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September 04, 2005

Anne Rice on Hurricane Katrina

Anne Rice, a New Orleans native, has a piece in today's New York Times called "Do You Know What it Means to Lose New Orleans?"

Now nature has done what the Civil War couldn't do. Nature has done what the labor riots of the 1920's couldn't do. Nature had done what "modern life" with its relentless pursuit of efficiency couldn't do. It has done what racism couldn't do, and what segregation couldn't do either. Nature has laid the city waste - with a scope that brings to mind the end of Pompeii.

Here's a roundup of what some papers around the world are saying about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath this Sunday morning:

"You're on your own, Britain's victims told" (UK Guardian)

"Australians still stranded in New Orleans" (The Age, Australia)

"Kiwi cop one of six remaining in Katrina aftermath" (New Zealand Herald)

"America Humbled" (LA Times)

"New Orleans turning to the dead as refugees evacuate" (USA Today)

"In Mississippi, a feeling of neglect" (MSNBC)

"Horror dome finally empties" (NY Daily News)

"Many evacuated, but thousands still waiting" (Washington Post)

"A prayer for old New Orleans" (Newsday)

Posted by hdiaries on September 4, 2005 06:05 AM