Hurricane Katrina

As the pictures of the devastation start to come in from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and the number of deaths continues to rise, it is time for a pause. Hundreds of thousands of our fellow human beings wait anxiously, unable to even head home and determine the extent of the loss they have suffered. They deserve our thoughts, our prayers, and a person-by-person examination of, "how can I help" in the days and weeks ahead.