Katrina Still Causing Harm

It’s been nearly eight weeks since Hurricane Katrina struck, and fresh disasters have replaced it as the lead story on the evening news.

But Katrina is still very much the dominating news for people in the Gulf states.

We all knew at the outset that it would take months, even years, for stricken areas to recover. We told ourselves we would not forget misery of the people there, that we would continue to pour out assistance.

Although we might not have forgotten, the impulse to help might have lost its urgency.

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