Spring Break
On Thursday, Aug. 25, 20-year-old Cassandra Cutno left her home in New Orleans for Howard University in Washington, D.C. The very next day, her neighborhood, Jefferson Parish, received an emergency evacuation order. "We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared," said a grim New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin, ordering a mandatory evacuation of the 485,000 residents. Later that day, Cutno received a solemn call from her mother. She was leaving their home for Mississippi; in effect, abandoning everything they had known for years.
WASHINGTON -- The last of the stranded residents and visitors to New Orleans are expected to be rescued by this weekend, allowing them to escape from a harrowing past while facing an uncertain future. Thousands more - the mayor estimates 10,000 or more - were not as fortunate and counting and recovering the dead could take weeks, officials say.
Thank God we the people of the United States are better symbols of America than George W. Bush, who lounged around on his Texas ranch while fellow Americans, mothers, veterans, babies drowned in flood waters teeming with dead bodies and cried out for food, water and mercy. Across America, the media, college students, churches, mayors, neighbors have come together to assist the victims of one of the worst disasters of our age. Celebrities like Celine Dion, Larry King, Magic Johnson, the Williams tennis stars, Oprah and radio mogul Kathy Hughes are all pledging big bucks.