One Neighborhood in Gautier

As Mississippi State and Tulane prepare to play this Saturday night as part of a telethon to raise money for the Boys and Girls Clubs of New Orleans, we would be remiss not to remember the thousands of people on the Mississippi coast left homeless by Katrina.

My roommate from college, a 2001 mechanical engineering graduate of Mississippi State University, sent me these pictures of the neighborhood he called home in Gautier, Miss. The good folks who lived in these destroyed homes still don't know what they're going to do, whether or not they'll rebuild, and if so, how. Their stories are like thousands of others from New Orleans to Mobile, Al. and that's what makes them so tragic.

The country was glued to this tragedy for more than a week, 24/7 on CNN and FOX News, but like we typically do, with our thirty second attention spans, we're already starting to move on. Other news is creeping onto the front pages around the country and the political blame game continues.

After 9/11 the country adopted a phrase, "We Can Never Forget." Yet, it seems half the country already has. This individual, in the comfort of his home, far from the ravaged landscape of the coast, truly hopes the citizens of this country don't forget the victims of Katrina after the pictures stop coming into their homes every evening.

And for what it's worth, this blog, although preaching to the choir for the most part, will remind the average sports fan from time to time of the catastrophic storm that made land fall on August 29, 2005 and encourage its readers to do what ever they can to help.

May God give strength to those who need it most.