As I sit here in the town of Bay St. Louis, Miss., one of several tiny coastal beach towns that comprise ground zero for the worst part of the worst natural disaster in the nation--Hurricane Katrina, I feel conflicted. The New York Times has published a lengthy article titled Road to New Life After Katrina Is Closed to Many. The article zeroed in on the difficulty of returning home after Katrina. Again, as has been the modus operandi from the beginning, the focus is on New Orleans alone and specifically on residents in the 9th Ward. This is an important heart breaking story. And herein lies my conflict.
The road home after Katrina is equally difficult for those who don’t live in the lower 9th Ward. Read on . . .
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Unfortunately you are all too right in that the Gulf Coast has been ignored by the media in comparison to New Orleans.
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