These Days in History, August 25, 2005 - September 17, 2005. Lest We Forget

-- The eye of Hurricane Katrina makes landfall near the Miami-Dade-Broward county line, the National Hurricane Center says. 6:51 PM August 25, 2005 CNN Breaking News

A Blast of Rain but Little Damage as Hurricane Hits South Florida
By JOSEPH B. TREASTER
There were no reports of heavy damage as Hurricane Katrina made landfall between North Miami Beach and Hallandale Beach.

Hurricane Drenches Florida and Leaves Seven Dead
By JOSEPH B. TREASTER
Hurricane Katrina churned through the Gulf of Mexico, increasing its strength and threatening the Florida
Panhandle.

Residents of Gulf Coast Flee Path of Hurricane
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Coastal residents rushed to get out of the way of Hurricane Katrina as it threatened to gain even more strength and make a direct hit on the New Orleans area.

-- Mayor of New Orleans orders mandatory evacuation of residents as Category 5 Hurricane Katrina targets city.

Powerful Storm Threatens Havoc Along Gulf Coast
By JOSEPH B. TREASTER and ABBY GOODNOUGH
Hurricane Katrina sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing and prompted a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY - New York Times August 29, 2005
"I'm afraid this is the one we've dreaded. I don't think the scenario could be any worse for us." - ROBERT R. LATHAM JR., director of Emergency Management Operations for Mississippi.

-- Report: Roof of Superdome in New Orleans, where thousands evacuated ahead of Hurricane Katrina, is leaking rain.

-- Katrina kills estimated 50 people in one Mississippi county, 30 of them in a single apartment complex, CNN confirms.


-- A levee holding back water sustains a two-block wide breach in New Orleans.



Hurricane Katrina Slams Into Gulf Coast; Dozens Are Dead
By JOSEPH B. TREASTER and KATE ZERNIKE
The hurricane left more than a million people without power and submerged highways even hundreds of miles from its center.

-- Rising waters force evacuation of tens of thousands who sought refuge in New Orleans rescue centers, state governor says.

Much of Gulf Coast Is Crippled; Death Toll Rises After
Hurricane
By JOSEPH B. TREASTER and N. R. KLEINFIELD
Floodwaters were still rising as much as three inches an hour in parts of New Orleans late Tuesday.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY - "Thank God - what is today? Tuesday? - thank God it's Tuesday, and my whole family is alive." - TONYA ROSE, of Biloxi, Miss., who narrowly escaped Hurricane Katrina.

No Quick Fix for Gulf Oil Operations
By JAD MOUAWAD
After Hurricane Katrina's passage, gasoline futures jumped on concerns it would take months to restore production levels.

-- AP: Bush administration to release oil from petroleum reserves to help refiners affected by Hurricane Katrina, U.S. energy secretary says.

-- New Orleans mayor says Katrina killed hundreds -- maybe thousands -- of people in city, Associated Press reports.

-- 10,000 more National Guard troops are being called up for duties on the Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast, CNN confirms

September 1, 2005
Higher Death Toll Seen; Police Ordered to Stop Looters
By ROBERT D. McFADDEN and RALPH BLUMENTHAL
Officials said there was no choice but to abandon New Orleans, perhaps for months. President Bush pledged vast assistance, but said, "This recovery will take years."

Hard New Test for President
By DAVID E. SANGER
Not since Sept. 11, 2001, has President Bush faced a test quite like the one he confronts now.

At Stadium, a Haven Quickly Becomes an Ordeal
By JOSEPH B. TREASTER
With 20,000 or more storm refugees inside, the Superdome became a sweltering and surreal vault of horrors.

-- FEMA suspends boat rescue operations in New Orleans because of dangers to rescuers, officials say.

-- New Orleans hospital halts patient evacuations after coming under sniper fire, a doctor who witnessed the incident says.

-- Officials at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, say the facility is full and cannot accept any more New Orleans hurricane refugees.-- "The results are not acceptable," President Bush says of Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts

-- Convoy of military vehicles packed with supplies moves into flooded streets of New Orleans

-- President Bush announces more than 7,000 active duty troops to be sent to help relief efforts in areas hit by Hurricane Katrina.

-- AP: Army Corps of Engineers says police killed some of its workers as they crossed a bridge on the way to repair a canal.

-- AP: Army Corps of Engineers says its contractors were not killed by police, but gunmen who fired at them were killed.

-- A rescue helicopter crashes in New Orleans. No details on casualties yet.

-- New Orleans flood waters contaminated with e. coli, official in office of Mayor Ray Nagin tells CNN.

-- Louisiana Superdome, where thousands were stranded after Katrina, is likely to be torn down, state official tells CNN.

-- New Orleans mayor issues order authorizing the forced removal of people refusing to leave the city.

-- Local officials: Between 25 to 30 bodies have been found in a nursing home in St. Bernard Parish outside New Orleans

-- Fourteen bodies found Thursday inside the flooded Memorial Hospital in New Orleans.

-- FEMA director Michael Brown being sent back to Washington; Homeland Security Director Chertoff to announce new leader for on-the-ground Katrina relief efforts, senior administration official tells CNN.

-- AP: Mike Brown says he has resigned as director ofthe Federal Emergency Management Agency.

-- President Bush says he takes responsibility for the federal government's failures in responding to Hurricane Katrina

-- Owners of flooded St. Rita's Nursing Home charged with 34 counts of homicide, Louisiana attorney general says.

Bush Pledges Federal Role in Rebuilding Gulf Coast
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
President Bush said the government would provide help on taxes, housing, education and job training for the hurricane victims. FEMA, Slow to the Rescue, Now Stumbles in Aid Effort

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and ERIC LIPTON
FEMA is faltering in its effort to aid hundreds of thousands of storm victims, evacuees, local and federal
officials say. September 17, 2005.

From CNN Breaking News dispaches and The New York Times Daily Headlines.


It's not all bad though.