We just did another audio session with Edmundo Rocha, who’s still under curfew in Houston. He talks about the aftermath (as he’s able to perceive it) and examines where the preparations may have gone wrong. edmundo_houston_530_1 edmundo_houston_530_2
Read moreWe’ve been asked if we can pull together an index page with links to all of our Hurricane Ike coverage. If you want, bookmark this and we’ll add everything we do in here as the story develops. Edmundo Rocha on Ike: one third of 911 calls are from Latin areas that should have been evacuated Audio w/ Edmundo, 8:35 CDT:
Read moreI spoke with Edmundo about an hour ago. He’s fine, but Ike is all that was advertised and then some. Power is out for 99% of those in the area and they’re being told it will be weeks before it’s fully restored. As of 8:30 Houston time he was reporting that the worst of the storm – the back side
Read moreEdmundo has some video taken from his apartment. Still looks fairly tame, huh?
Read morePost Updated at 4:35 PM MDT. Click on “Full Story” to read the update. First, Ann Ivins reports that “traffic is starting to pick up along Interstate 10 coming in from Houston. They haven’t created evacuation lanes yet. Gas prices have jumped in the last two hours by a few cents.” Second, Edmundo Rocha will be tweeting on Ike from
Read moreA couple disparate pieces of information have come together in a way that’s potentially a little scary. Earlier, Ann Ivins noted that: Even with the terrible planning and deadly highway gridlock, San Antonio was full by the time Rita hit – and she was headed further north. Galveston’s already flooding. There’s no one here. The hotels and motels along 37
Read moreAs Edmundo Rocha noted earlier today, things are looking pretty dire for those in Ike’s path. For those interested in what it looks like on the ground, he’s liveblogging as best he can over at ¡Para Justicia y Libertad! Meanwhile, we’ve gotten a few more e-mails from him. Here are the relevant parts: Most of Surfside Beach was submerged by
Read moreEditor’s Note: The S&R team just received the following e-mail from our friend and colleague Edmundo Rocha, who lives in Houston. The city has had time to prepare, but it sounds as though significant errors have placed people in greater danger. Fingers crossed for Edmundo and everybody else down there – we’ll keep you posted as we hear more. UPDATE:
Read moreby Jennifer Angliss Let’s take Sarah Palin at her word that Trig is her biological son. We do not currently have any hard evidence to say otherwise, despite all those pictures floating around the internet. But the evidence we do have is disturbing enough. At 36 weeks of pregnancy, Palin was in Texas for an energy conference. She began leaking
Read moreWe’ve gotten a lot of comments on the photojournalism of one of our new team members, Jack Shaftoe. Some questions about permission to reuse these images have popped up, and we wanted to let everybody know that it’s fine with us. Three things: 1: Photos must be used in their entirety, as is (not cropped or re-edited). 2: Photos must
Read moreFor those of you who haven’t found a CNN Radio outlet in your area, below are the clips they’re using from my interview this morning. I’ll warn you in advance – I can’t promise that I’m interesting. They’re doing three different snips. I’ll give you the voiceover lead-in followed by the audio link. 1: Bigger Picture: “Among the standard media
Read moreAnd away we go. I just did an interview with Brendan Gage of CNN Radio, so you’ll be able to hear my voice emanating from a radio near you starting here in about an hour. The reporter asked me about the role and impact of blogs and what we at S&R hope to accomplish in the coming days, and I
Read moreI’ve been following the New Yorker/Obama cartoon dustup that my colleague, JS O’Brien, wrote about earlier today. In addition to the official and media reactions that have littered our news channels, I’ve also been tracking the heated debates raging across Left Blogistan with a mix of bewilderment and anger. I certainly empathize with JS and his “Archie Bunker” analysis –
Read moreIn a long-overdue move, Boulder prosecutors have officially cleared the family of JonBenet Ramsey in the girl’s December 26, 1996 murder. I say “long-overdue” because for those of us who’ve paid attention to the evidence it’s been clear for years now – painfully, maddeningly clear – that the family was innocent. I emphasize “evidence” in that sentence for a reason.
Read moreNew footage has just come to light showing us the full exchange between Papa Bear and his behind-the-camera producer during his famous F-bomb flinging tirade a few years back. Must-see TV, you bet. Every news show needs a producer like that if you ask me. Thanks to CollegeHumor.com for the clip and to JS O’Brien for passing this along.
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