Katrina Coverage

Earlier this month, New Orleans Police Superintendent Edwin Compass decided to confiscate weapons in the city:
Kelly Hobbs, a National Rifle Association spokeswoman, said the group had reports from New Orleans that police had gone to homes of people who had recently purchased guns to confiscate them.
"It's really irresponsible for the authorities to try to confiscate […]

According to Art Bell:
Ham operators were not allowed in: they were turned away.
There was no jamming, despite initial reports
There was massive lack of readiness (he didn't mention which authorities; perhaps he meant all of them).
According to ABC: The radio communication system for the NOPD and NOFD "dissolved." Some of the equipment could have been brought […]

That's what the Vermont Guardian says, but I'm not putting my full faith in their account:
[…In the New Orleans projects…]
…A man in his forties stepped forward and said those who were forced to find food when government aid failed to arrive were targeted by police: “We got a lot of people who go get food […]

The 9/2 video here is of evacuee Charmaine Neville describing her experiences getting out of the 9th ward. A transcript is here.
I find some of the things she says a bit questionable, but she was obviously distraught when being taped. She says that helicopters would fly over but wouldn't ever stop, and then offers this:
A […]

"A number" of New Orleans cop cars have been seen in Houston lately, "several" of them stored in Houston Police Department parking lots, the Chronicle reports.
Exactly how they got there remains shrouded in mystery as well as perhaps cowardice and corruption, although the last two can't be confirmed. HPD was told not to arrest the […]