Memos from people near where Katrina hit.

Last night when I went to bed I thought that New Orleans had dodged the Katrina bullet. Now we know better. TPM Cafe has a collection of emails that people from the Gulf Coast have sent in under the heading TPM Readers Report from Katrina's Path. Click through and read them.

This is just the beginning. The news is going to continue to get worse for the next few days as new discoveries are reported.

Then if you haven't already, go to The Red Cross and contribute.

This is no time for political considerations. People are out there dead and dying, homeless and hungry.