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New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin quarantined in Shanghai

Kim LaCapria — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:16:05 +0000

Controversial New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is the latest to fall victim to the worldwide Swine Flu H1N1 panic.

Ray “chocolate city” Nagin, his wife and a security guard traveling with the pair remain quarantined in Shanghai after traveling on a flight along with a passenger suspected of carrying the virus. Although Nagin and his entourage are currently asymptomatic, they are being held as a precaution.

Nagin was in Shanghai as part of an economic development trip. His next stop was scheduled to be in Australia to discuss climate change and sustainable building, but plans are currently under review due to the unscheduled delay. There is no word on the suspected duration of the quarantine.

Six Injured in Mardi Gras Shooting

Duncan Riley — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:07:51 +0000

Six people, including an infant have been shot on the Mardi Gras parade route in New Orleans.

The shootings occurred just after the last formal parade float had passed at 1:40pm local time (Tuesday), but still while support truck floats were passing.

Witnesses said that the shooting should like fireworks going off, suggesting that there was more than one shooter involved.

Witness Toni Labat told Nola.com “Everybody was petrified. They hit the ground, the floats stopped, everybody on the floats ducked.”

Victims were taken to local hospitals.

Two male suspects were arrested shortly after the incident.

Watch Hurricane Gustav Live Online

Duncan Riley — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:20:16 +0000

UPDATE **** See also Gustav Videos, Gustav Scammers and Gustav Resource Center for the latest.

As Hurricane Gustav approaches Louisiana and over a million people are evacuated, a few crazy people, and some static webcams are providing a live stream live from the area. Here’s some of the places you can watch Hurricane Gustav live…well, as long as the power and internet connections hold

Ustream.tv

At the time of writing, Ustream.tv is offering a number of live streams from the area. One embed below, and direct links following:

Hurricane Gustav From Luling: seems to be a static cam facing out on a street

Gustav from Slidell: another static cam

Crosby Tubs Gustav

Others

Louisiana Gannett News covering the Hurricane Live.

NOLA has a number of cams throughout the New Orleans area.

Earthcam offers a New Orleans cam, but doesn’t offer a continual live stream, only snapshots.

The Louisiana Department of Transport offers traffic cams across New Orleans. This shot right taken at 6pm Sunday shows how quiet the city has already become.

There’s also a variety of traffic cameras available from Baton Rogue.

For the latest updates on the storm, Ning is hosting an information center, and SocialMedian has a page as well.

UPDATE*** For the latest storm stream, see Hurricane Ike Live.