Media Coverage of Hurricane Katrina

I think the single most limiting thing for a person living in the USA is being poor. Whenever I see the victims of hurricane Katrina in the media, I wonder how they are so resilient. I know there has been a massive response of fundraising and aid, but sometimes it seems as if the strength of people comes from deep inside themselves. I can't imagine what it must be like to lose everything. In this crazy world, all you really have is your home - and I believe that will take a very long time to rebuild.

I have mixed feelings about the media coverage. Sometimes it seems like the media is just exploiting the tragedy (like when they show a reporter in hip waders going on and on about the disgusting water), but I think in this day and age people really have to see the tragedy to understand that everyone needs to chip in. I just hope that journalists are humble in their coverage, rather than grandstanding.

Signing off,
Heather

"The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people."
Claiborne Pell (1918 - )