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"They don't get the uniqueness of New Orleans, they don't really get what really happened during Katrina — all they saw was those awful images." MAYOR C. RAY NAGIN, of New Orleans, asked what he would say to those who were surprised at his re-election on Saturday.

the truth about New Orleans from Sports Ill

the truth about New Orleans I know you come to this column to read about football, sports and otherthings. I'll get to the regular Tuesday fare, your e-mails, in a fewparagraphs. First, there's something a little more significant to discuss. I sense that we in this country have Katrina fatigue. The New York Times reported as much recently, saying that people in some of the areas thatwelcomed Katrina evacuees last September are sick of hearing about thehurricane, the flooding and the aftermath.Well, my wife and I were in a car last Wednesday that toured the hardest-hitarea of New Orleans, the Lower Ninth Ward. We worked a day at a nearbyHabitat for Humanity site on Thursday, and we toured theBiloxi/Gulfport/Long Beach/Pass Christian gulf shore area last Friday. Andlet me just say this: I can absolutely guarantee you that if you'd been inthe car with us, no matter how much you'd been hit over the head with theeffects of this disaster, you would not have Katrina fatigue.Wh...