I’ve spent the last few days in absolute shock, like many Americans. The city of New Orleans, actually most of southeast Louisiana, has been washed off the map. Hurricane Katrina, a category 5 hurricane, hit the Louisiana / Mississippi coast this weekend bringing with it death and destruction all along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas. It appears that no place was more devastated and destroyed than the city of New Orleans.

The news video has been surreal to watch. It reminds me of the way I felt on the morning of Sept. 11th, 2001, watching the video of the jet airliners crashing into the twin towers, it just doesn’t seem possible. How can this really be happening? Are those people really being washed away, right out of their homes? Are those people really swimming down the middle of the street, dead bodies floating past them? What about the people stuck on their rooftops, is there no way to save them? Seriously? There’s nothing we can do? This is America, right? We can do anything we set our minds to, right? That’s still true isn’t it?

This can’t be real.

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