At Our Best, And Not

Two contrasting public radio items on Katrina. Both are from Monday 8/29.

1. Given the circumstances, it was good to see a posting on the PUBRADIO listserv from CPB offering financial assistance to stations suffering uninsured damage from Katrina. It was a timely and important action.

2. Don't remember the exact words delivered by the traffic reporter on one of my local public radio stations, but they went something like this:

"...I'm supposed to go to a conference in New Orleans over Halloween and it looks like that will be cancelled. So that gives you an idea of how serious things are down there."