As the 1st anniversry of Hurricane Katrina quickly approaches, I'd like everyone to be aware of the Katrina Blog Project. Essentially, this started over at Daily Kos in an effort to highlight one diary per day on the recommended list that commemorated the tragedy and travesty that was Hurricane Katrina and its governmental response.

Follow me into the extended entry for a quick set of links to excellent diaries written about Katrina.

Katria Blog Project Diaries:

• The Katrina Blog Project: 30 Days to Remember the Madness by wmtriallawyer
• Katrina and Lebanon--Two Perfect Examples of "Compassionate Conservatism" by dociavelli
• Our Katrina Anniversary by noladq
• They Are Not Coming...A Katrina Diary by luckydog
• My Katrina diary by Magenta
• Hurricane Katrina: From The Other End of the Looking Glass by noahdb
• "You can hear the dogs yelping" - A Katrina Diary by RenaRF
• Katrina Blog Project: Filling the Void by wmtriallawyer
• Katrina, the never-ending story by Chimes of Freedom
• Spike Lee's Katrina Movie - this month by luckydog
• "Let Them Walk Out of Here"-- Katrina Blog Project by Buckeye BattleCry
• Unnamed by terrypinder
• Hey, whatever happened to that "go f!ck yourself" guy? - A Katrina Diary by GN1927
• Katrina Blog Project - cleaning up by nerdsie
• Katrina Blog Project - Apocalypse 9/1/2005 by Chimes of Freedom
• To Texas From Katrina - a Katrina Blog Project by Texas Tiger
• My Trip to New Orleans by chacha1847
• This is no way to treat our fellow Americans by clammyc
• A letter from Canada: Katrina blog. by pale cold
• Horrors and Heroes--A Katrina Project Diary by AustinCynic
• The Hell of Not-Knowing; a Katrina diary by pico
• Goodbye, New Orleans by noladq
• Katrina-The Abandonment of New Orleans (Photos) by neecie100
• Katrina Blog Project - Crime and Punishment 9/5/2005 by Chimes of Freedom
• Mississippi After Katrina: A Contribution to the Katrina Blog Project by vjack
• New Orleans: The forgotten city by PsiFighter37
• Little Progress in New Orleans - One Year Later by clammyc
• he saw a body floating in the water with a rat sitting on its chest by Miss Devore
• Katrina Blog Project - Lakeview and the Ninth Ward, August 3, 2006 by Chimes of Freedom
• The Madonna of Katrina-Sarah Johnson by Miss Devore
• Katrina Blog Project: Little Did I Know by thgeneral
• Katrina Survivors Prematurely Forgotten by vjack
• A New Orleans Ritual for Aug. 29th, 2006 by nolalily
• Coming home - Katrina Blog Project, w/pics by pico
• Katrina Then and Now: A Bush Photo Op - Updated Today by luckydog
• NOLA: American Warzone by Jensaarai
• Beenie Drowned In Her House... A Katrina Diary by luckydog

Many of the diarists are from the region and lived through it. Some aren't - we were merely frustrated outside observers. Some of the diaries were highly recommended and have many comments... Some don't. But they all deserve attention. EVERY STORY about the forgotten Gulf and especially New Orleans deserves attention.

By the by, Spike Lee has his four-hour documentary on Katrin airing in two parts on HBO starting tonight. It will be two hours tonight, and two tomorrow night. Sometimes I wonder if I can take seeing it again - but them I remember how lucky I am that I didn't actually live through it. I owe all the survivors and those who lost homes and possessions and family members and pets and all sense of securtiy my attention. I intend to give it.