This is the thirty-ninth update for the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief fund for the Lake Pontchartrain North Shore. This includes the Covington, Abita Springs, Mandeville, and Slidell, Louisiana area and New Orleans.

I have another message from Pastor Michael Sprague of Trinity Evangelical Free Church of Covington, LA. Here is his message today:

“Katrina Fatigue

It’s midnight and as I sit down to write this letter with the television on in the background, the commentator on CNN is doing a story on “Katrina Fatigue.” The case was made that Washington has already forgotten about New Orleans and has moved on to other events: Iraq, tornado’s, elections, deficits, etc. Politicians aren’t so sure that they want to fund a levee system or help New Orleans in ways that were initially promised. The new coined phrase is “Katrina Fatigue.”

I write to you tonight confident that our network (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)