I just finished watching the Oprah special on New Orleans. With the exception of the commercials, I was in tears the entire time. It was so very moving, so very sad. Oprah's Angel Network has given $1 million for food and water, and she had celebrities distributing some of it and meeting with people. She also had interviews with the survivors.

Each and every story was heartwrenching. I have never seen such devastation. Although it broke my heart, it also made me very angry. To see a teenage boy crying because they wouldn't let him take his dog (Nate from Oprah's show arranged for some people to get their pets) to the man who doesn't know where his daughters are, to the woman who was reunited with her sisters and brothers on the air, to the descriptions of the convention center, to the doctor who walked around covering the dead bodies, to the man in Houston who volunteered not just his time, but his home as well, it was just story after story that ripped you apart.

I am so sad for these people, and also so angry. These are Americans, our citizens. How did we fail them? How did we let them die in front of our eyes? One point that Oprah made is that we should NOT be calling these people refugees. They are survivors. It may seem like semantics, but it is a valid point, and one I will be adopting from now on.

If anyone missed this special, try to see it if they rebroadcast it. Part Two will be aired tomorrow, and I plan to watch it if I can.