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...pair of shotgun-toting sheriff's deputies from Indiana, I saw colorless bodies bobbing in the water, often tethered to light posts. Water covered the top of the doors of my parents' church. God, my mom says, told her to flee the city a day or so before the storm's arrival. And so she did. Our house was destroyed...
...government and insurance companies. "I watch the BBC, where America goes to all these countries and rebuilds communities in a matter of days," my mom observed last night. "That just doesn't happen here. People are losing hope, people are tired." Nearly three-quarters of New Orleans' pre-storm population has returned since Katrina. Yet, in large swaths of the city, the fundamentals of community - schools, police stations, hospitals - have yet to be rebuilt. And don't get me started on grocery stores. When I went back to New Orleans for the Journal it was to explore a story...
...research keeps citrus folks optimistic. But as they know, the weather can't be underestimated. As Fay faded, Tropical Storm Gustav is churning in the waters. And even if it doesn't hit Florida, other storms are certain to wash through the state. "We're just trying our hardest to dry out to deal with whatever Mother Nature deals us next," says Bournique. "We just need a break...
Much of this week, I've watched for New Orleans' painfully slow post-Katrina recovery to become a prime-time talking point from the Democratic National Convention's podium. Friday, after all, marks the third anniversary of the hurricane's arrival, and another powerful storm, Gustav, appears to be barreling toward my hometown...
...record rather than to propose what to do about a city that remains in crisis. Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick referred to it briefly: "The same folks who call themselves 'compassionate conservatives' are the same folks who abandoned all those people, not only after Katrina, but before the storm. The American people have had enough." Bill Clinton used Katrina to assail the Bush Administration for cronyism. Yet amid a riveting, potentially historic presidential race, New Orleans has become a three-year-old footnote...