UK Watches Us From Across the Pond

The UK press is more likely to stay with the true story than our corporate media:

The Telegraph:

Nearly 100 Britons are still missing

The Times:

Katrina Tales: day 11
Canadians arrive days before US Army

Hurricane Katrina

In a country with three main layers of government and multiple sub-divisions within those layers, confusion is inevitable when all must work together without an agreed script. To minimise that confusion, responsibility for responding to disasters is supposed to start with those closest to them. In this case, they were among the victims. The entire echelon of first responders in New Orleans, including firefighters, police and local National Guard units, were driven from their own homes and often to despair. Two police officers committed suicide. The city government moved to Baton Rouge.

The Guardian:

'They lied to us to get us to move'

The Independent:

Cost to US economy could be ten times greater than 9/11

BBC: Hurricane Katrina: In Depth