USATODAY.com - After Katrina, insurance tops family's list of tough battles

USATODAY.com - After Katrina, insurance tops family's list of tough battles:

"The raw numbers are staggering: More than half a million people in Mississippi have applied for assistance from FEMA. In a state with just 2.9 million residents, that means more than one in six Mississippians have sought help. More than 97,000 people are still living in FEMA trailers and mobile homes. Another 5,000 to 6,000 are still waiting for FEMA trailers.

Despite a massive cleanup, many neighborhoods are still piled high with storm debris."

" decimated Waveland...."When you find something, like a bowl or a cup, you set it on the slab because somebody's going to claim it," she explains....Before Katrina, Penrose's hometown was a comfortable community of 7,100 with a slightly cosmopolitan flair that managed to capture the flavor of both Gulfport-Biloxi, 35 miles to the east, and New Orleans, 60 miles to the west. Now, the city is virtually gone....But Katrina is still ever-present here."