So many people across this great nation of ours have come to New Orleans to help us clean up and rebuild. It is those very acts of selflessness and kindness that we will ALWAYS remember. Thank you for not forgetting about us! New Orleans is our home and our life. Thank you for giving it back to us!

Thousands of people in the Gulf Coast are homeless and/or displaced and what's important is Monday night football. Curious, who's going to attend the games? The homeless, jobless people? Are people going to fly in for the game? If so, where are they going to stay? What's wrong with this picture?

NEW ORLEANS WAS MY SISTER'S HEART. SHE LOVED THAT CITY. I VISITED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE SHE DIED AND I TOO HAVE THAT CITY IN MY HEART. IT HAS BEEN THE MOST AMAZING PLACE I HAVE EVER VISITED. THE PEOPLE OF NEW ORLEANS HAVE GOT TO BE THE MOST SPECIAL PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. I HOPE TO SEE IT COME BACK.

Thank you Brian & NBC News for being the only news station that CONSISTENTLY covers N.O. 9 months after Katrina. Although many Americans face "Katrina fatigue" & tire of this headline, we New Orleanians appreciate the fact that this major American city is not being forgotten. Much has been destroyed in MS as well, but many do not understand the vulnerability of N.O. My heart aches for everyone along the gulf coast, but N.O. has a much longer road to recovery than do the other states. I pray that my beloved city will rise again & encourage everyone to continue visiting in the mean time.
Our hearts are ready to welcome you!

Mr. Williams has tonight: cast blame on "people,not God" for the hurricane [damage] in the gulf area during the late summer and early fall of 2005; castigated the Department of Homeland Security for "alleging that New York has no monuments" in their funding formula announced today; announced that the weather forecasts for the upcoming hurricane season are "dire"; typically, on a day when the NYSE was up significantly, failed to note that, rather allowing the numbers to appear on the screen with no comment. All of this breathtaking reporting was presented on a day when six nations - SIX - including the United States, announced a unified approach toward the Iranian issue of nuclear material and processes. While the latter took a back seat to the previously noted "hurricane and disaster related news", it is clearly the more important issue of the day. Why the concentration on hurricane related issues - why, today is the "start" of hurricane season, and we should all be on alert.
Later, after Mr. Williams sensational approach to the news of the day, Jim Lehrer on Public Television actually had Mr. Chertoff on the news program for a substantive interview. It turns out that New York is receiving approximately $127 million, or about the average of what the City has received for the past 3-4 years. While Mr. Williams did not report that - nor the process that was used to develop the funding formula - nor the fact that other federal funding programs continue to pour money into New York, at the expense of other cities in the country - it was clearly and cogently reported by Mr. Lehrer in his interview with Chertoff.
Please understand, someone at NBC, that we do not require that you interpret for us. What we find useful are the facts. If we have the facts, even though we may pale in importance, intelligence, and generally our social standing from those purporting to "report" the news, trust us that we might be able to muddle through.
Best regards,
Donald H. Parnell, Sr.

I'm sorry, but I think New Orleans still has a bulls-eye on it and it won't be back again.

What an encouraging news segment you report today Brian. I am elated that the recovery effort and dollars are reaching this region. As a tax payer I want to see my civil priorities in our homeland and the rest of the world. It is amazing how a tragedy, no matter where it strikes makes all of us become more patriotic. I was one of the college students who ventured to New Orleans to help rebuild during Spring Break-today I ‘m smiling a little bit harder.

Brian: I wanted to write something positive and uplifting toward the people in NOLA… but I read the paragraph from Nick M in Indiana. We all realize that Nick rhymes with Dick and he is definitely one in the same. I bet you bought auto insurance too... let's hope that (even though you have likely done your due diligence and purchased your auto insurance) that you don't encounter one of the drunk drivers on the road with your auto at which point your attitude toward catastrophic incidents will certainly change… Oh well… have a little compassion for your brother… one day you will grow up and get it. You seem to have a real problem with the Government sending in relief dollars… instead of the people of NOLA purchasing insurance -- A Factoid…Insurance companies are the only commercial entity that own more Financial Institutions and real estate than the Government. Let my Tax dollars help the people in NOLA! They will do the rest once they are back on their feet again... plus I like the way they let us party when they welcome us into their City!

What (other than Nick) has happened lately in Indiana?

Regretfully, the Bush administration has trotted out Lt. Gen. Carl Strock, Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to take the blame for Katrina. The Corps needs to get out of the public works business. It was appropriate in the 18th century, but not any longer. Let the Army focus on military priorities, not serving as overseers of congressionally mandated pork projects. Where's the blame for the politicians? Hmmm... Oh, they get re-elected for doing such an outstanding job!

I'm just so happy to see that New Orleans is coming back,I'm a New Orleanian and have been away for quite sometime now but NOLA will always be my home.We are a strong and forgiving people we will rebuild BIGGER and BETTER.

Long before the Hurricane Season started, everyone I know and myself said, Brian Williams along with the rest of the liberal news media will be sitting in New Orleans and even would be report live form there. We also said that the news media would forget all about everyone else effected by Hurricane Katrina and the other storms that effect the Gulf Coast and Florida. Thanks for proving us all right.

I think what makes New Orleans stay in focus is that the city got a double whammy -- hurricane and levee failure -- while other areas along the coast such as in Mississippi had a single devastating occurrence with the hurricane. New Orleans damage was insult on injury. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the repair/refurbishment of the Dome is essential to the rebuilding of New Orleans, if only psychologically. Don't be a hater. Put yourself in these residents' shoes. All of the south will rise again and be stronger for having gone through this difficult journey. Love NOLA. Can't wait to get back there. So much love there.

Nick M in Indiana does not understand the significance of the losses (emotional, financial, and ecomonic) suffered by the residents of three states (LA, MS, and AL) due to Katrina. Many have lost items which cannot be replaced by insurance monies--they have lost a way of life. Others (a large elderly population) surived the hurricaine, but did not live to see the recovery. New Orleans has lost many of our professional people to suicide (doctors and lawyers),and a mental health crisis currently exists with depression and substance abuse at alarming levels throuthout the Gulf Cost region.
New York City was rebuilt after 911, San Francisco after the 1980's earthquake--is it so wrong for the Gulf Coast region to ask for anything less?

Thanks for you coverage of the Superdome reopening. It may be an aging building, but it's still one of the best stadiums. And we love our Saints! I work 2 blocks from the dome, and have watched it's repair in progress. It's a sign that New Orleans is coming back. The South shall rise again- asmany times as we need to.

Who-dat baby. The return of the Saints in a revamped Superdome does more for our morale than anyone can imagine. I'll be in that number when the Saints come marching home.

I don't feel for the people who lost everything in the hurricanes. Insurance is there for you to buy and if you didn't take due deligence to find out enough about your policy to cover your back-side, just in case, shame on you. Billions of tax dollars are being spend on rebuilding a city that was built in a hole. Great idea. History repeats itself, will YOU learn.

It would be nice if the urgency to get New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf coast back on their feet was as great as it is to repair an aging sports complex. It looks and sounds as thought the priorities are mixed up.

I think I just hit the wrong button and lost my message to you Brian. If you get this twice please forgive me. All of Mississippi was hit pretty hard, but the Gulf Coast was wiped out. Homes that had sustained for hundreds of years are just a slab. Please put a little more focus on the Gulf Coast. The question keeps be asked "is New Orleans ready?" I don't understand why we have been forgotten.
Oh, by the way, I love to listen to and watch you on television. This is not directed to you necessarily.