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To Be Equal; The Katrina Bill of Rights
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New Pittsburgh Courier
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October 19, 2005
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As we Americans begin the arduous task of recovering from the wreckage of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the devastating earthquake in Pakistan and the floods and mudslides triggered by furious rainstorms in Guatemala are terrible reminders that momentous natural calamities can occur to any people, to any nation, at any time.
Millions of Americans, too, now know what it is to be marooned amid widespread destruction and to look around and realize that, suddenly, all that is left of the many places and people that made up one's life are memories.
Hurricane Katrina caused the most damage: It literally washed away my hometown of New Orleans--and the hometowns of thousands of others throughout the ...