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I don't have the heart to write much, given what's going on. I will say that Robyn's link to Anne Rice's essay (in the comments to yesterday's post) zeroed in on those elements of what's happening in New Orleans which disturb me most.
On a really insignificant matter: if you signed up for the audiobook drawing, you have to be sure to reply to the email you'll get asking you to verify your information. Please check your junk mail filters to make sure that email doesn't get stuck. If you don't take that step, you won't be in the drawing. Right now there are almost thirty people who haven't yet responded to the confirmation email, and are thus stuck in drawing limbo.
September 4, 2005 01:51 PM
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Hi, I might have received the confirmation email and erased it, because I don't remember getting it. Thanks!
Posted by: Lanna Lee Maheux-Quinn at September 4, 2005 07:13 PM
Lanna Lee -- I believe I've tweaked things so that you can go ahead and fill out the form again. You will need to respond to the confirmation email when it comes this time.
Posted by: sara at September 4, 2005 07:39 PM
You are right Sara. I feel helpless and insignificant. I sent money to a disaster relief organization but I still feel like I have done nothing. People love their cities. I love Chicago even if I don't live there anymore. Ann Rice is right.
Cynthia in FLorida
Posted by: Cynthia at September 5, 2005 06:36 AM
I've been checking my junk mail filter, and haven't received a confirmation.
Posted by: Rosemary at September 5, 2005 06:35 PM
Dear Sara,
thank you for the link to the Anne Rice article. My parents went to New Orleans earlier this year (from Australia) - they had read about it but never seen it, and they loved it but were worried about the potential for environmental disaster created by the removal of vegetation in the bayous, and storing of oil in tankers on rotting wood platforms. We have watched in grief and horror the events overtaking this historic and vital city, and mourned for the people trapped without help. Anne Rice expressed beautifully the many causes for anguish in the occurance and handling of this disaster.
Posted by: Sheena Walsh at September 5, 2005 07:49 PM
Rosemary -- Please start again, and if you don't get the confirmation emails this time, email me. Sorry for the confusion.
Posted by: sara at September 6, 2005 11:06 AM