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Stories from the ground are emerging in blogs and discussion forums. Here is one. Inside Ochsner: Overcoming Katrina

"Chris O'Connor is the Vice President of Clinical Operations at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. This is one of the few operating hospitals in New Orleans since Katrina hit. Chris has been sending nightly emails detailing his experience at the hospital during this disaster. I am posting them here and encourage you to share this."

This dovetails with some of the good news coming out as some neighbors self-organize. From

"Some people became animals," Vasilioas Tryphonas said Sunday morning as he sipped a hot beer in Johnny White's Sports Bar on Bourbon Street. "We became more civilized."

After a steady dose of TV news which replays the same shocking images, it is amazing how wonderful it is to read the voices of people. Now imagine how people from the area would want to hear each others' voices. What is needed in terms of people sharing their stories with each other, let alone us gawkers from afar?

Food for thought.

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