<p>Take an intimate look at Kathleen Blanco Kathleen Blanco: ''She is always the calm at the center of the storm''</p>
<p>NEW ORLEANS - Kathleen Blanco is the quiet eye in the storm around her.</p>
<p>Dressed in her trademark blue suit, the jacket open to the two-string costume pearl necklace she has used this year because it's large enough not to misplace or leave behind, Blanco is serene, seeming to ignore the undulating semi-circle of television cameras and still photographers whirling about her, some walking backward, others dropping back and swooping back around in front like birds fighting to be in front of a flock. Behind her is a mass of supporters.</p>