went wrong during Katrina. First comprehensive fed investigation)
• New Orleans Hurricane Protection Projects Data, courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  (Slow-loading trove of documents that attempts to explain why New Orleans levees surrendered so readily to Katrina. Includes original as-built drawings, stopped-clock data and other delights)
• National Hurricane Center
  (The official word on big-time weather. Cool animated graphics of past hurricanes)

• Disastersrus.org
  (Low-tech but surprisingly comprehensive site on current weather phenomena, emergency management and preparedness. Operated by Craig Fugate, Florida's disaster guru.)
• Center for Cooperative Research
  (Exhaustive, minute timeline of the unfolding Katrina disaster)
• Natural Hazards Center
  (The gold standard for cutting-edge concepts regarding the nation's disaster readiness)
• Katrinadisaster.org
  (General source for links and news should the Big One threaten New Orleans again)
• Disasternews.net
  (News of the afflicted and those who seek to help them)
• Understanding Katrina: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
  (Name says it all)
• www.nutrias.org/usefullinks.htm
  (Librarians weigh in with everything about the state of Louisiana's long-term recovery plans)
• Brookings Institution: the Katrina Index
  (Recovery as measuerd by cold statistics that often contradicts the cheery political rhetoric)

• Times-Picayune Interactive Map of Levee Breaches
  (Clever time-lapse graphic shows every overspill and breach in the metropolitan area)
• The Storm - PBS Frontline
  (What an awesome storm. What an awesome film.)
• www.katrinadestruction.com
  (Hundreds of Katrina photos from all manner of official and unofficial sources)

• NOLA.Com
  (Disorganized proxy site reflects rather poorly on the excellent paper of record. It's all here -- if you can find it)
• deadpelican.com
  (Louisiana news consolidator with a conservative bent. Site layout seems vaguely familiar)

• your right hand thief
  (well-reasoned reflections on life in post-K New Orleans)
• http://afterthelevees.tpmcafe.com/
  (rebuilding, as viewed through a political lens)
• www.dangerblond.org/
  (literate, highly personal views on life in New Orleans)
• www.suspect-device.com/blog/
  (Lefty Louisiana artist throws sharp daggers at state and fed carpetbaggers)
• www.forgotston.com/
  (New Orleans curmudgeon rages against the machine)