'Good news' on Gulf Coast arrives slowly - The Clarion-Ledger

'Good news' on Gulf Coast arrives slowly - The Clarion-Ledger:

"Just as I had been told, you have to come in person to see to really understand the ravage Katrina visited upon the area, with its unique culture and landscape.

Scenes and places that I fondly knew from many years of coming here - Bay St. Louis and Waveland - were sadly no longer recognizable to me.

What was readily apparent to me on my visit last week was that an incredible force had angrily bombed this wonderful part of the world virtually back to its primeval state."