http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 1:40:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41184/big-easy-enlists-artists.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA new biennial meant to restore New Orleans' cultural life—and expand it—opens this weekend in the city, the New York Times reports. With 81 artists participating in Prospect.1 and 50,000 out-of-town visitors expected, the exhibition could be a pick-me-up for a city still trying to come back from Hurricane Katrina. But New Orleans is as much a collaborator as a beneficiary.http://www.newser.com/story/41184/big-easy-enlists-artists.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 29 Oct 2008 8:26:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36830/dont-get-complacent-big-easy-officials.html?refid=rss_all_defaultNew Orleans residents may be celebrating Hurricane Gustav's near-miss this week, but that's no reason to get complacent, the New York Times reports. Officials admit that protective infrastructure still isn’t up to par, and there were several close calls when Gustav made landfall. “I want everybody to understand—we’re not there yet,” an Army Corps of Engineers colonel said.http://www.newser.com/story/36830/dont-get-complacent-big-easy-officials.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 07 Sep 2008 14:44:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36552/new-orleans-residents-head-home.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAll Hurricane Gustav evacuees are being allowed back into New Orleans after Mayor Ray Nagin abandoned a more drawn-out reentry plan, the Washington Post reports. Those returning had trouble locating supplies, and officials warned power outages would add to difficulties. "We'd like to say welcome back, but it's not the way we'd like to do it," one local official said.http://www.newser.com/story/36552/new-orleans-residents-head-home.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 03 Sep 2008 16:51:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36532/gustav-histrionics-were-irresponsible.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe way media and the state reacted to Gustav wasn't responsible behavior, but rather "responsibility avoidance ... motivated by a desire to avoid blame," Frank Furedi writes in Spiked. He says official overreaction diminishes a sense of community and individual resilience, rendering people passive to the whims of politicians who tell them, “You need to be scared,” and “Get your butts moving out of New Orleans right now.”http://www.newser.com/story/36532/gustav-histrionics-were-irresponsible.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 03 Sep 2008 12:56:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36475/new-orleans-residents-cleared-to-return-tonight.html?refid=rss_all_defaultPeople are returning to their southern Louisiana homes in the wake of a weaker-than-expected Hurricane Gustav, but New Orleans residents will need to wait until one minute before midnight, reports the Times-Picayune , running on an emergency generator. Mayor Ray Nagin warned the city is still "vulnerable" due to lack of power and medical personnel, but is allowing residents back in.http://www.newser.com/story/36475/new-orleans-residents-cleared-to-return-tonight.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 02 Sep 2008 23:30:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36380/new-orleans-levees-held-but-still-flawed.html?refid=rss_all_defaultNew Orleans' levee system withstood the power punch delivered yesterday by Hurricane Gustav, but also revealed its continuing vulnerabilities, reports AP. The Industrial Canal flood wall was swamped, flooding again an area devastated by Katrina. The Industrial Canal is considered the system's Achilles' heel. The Army Corps of Engineers is spending $700 million on a canal barrier, but it won't be in place until at least 2011.http://www.newser.com/story/36380/new-orleans-levees-held-but-still-flawed.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 01 Sep 2008 23:29:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36284/big-easy-not-ready-for-100-year-storm.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWith Hurricane Gustav set to thrash the Big Easy almost exactly 3 years after Katrina, Newsweek sits down with New Orleans Levee District executive director Stevan Spencer to find out what will change this time around. “We are better than before Katrina —we've raised the levees and strengthened or replaced the floodwalls,” he says.http://www.newser.com/story/36284/big-easy-not-ready-for-100-year-storm.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 31 Aug 2008 14:31:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36199/lost-coffins-remain-part-of-katrinas-legacy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultLouisiana is still finding coffins displaced by Hurricane Katrina three years on, the Wall Street Journal reports. Katrina and Rita moved 1,500 bodies from their resting places in the state's swampy south, where floating coffins during floods have long been part of local folklore. Hundreds remain unidentified, and they are still turning up in woods and water.http://www.newser.com/story/36199/lost-coffins-remain-part-of-katrinas-legacy.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 29 Aug 2008 22:15:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36097/evacuation-may-come-saturday-la-gov-warns.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSome Louisiana residents could be evacuated Saturday ahead of Tropical Storm Gustav, which is expected to make landfall in the state Tuesday, Gov. Bobby Jindal said today. The storm, which could affect New Orleans, might produce damaging winds as early as Sunday, prompting the stepped-up preparations, the Times-Picayune reports. The Louisiana National Guard has been ordered to ready itself.http://www.newser.com/story/36097/evacuation-may-come-saturday-la-gov-warns.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 28 Aug 2008 16:51:16 CDT