Letters: Dec. 19, 2005

Blues in the Big Easy

Our report on what remains to be accomplished in New Orleans, three months after Hurricane Katrina, moved readers to share their concern about conditions there. Some were outraged by the slow pace of the government's recovery efforts, while others argued against rebuilding in a flood zone

"New Orleans Today: It's Worse Than You Think" [Nov. 28] served as a much-needed wake-up call to Washington officials and the American people. The hurricane disasters on the Gulf Coast had a huge impact on the collective conscience of the nation when they occurred, but as we have become involved...

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