Katrina also hit parts of Mississippi, Gulfport being hardest hit, They need food, water, gas and shelter as well. Call you local TV stations, local papers and remind them that they need to cover Mississippi too.
Katrina Mississippi.
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One neighbor, 78-year-old Georgia Smylie, knew little about what's happening elsewhere. She was too worried about her own situation.
"My medicine is running out. I need high blood pressure medicine, medicine for my heart," she said.
Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist, said he's been watching hours of Katrina coverage every day and most of the national media attention has focused on the devastation and looting in New Orleans.
"Mississippi needs more coverage," Sabato said. "Until people see it on TV, they don't think it's real."