John Moore from Florida is right. How many times has Florida been overlooked. I live in the Florida Panhandle and I know what the hurricanes did to us here, and you never hear about all the hurricanes that destroyed Florida. I think people tend to forget that Florida is part of the United States of well.

Thank you so much for the much-needed coverage in our area. Perhaps now Austin and Washington, D.C. will take note. Although we in Orange are grateful that we did not incur the anticipated 20-foot storm surge, life is far from back to normal. For example, the reason that I happened to catch your broadcast last night (Halloween) is that Halloween esentially didn't happen in our town. Not only does the ocean of debris make it far too dangerous for kids to trick-or-treat in most neighborhoods, but we also had our first thunderstorm since Rita came to visit on September 24th, which left many scrambling to secure tarps and plywood on their homes. I had that sudden realization (for the thousandth time since Rita hit) while watching your special report last night that we're "THOSE PEOPLE."

Thanks to Brian Williams and the NBC staff for not letting people forget about all these folks. They are more than the next news cycle. I have been to Waveland Miss. for medical relief efforts and the need is still great for basics like food! thanks

Your coverage is appreciated because we have largely been forgotten here in the aftermath of Rita. We cannot forget how severely Katrina struck and our damage with Rita is not nearly as severe as that of New Orleans nor that of the Mississipi Gulf Coast. But our lives are not normal here in east and southeastern Texas, nor will they be for some time.

I see The Great State of Florida has again been overlooked, left out, and ignored. In the past 14 months my State "Florida" was hit by 8 hurricanes Three of those being category five storms. I do not believe there are many residents in the State of Florida who have not been affected either directly or indirectly. From the extreme of loss of life, limb, total loss of homes along with all personal pocessions, and with everything in between. For those residents who suffered no loss the majority of them have family, friends or co-workers who did. The State of Florida sustained billons of dollars in damage over the last 14 months. Areas of South Florida on both coasts are without basic services due to Hurricane Wilma. Key West is under water without food, electric & basic necessities, portions of southeast Florida still does not have power, the southwest coast of Florida sustained substantial damage and people as far north as Brevard County have lost their homes due to flooding caused by hurricane Wilma. The State of Florida is still recovering from the 2004 hurricane season. Central Florida was hit with three hurricanes last year with the first one being a cat. 3 as it passed through. I still have hurricane damage to my home because homewowners insurance only covers a portion of the damages. After that all other repairs have to be prioitized based on the importance of protecting the integrety of the structure of the home. The Florida Panhandle sustained billions in damage and one side of the I-10 Bridge still has not been repaired. This year Southwest Florida was hit by 5 hurricanes, three of which had been cat. 5 or became cat. 5 huricanes after passing through. My personal experience with Fema has left me with the impression it must be the worst managed ferderal agency in the goverenment. Fema is not structured, trained, or capable of effeciently dealing with any major catastropy. Their mission statement is unclear and without a clear mission they cannot accomplish their goals. As for the State of Florida no one has held a concert for the hurricane victims, had a fund raiser, or any type of national aftermath news coverage. Just as the Great Citizens of Alabama have helped each other, not complained, have not cried discrimination, and realize the catastophic storms are an act of God, and not an act of man so do the Great Citizens of Florida. Enough is Enough how about some equal time for the State of Florida on your Network. Just as a note of prospective, Southeast Florida had more power outages from Hurricane Wilma then the entire State of Louisiana. This was only one area impacted in the State of Florida by Hurricane Wilma and Hurricane Wilma was only one of eight hurricanes to hit our great State. There are many Floridians suffering in this state as well. Please Equal time for the State of Florida, please send a crew here and include our suffering citizens as well.

It's about time someone talks about the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. Thank you! We are sick and tired of hearing about Katrina. Yeah, it WAS a horrible hurricane....but that was months ago! Now we (Rita victims) have to suffer because of that. If you want to see some real damage you should come to Sulphur, La. Debris litters the streets everywhere. The government thinks that it is better to clean up the interstates instead of our streets, where debris litters our ditches. What happens if it rains? Our drainage is already horrible, just wait until it rains. Many are STILL homeless, FEMA still hasn't helped. FEMA is definitely not what it is cracked up to be. They barely do anything for us, some still haven't even got their $2000 and others got it twice! Its sad. This is supposed to be America.

Hi Brian,
I'm writing from northern Minnesota where the effects of the hurricanes are a world away. I think this approach of using your correspondents to actually go out -way out- into the field is outstanding! It sounds like REAL reporting again, not just the canned sound-bites we're used to receiving as "news". I'll be checking back regularly, keep up the good work!

I think what you are doing is a good thing, but don't always interview older adults. I am 23 years old, single and live by myself and the gas prices constantly going up and down makes a differance. I have full coverage on my car and I am going to have to get liability b/c i can't afford anymore than that. I have a good job. I am the VP of administration of a physical therapy clinic. I have to ask my parents for help to live on.