stories from the drowned city

[rm]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30doctors.html

It'll take me weeks to read this article, although I will read it. Katrina remains the only news event that has ever caused me to need to step away from coverage. Four years later that hasn't changed; I can only deal with it in rationed pieces. I am deeply ashamed of this. The news is a civic duty; witnessing is a moral one. And I worked for the AP, and let me tell you, I saw stuff -- a lot of stuff -- that never, ever reached an audience because it was so graphic. But Katrina remains the one story I can't handle.

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[schpahky.livejournal.com]

I can't read about Katrina either -- much -- but I got through this one (if that helps you at all). It is worth it. The worst part was the sense of dread for the first five pages. I mean, the worst part was the whole horrible, hellish situation. But we know that.