Saturday, September 3, 2005

Special assignment: Vignettes, Hurricane Katrina


In fall 2005, I had the opportunity to "join up" again with Indiana Task Force 1, which was dispatched to Biloxi, Miss., after a devastating blow by infamous Hurricane Katrina. I joined a traveling RV with Scott Swan and Scott Allen of WTHR-Channel 13 in Indianapolis, and wrote stories and took photos (with a point and shoot) until the Star wisely dispatched a real photog!

One of the initial stories I filed -- by satellite phone -- got picked up by USA Today. It was about the stench of devastation.

My journals: 090205 Katrina Journal