As Aug. 29 recedes into the conscious time of many Americans, the great storm that devastated 70 miles of Mississippi's Coast, destroying the homes and lives of hundreds of thousands, fades into a black hole of media obscurity.
Never mind that, if taken alone, the destruction in Mississippi would represent the single greatest natural disaster in 229 years of American history. The telling of Katrina by national media has created the illusion of the hurricane's impact on our Coast as something of a footnote.
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/13402585.htm
I wanted to post this, the MS gulf coast has been put on the back burner for 4 months now not recieving the help or attention New Orleans has gotten and it is infuriating. Both areas need and deserve help, not just New Orleans. We recently went to Gulfport, MS and the things you see are just heartbreaking.
Never mind that, if taken alone, the destruction in Mississippi would represent the single greatest natural disaster in 229 years of American history. The telling of Katrina by national media has created the illusion of the hurricane's impact on our Coast as something of a footnote.
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/13402585.htm
I wanted to post this, the MS gulf coast has been put on the back burner for 4 months now not recieving the help or attention New Orleans has gotten and it is infuriating. Both areas need and deserve help, not just New Orleans. We recently went to Gulfport, MS and the things you see are just heartbreaking.