Grim find shows normalcy still eludes New Orleans - Yahoo! News

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"Katrina Fatigue" may be widespread, but the bottom line is that there are 400 people still missing more than 7 months after the tragedy. This is America still, right? Home of CSI and Murder, She Wrote and Bones? We can figure out what the driver of a stolen taxi was eating for breakfast on the basis of a dislodged pebble from his tire tread, but we can't find bodies in a demolished city area? Here's a hint: look under the rubble of the places where the people LIVED.

I'm coming across as a bit bitter today. Not sure why.

Maureen told me the other day that mail service to their home is "every couple of days," restaurants are open only occasionally with very limited hours, grocery stores are crowded (since many are still not open) - in short most of what we take for granted in this country is simply not happening in New Orleans. Again, is this still America?