A year ago this Monday, Katrina hit the Gulf states. We all blogged like crazy.
Since Bush Administration is desparately trying to supress the memory of their debacle, King Cranky and Melissa suggest we do a blogswarm - everyone blogs about Katrina on Monday and Shakes will collect the posts in a huge linkfest.
Need a reminder and a collection of facts? Check this Katrina timeline (via Arse Poetica)
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Thanks for the "heads-up." I couldn't wait for tomorrow morning since I leave very early for work.
--Javier
Excellent. Make sure that Shakes gets the link for her linkfest.