Katrina: An American Tsunami

Consider this statement:

"We have an American refugee situation on our hands," said Laura Howe, a Red Cross spokeswoman working in Birmingham, Ala. "We have a mass migration of people who are homeless. It is an incredible thing to see and experience, and I don't think any of us in our lifetimes ever thought we would see anything like this."

Read the entire article from which it comes. (Thanks to Althouse for leading me there.)