the fog of (urban) war

[waider]

About that helicopter-shooting incident:

"At the Superdome, we have a report that one shot was fired at a Chinook helicopter," [...]

Laura Brown, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman in Washington, said she had no such report. (link)

On the other hand, you have to consider other such official statements as "who could have know the levees would be breached" and the guy who is in theory somewhere in charge allegedly not knowing about the mess in the Convention Centre until at least a day after I'd read about it on the net. As the man says, the truth lies somewhere in between.

Comments

[king-mob.livejournal.com]

A couple people have alluded to the fact that on Wednesday, they were turning people away from the Superdome and back to the convention center. I'd fuckin' open fire too.

[candice.livejournal.com]

A good source is the news on wwltv.com - these people are hardcore. I've been watching them on rabbit ears since during the storm on TV - their transmitter is still running on the westbank. CNN is not too bad either. (we have satellite. Go whole-house backup generator!)

[waider.livejournal.com]

Yep, king_mob already tipped me off. They've got a running commentary on a blog there. Good stuff, aside from the actual nature of what they're commenting on...