Thank you for that report. From the major news media, one would never know the suffering is so intense as from that story. They've gone from the area evidently.
There are several small towns in the same shape as Jasper. Silsbee, Woodville, Kirbyville, etc. are all in bad shape. I emailed the Jasper story to all of the alphabet networks, not that it will do any good.
The ONLY difference between the victims of Rita and Katrina is that many of the Rita survivors still have a roof over their head. But that's all they have.
When the basic infrastructure of a community is destroyed, when there is NO water, NO electricity, NO emergency services available, NO food on the shelves of the local grocery store, and NO gas at the gas station, it's a DISASTER. Where the hell is Anderson Cooper? Where is Geraldo Rivera? Where is Brian Williams? Where is Shep Smith? Sorry, can you tell I'm angry and frustrated? It just seems like the MSM has taken Cindy Sheehan's view of Rita...it was just a little wind and rain.