Bare witness

Linked from Dana's place, one of the most compelling, appalling, illustrative--there aren't enough words--first hand accounts of the Katrina disaster I have read.

Gotta warn you, it's long. Necessarily, and thankfully so. I printed it out and read it on the train, and was so engrossed I didn't notice someone had peed on my shoe until I got home. Also a true, first-hand account, but less infuriating.