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After Katrina: Beyond New Orleans

Much of the mainstream media coverage of Hurricane Katrina has focused on New Orleans, but blogger Michelle Malkin provided a roundup of news from other areas devastated by the storm.

Malkin's readers requested the news feed, which indicates just how broad the devastation is -- and thus how much attention it is likely to garner in Congress and throughout the federal government. Katrina directed her wrath at folks far from the Beltway, but she is sure to be the talk of Washington for months to come.

UPDATE: Ed Morrissey of Captain's Quarters also noted the destruction in Mississippi and chastised the mainstream media for making the tragedy predominantly about New Orleans. "So why doesn't the media give coverage to the wider devastation of Katrina?" he wrote. "For one thing, they have the same problem in Mississippi that the rescuers have -- a lack of access for their reporters. However, by narrowing the scope of the disaster recovery facing the states and federal emergency responders, it makes it easier to blame them for a poor response, when in fact the turnaround time for assistance on Katrina has historically been one of the best for hurricane disasters."

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