Katrina

I know I haven't posted much on the disaster that is the response to Hurricane Katrina, and I'm not sure how much I will post in the next few days.

It's not that I don't care or don't have anything to say, it just seems that once again a lot of other people have already said it. State and local officials continue to come forward with stories of just how bad FEMA and the federal government's help has been. Tragedy is everywhere, even a week after this storm hit. And I'm surprised, quite honestly, that the country hasn't reached it's tipping point on the sorrow and tragedy that has been reported for seven straight days.

All I can suggest at this point is helping out anyway you can, and say a prayer for those who continue to be neglected and those who still need help.

*UPDATE* New York Times:

But furious state and local officials insisted that the real problem was that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which Mr. Chertoff's department oversees, failed to deliver urgently needed help and, through incomprehensible red tape, even thwarted others' efforts to help.

"We wanted soldiers, helicopters, food and water," said Denise Bottcher, press secretary for Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Louisiana. "They wanted to negotiate an organizational chart."