UPDATE: WCBU’s Jonathan Ahl has a very plausible (and non-scandalous) explanation in the comments section.
UPDATE 2: OK, I’ll admit it (again). Not a huge scoop. Get off my back. Everyone is a critic.
I am baffled by this. I debated putting on a reporter’s hat and making a bunch of phone calls.
But I didn’t [...]

As I’ve said, there’s lots of blame to go around for the post-hurricane misery on the Gulf Coast. I’ve leveled a lot of blame at local officials for not doing more to evacuate and for not providing adequate policing after the flooding.
But the Bush administration — especially FEMA — deserves some of the blame:
When Wal-Mart [...]

Associated Press: New Orleans in Anarchy With Fights, Rapes
“They have M-16s and they’re locked and loaded,” Gov. Kathleen Blanco said of 300 National Guard troops who landed in New Orleans fresh from duty in Iraq. “These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so, and I [...]

Here is the latest about thebreakdown of society:
“We were coming in from a parking deck at Tulane Medical Center, and a guy in a white shirt started firing at us,” [Dr. Tyler] Curiel said. “The National Guard (troops), wearing flak jackets, tried to get a bead on this guy. “
The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. [...]

Via WMBD 1470:
The American Red Cross phone-a-thon continues to bring in money for the relief of Hurricane victims. Spokeswoman Vickie Perry said $226,473 has been raised through 1 Thursday afternoon. She said officials have decided to keep the phone lines open past the original cut-off. The phones will now stay open for donations until 10:30 [...]

I assumed that B.J. Stone and I were going to talk about high gasoline prices. But now they are saying the death toll in the Louisiana and Mississipi could be in the thousands.
I’ll be on WXCL 104.9 F.M. from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
WXCL,Hurricane Katrina

UPDATE: Welcome Eric Zorn readers. In my defense, Im not commenting about the hurricane so much about the breakdown of society. I’m still a humble guy. Trust me.
MSNBC:
Around the corner on Canal Street, the main thoroughfare in the central business district, people sloshed headlong through hip-deep water as looters ripped open the steel gates on [...]

If I haven’t been blogging about it, it’s not because I don’t care. It’s just because I’ve got no particular insights and certainly no new information.
I’ll just repeast some information from WMBD 1470 about how we in central Illinoiis can help:
A local way to help out those affected by Hurricane Katrina. The American Red [...]