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The Spirit
Show me a muscle and I will show you the Spirit of the Coast. I have loved this photo from the moment I first saw Carmen Stepane and her spunky show of muscle and spirit. This is the face of a people who will not be defeated and who can smile through the unbelievable loss of so much.
Democracy in action
We care. People on the Coast care veiy much aboui their communities will be rebuilt, and the democrat decisions about the future is impressive. There are meetings to discuss the recovery, and people turn o large numbers to voice their opinion on all things. 1 meetings have something of the feeling of a New Ei town, only with a Southern accent.
Trailer Park
In some ways, the photo of a Rolls Royce parked beside a trailer in Bay St. I^ouis seemed jarring. But on reflection, it told the story of how this storm affected people of all conditions along the Coast. Where in New Orleans, Katrina’s impact was greater on the poor, in Mississippi people of every economic condition were devastated. And how could we illustrate these first 100 days without a FEMA trailer?
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Getting to Know You
One thing that Katrina did was to draw us closer to each other. Neighb