One of the benefits of having satellite television instead of cable is that, even though we had been slammed by a hurricane, as soon as electricity was restored to our house we had our TV back.

I must say, though, after watching hours of Hurricane Katrina coverage on ABC, CNN and FOX News I have a question... what about Mississippi? I've seen very little coverage on what happened in Mississippi. It's all about New Orleans, New Orleans, New Orleans.

I'm aware that New Orleans flooded... twice, thanks to Hurricane Rita. But, how come all we hear about is New Orleans? The Mississippi Gulf Coast had a thriving economy before Katrina.  Now, we've got over 65,000 homes completely destroyed in Harrison County alone. Hundreds, ultimately perhaps thousands, are dead or missing. The devastation we experienced here far surpasses what occurred in New Orleans. After all, the Mississippi Gulf Coast was in the northeast quadrant of the storm... that's the worst place to be in a hurricane.

Go look at our Hurricane Katrina Photo Gallery and see some of the debris fields that used to be quaint neighborhoods. You won't see that kind of devastation in New Orleans because it didn't happen there. It happened here.

But, we're working together, working hard to clean things up and rebuild. Maybe that's what the problem is... no looters, rapists or murderers to sensationalize. We're actually getting along quite well in spite of the horrors we all just went through. I guess the prerequisite to getting proper national media coverage is that we all act like a bunch of uncivilized barbarians like our neighbors to the west did.

On second thought... nevermind, National Media... if that's what it takes, I'd rather your cameras stay pointed at the corrupt political machine/welfare state that is New Orleans; Lest all you Damn Yankees figure out that the hurricane is the price we pay for living in the paradise called the Mississippi Gulf Coast. We shall rise again... and are doing so even now.