Essay by Ed Quillen
Natural Disaster – October 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine
SOME DISTANT DISASTERS strike me harder than others, and New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has really hit hard. For several days as August ended and September began, instead of getting any productive work done, I was sneaking off to watch TV. When I didn’t want to be so obvious, my ears were glued to the office radio while I visited Web sites to catch the latest from CNN.