Katrina: It’s not about who had it worse

I will never get into the who had it worse conversation between New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Both got the crap kicked out of them. Both were ignored by the Federal response that was chaotic at best. Everyone suffered. There were heroes and people not so heroic after the storm. That’s life — you don’t know what is in you until you are squeezed. Am I a little annoyed that the Gulf Coast gets ignored by the media? Yes. But media notables like Joe Scarborough, Jim Cantore and Robin Roberts did an awesome job telling our story during the storm. Do I wish the President could have made a stop here and that the people who don’t like him could have put that dislike aside? Yes, again. Because this is bigger than politics or regionalism.This is the marking of 10 years since we all were punched in the mouth.

This is a celebration of human resiliency.