I worked Katrina relief in Mississipi, so I saw what happened as far west as the MS/LA state line.
They got blasted, too, but they have had a whole different attitude about it.
And they didn't re-elect Nagin.
I'm not the only one on the Gulf Coast with NOLA Katrina fatigue.
We're pretty tired of it here in NOLA too.
My office is in Midcity, New Orleans. This area gets zero press but was just as devastated as the 9th Ward. I have been back here since eary November. When we got back, there were no working street lights, no power, no nothing. The place was a ghost town.
On May 22 2006, there are still remanants of the storm here, but on the whole the area is coming back big time. Mostly, we did it ourselves.
The people of St. Bernard had their entire Parish leveled. Everytime I head over there, I am impressed with the progress.
If you didn't allow the news media to play to your biases, you might realize the majority of people here are attempting to improve the situation.