If you’re wondering why American Crime Story’s third, Versace-based season has made considerably more press than Season 2’s Katrina, there’s good reason. FX confirms that Versace will now serve as Season 2, as Katrina shores up its returning cast and special effects.
The reaction to a new opinion piece published by the Chicago Tribune has many in our area fuming as the anniversary of Katrina looms. The columnist, Kristen McQueary, wrote the piece that was originally titled "In Chicago, wishing for a Hurricane Katrina"
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According to Gambit, Mayor Mitch Landrieu and his staff made announcements concerning Tropical Storm Isaac this past weekend.
I noticed something different from what I saw during Hurricane Katrina 7 years ago: it seems to me that Mayor Landrieu, without saying it, might have been stressing personal responsibility.
In an excerpt from her upcoming memoir ‘No Higher Honor,’ former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recounts the days after Hurricane Katrina, which decimated much of New Orleans and whose mishandling was later seen as a debacle for the Bush Administration.
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction (More info)
1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded (More info)