Biloxi residents fear being forgotton

With apologies to Simple Minds "Don't you, forget about us" is the message that Biloxi residents want the nation to hear.

From the Herald.net:

"The biggest fear of many still in Biloxi of being forgotten has some basis....one international tragedy after another took headlines and attention: Iraq, Afghanistan, the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. They echoed the movie "Wag the Dog" in which foreign wars are faked in order to distract Americans from domestic problems.

When wars didn't make headlines, officials have focused on gay marriage, stem cell research and estate taxes.

Meanwhile, families live in cramped FEMA trailers rooted by sewer connections to the front lawns of their gutted middle-class homes. This month, a year after Katrina, they must start paying rent on those trailers as well as their mortgages."

They still need volunteers! Why not take an extra day for Labor day and go down for 4 or 5 days? You will do a world of good!