As a New Orleans resident, I’ve followed the political fallout from Katrina very closely. I’ve talked with other evacuees, read dozens of blogs and watched countless hours of news.
There are times when the world is just too much. When fate, fortune and the will of man all turn against us and the deck is simply stacked too deep for us to come out ahead. These are times when a stiff upper lip and a drive to push on simply aren’t enough. These are times of desperation, of hopelessness and of isolation.
