August 29, 2007

Remembering Katrina

..or rather, its victims, who continue to suffer from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina after the levees broke.

On the
2nd anniversary of Katrina, sadness and anger fills the people of New Orleans. Some interesting pictures here of locations around New Orleans from 2005 and today.

May these blues inspire more great music from this wonderful place. Lets hope that some day soon, like for this writer, who has written in the NY Times yesterday about a personal upheaval in her life that coincided with Katrina, "
life (can) finally started to move along again" for all natives of New Orleans.

So...what are the lessons we have learned 2 years later?

Katrina: a Reality Check for All Towns
Forbes, NY
Katrina, two years later | The view from here is heartbreaking Seattle Times
Summertime - and after Katrina, life still ain't easy Guardian Unlimited
Life After Katrina CBS News
Residents muster the will to rebuild in New Orleans Boston Globe
City with two faces: New Orleans two years after Katrina DigitalJournal.com
As New Orleans rebuilds, many think the nation no longer cares Orlando Sentinel
The long slog after Katrina Boston Globe
Progress slow in New Orleans since Katrina Baltimore Sun
Two Years Later: Katrina's Economic Impact ABC News
Power of nature, power of hope Danbury News Times
PROGRESS AND PAIN The Times-Picayune
Two years after Katrina, kids still in crisis Newsday

Editorials
Pay heed to New Orleans - a New Orleans native writes in the
Guardian
New Orleans - Two years on - Dailykos
New Orleans: Mission NOT accomplished, written by New OCouncil member Shelly Midura

...and lot more coverage in the newspapers of the country and around the globe.

But, let me end this mail on a hopeful note..
Class of 2015 envisions New Orleans' future
Fifth-graders at the newly opened Langston Hughes Academy Charter School in New Orleans, Class of 2015, described what their city will look like on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Their answers ran the gamut from hopeful to uncertain -- but all were in agreement on one thing. New Orleans does have a future.

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