This interesting special report digs in to the difficulties many NOLA residents are having either returning home or getting settled in new places. The whole FEMA trailer thing rings very true to me. I wonder if it could have discussed the bureaucratic difficulties at the federal and local levels, getting schools up and running, etc.

An important topic that still gets far too little media coverage and public attention in my opinion, this story provides ample anecdotal evidence and sufficient factual evidence to support the claim of the title. The associated video is worth the time.

First-rate piece of investigation. Could have included more discussion of solutions, though most may seem rather obvious. An incredible heart-wrenching tale of willful, indeed criminal neglect and incompetence from our elected officials.

Great use of personal anecdotes; such vignettes often get the job done better than dry stats alone.

This story demonstrates how a major American city was lost through the abject failure of FEMA, which was created to rehabilitate disasters as occurred to New Orleans.

One can find anecdotal evidence of the kind that fills this article to fit any viewpoint. Rebuilding does take time; even in Florida the rebuilding of the damaged areas from Hurricane Andrew is not complete. The authors obviously did not have any interest in the success stories, which far outnumber the failures that this opinion piece focusses on. Many people do not want to come back to New Orleans; why were no examples given of the tens of thousands of these persons who have found homes and jobs elsewhere? Any why is the focus on Louisiana, rather than on the several states hit by Katrina? Mississippi bore the brunt of the actual storm, after all.

There is no exit from Katrina; and no future for so many of its survivors. This game is the Louisiana Labyrinth. How is this possible two years after the storm? We need more stories like this one, because we need to see the faces of the lost city...not the numbers, not the stats, but the individual stories. There should be one a day until every survivor's life has been restored....but it's much too easy to file this tragedy under "big story from two years ago." That is...until we have another hurricane season that makes Katrina look like a rehearsal.