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As our state and our Louisiana neighbors face the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with many thousands of people still living in FEMA trailers, and the possibility of another hurricane looming, the Jackson Free Press pauses to send a prayer to all the victims of a devastating hurricane. Click here to view the JFP’s KatrinaBlog, started the day after the hurricane hit the Coast, and archiving Katrina-related stories and posts by JFP writers and readers.

Previous Comments

I pray that we never have to live through another storm like Katrina again.

#134831 | Author: golden eagle ’97 | Date: Aug 29 2007

I hope we don’t either.

#134832 | Author: LatashaWillis | Date: Aug 29 2007

Anyone remember the donations thread? For me, that’s my most vivid memory. Everyone needed something, even if it was just ice and gas.

#134833 | Author: LatashaWillis | Date: Aug 29 2007

Right, L.W., I kinda wish we’d kept up the “triage blog” as we called it. That was amazing; we posted needs and people around the country responded. That’s what I spent most of my time doing the first week after Katrina.

#134834 | Author: DonnaLadd | Date: Aug 29 2007

Of special note is this story from October 2004.

#134835 | Author: DonnaLadd | Date: Aug 29 2007

Saw this today. Amazing. Before, After and Now pics on MSNBC by local resident

#134836 | Author: LambdaRisen | Date: Aug 29 2007

Gov. Barbour, friends, and family—WOW!!! [color=blue]Have you seen this?[/color] If it doesn’t open, click below to read. http://igoto.co.uk/ksd Or: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/08/impeach-haley-b.html

#134837 | Author: blu_n_a_redstate | Date: Aug 29 2007

Bloomberg.com is reporting: MS Gov. Barbour Held Stock in Parent of Lobby Firm What do you think? Here is the link. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=a3O8w8_QJ6KU

#134838 | Author: blu_n_a_redstate | Date: Aug 29 2007

Interesting oics, Lambda. blu, I think that link deserves its own thread. That’s some juicy stuff!

#134839 | Author: LatashaWillis | Date: Aug 29 2007

“pics,” not “oics.”

#134840 | Author: LatashaWillis | Date: Aug 29 2007

Founding Editor Donna Ladd is a writer, journalist and editor from Philadelphia, Miss., a graduate of Mississippi State University and later the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she was an alumni award recipient in 2021. She writes about racism/whiteness, poverty, gender, violence, journalism and the criminal justice system. She contributes long-form features and essays to The Guardian when she has time, and was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Jackson Free Press. She co-founded the statewide nonprofit Mississippi Free Press with Kimberly Griffin in March 2020, and the Mississippi Business Journal named her one of the state's top CEOs in 2024. Read more at donnaladd.com, follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @donnerkay and email her at donna@mississippifreepress.org.