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September 4, 2005
Do You Know What It Means to Lose New Orleans?
By ANNE RICE

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/opinion/04rice.html?ei=5090&en=ce2f33f8719dba9c&ex=1283486400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

Well, to Ann Rice, NO is the ground zero for all her books.

And it's true: eventually, help did come. But how many times did Gov. Kathleen Blanco have to say that the situation was desperate? How many times did Mayor Ray Nagin have to call for aid? Why did America ask a city cherished by millions and excoriated by some, but ignored by no one, to fight for its own life for so long? That's my question.

Except for that, she wrote a moving tribute to NO. Her books are great, if you like vampire stories. I do, and have purchased several different ones. I wish I had her email, because I would like to direct her to these threads. She is very misinformed about NO's official incompetence. Her question has an answer, but will she listen?