This week, everyone's talking about Hurricane Katrina.

Put emphasis on those who died, survived, or are somewhere in between.

I've come a long way in being able to talk and write about Hurricane Katrina. I used to find it paralyzing, as if I couldn't breathe when I reached for the words. Like I was still trapped in that room in south Mississippi, the water rising as the wind pushed it in from the window sills. I had never seen water do that before, and I had been though quite …